ZEW Discussion Papers

Overview

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. 05-90 // 2005

    Rent-Sharing and Collective Bargaining Coverage – Evidence from Linked Employer-Employee Data

    Using a linked employer-employee data set, this paper analyses the relationship between firm-profitability and wages. Particular emphasis is given to the question of whether the sensitivity of wages to…

  2. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 05-89 // 2005

    Individual and Plant-level Determinants of Job Durations in Germany

    We examine job durations of German workers using a linked employer-employee dataset. The descriptive evidence suggests that firm characteristics have a substantial influence on the job exit rate. However, the…

  3. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 05-87 // 2005

    Self-financing Tax/Subsidy Mechanisms in Environmental Regulation with Many Firms

    We consider the application of self-financing tax/subsidy mechanisms in environmental regulation and explore the question whether these mechanisms yield strong investment incentives in a market with many firms…

  4. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 05-86 // 2005

    Hold-up Problems with Respect to R&D Investment and Licensing in Environmental Regulation

    We explore the design of self-financing tax-subsidy schemes to solve hold-up problems in environmental regulation. The announcement of the tax rate seems to be preferable to solve hold-up problems with respect…

  5. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 05-83 // 2005

    The Dynamics of Overconfidence: Evidence from Stock Market Forecasters

    As a group, market forecasters are egregiously overconfident. In conformity to the dynamic model of overconfidence of Gervais and Odean (2001), successful forecasters become more overconfident. What’s more, more…

  6. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 05-80 // 2005

    Network Externalities and Interconnection Incentives

    The majority of industrial organizations literature on network externalities looks at firm behavior under given market characteristics. The present paper instead asks the question whether the presence of network…

  7. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 05-79 // 2005

    Skill Biased Technological Change and Endogenous Benefits: The Dynamics of Unemployment and Wage Inequality

    In this paper, we study the effect of skill-biased technological change on unemployment when benefits are linked to the evolution of average income and when this is not the case. In the former case, an increase…

  8. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 05-78 // 2005

    Is a Newspaper's Companion Website a Competing Outlet Channel for the Print Version?

    This paper uses Granger non{causality tests to analyze if channel competition exists between the companion websites of 93 German newspapers observed between I/1998 and II/2005. It provides econometric evidence…

  9. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 05-77 // 2005

    Employment Effects of the Provision of Specific Professional Skills and Techniques in Germany

    Based on unique administrative data, which has only recently become available, this paper estimates the employment effects of the most important type of public sector sponsored training in Germany, namely the…

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