ZEW Discussion Papers

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Researchers at the ZEW participate in scientific debates by publishing their papers. The papers are predominantly in English (marked). For the German papers an English abstract is available. The contributions are intended for a final publication in special interest titles. The discussion papers can be downloaded as PDF or PostScript files starting from 1.1.1998. They aimed at national and international target groups.

  1. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 98-37 // 1998

    Public Research and Industrial Innovations in Germany

    The paper deals with the effects of publicly funded research at universities, poly-technics and federal and state financed research labs on industrial innovations in Ger-many. In order to understand the current…

  2. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 98-34 // 1998

    The Internationalisation of British and German Start-Up Companies in High-Technology Industries

    Established theories in international business come to different conclusions when specifically applied to the analysis of the international activities of start-up companies in high-technology industries. Using a…

  3. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 98-32 // 1998

    R&D cooperation and R&D intensity: Theory and Micro-Econometric Evidence for Germany

    This paper develops a three stage oligopoly game for R&D cooperation, R&D expenditure and product market competition. In the first stage, firms decide whether or not to conduct R&D in cooperation with other…

  4. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 98-31 // 1998

    The Goals of Sustainable Development and the Reform of the EU Banana Trade Regime. A Discussion of Different Trade Instruments

    Ideally a new reform of the EU trade regime for bananas (COMB) should be equipped in a way that it makes a long-term contribution to the realisation of sustainable goals, or at least does not prevent them. From…

  5. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 98-28 // 1998

    Pricing to Market of German Exporters: Evidence from Panel Data

    This paper investigates price discrimination of German exporters across different foreign markets. We examine the degree of pass-through of exchange rate fluctuations in the pricing of 70 export items. The model…

  6. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 98-21 // 1998

    Lending Relationships in Germany - Empirical Evidence from Survey Data

    We examine empirically the role of lending relationships in determining the costs and collateral requirements for external funds. The data originate from a recently concluded survey of small and medium-sized…

  7. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 98-19 // 1998

    Electoral Competition under Media Influence

    We suggest a model of electoral competition between two parties which is extended by a third player: mass media. The classical one-dimensional competition model is changed by introducing an issue-specific…

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