ZEW Discussion Papers

ZEW Discussion Papers
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. 01-18 // 2001

    Comparing the Part-time Wage Gap in Germany and the Netherlands

    In this paper,I contrast the quality of part-time jobs - in terms of hourly wage rates - with those of fulltimers. Using the Netherlands as a benchmark,helps to assess the size and seriousness of the estimated…

    Labour Markets and Social Insurance
  2. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 01-17 // 2001

    Arbeitsrechtliche Hemmnisse für die Anreizwirkung flexibler Entgeltsysteme

    Labour Markets and Social Insurance
  3. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 01-16 // 2001

    Public Deficits and Borrowing Costs: The Missing Half of Market Discipline

    EMU driven interest rate convergence has led to a significant reduction of borrowing costs for some European governments in the second half of the nineties. The paper deals with the possible consequences for…

    Pensions and Sustainable Financial...
  4. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 01-15 // 2001

    How Do Investors' Expectations Drive Asset Prices?

    Asset price processes are completely described by information processes and investors' preferences. In this paper we derive the relationship between the process of investors' expectations of the terminal stock…

    Pensions and Sustainable Financial...
  5. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 01-14 // 2001

    Cooperation in International Environmental Negotiations due to a Preference for Equity

    This paper demonstrates that cooperation in international environmental negotiations can be explained by preferences for equity. Within a N-country prisoner’s dilemma in which agents can either cooperate or…

    Environmental and Climate Economics
  6. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 01-13 // 2001

    FIML Estimation of a Bivariate Probit Selection Rule - An Application on Firm Growth and Subsidisation

    This study applies a full information maximum likelihood (FIML) estimator of the sample selection model with bivariate selection rule for the investigation of the impact of subsidised firm foundation from…

    Labour Markets and Social Insurance
  7. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 01-12 // 2001

    New Technologies and the Demand for Medium Qualified Labour in Germany

    The literature on skill-biased technological change concentrates on highly skilled and unskilled employees. It is unclear, however, if the employment opportunities of the majority of the labour force in Germany…

    Labour Markets and Social Insurance
  8. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 01-11 // 2001

    Fiscal Externalities in Local Tax Competition: Empirical Evidence from a Panel of German Jurisdictions

    This paper is concerned with fiscal externalities arising from local taxation of a mobile factor. Using a panel of more 1100 local jurisdictions it provides empirical evidence on how the local tax rate as well…

    Corporate Taxation and Public Finance
  9. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 01-10 // 2001

    The Effects of Public R&D Subsidies on Firms' Innovation Activities: The Case of Eastern Germany

    This study analyses the effects of public R&D policy schemes on the innovation activities of firms located in Eastern Germany. This is the first study which considers the effects of public R&D programmes in a…

    Economics of Innovation and Industrial...

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