ZEW Discussion Papers

ZEW Discussion Papers
ZEW Discussion Papers
Periodical ZEW Publications
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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. 02-13 // 2002

    Stand und Perspektiven der Evaluation der aktiven Arbeitsmarktpolitik in Deutschland

    Labour Markets and Social Insurance
  2. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 02-12 // 2002

    Family Background, Cohort and Education - A French-German Comparison

    This paper analyses the impact of family background, gender and cohort on educational attainment in France and Germany, relying on a theoretical model imbedded in the human capital theory. In a second step, the…

    Labour Markets and Social Insurance
  3. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 02-11 // 2002

    Fremdvergabe von IT-Dienstleistungen aus

    Digital Economy
  4. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 02-10 // 2002

    Asset Prices and Alternative Characterizations of the Pricing Kernel

    In a continuous-time representative investor economy with an exogenously given information process, asset prices are derived for alternative characterizations of the pricing kernel. In addition to the…

    Pensions and Sustainable Financial...
  5. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 02-09 // 2002

    Rio - 10 Years After: A Critical Appraisal of Climate Policy

    Ten years after the initial Climate Change Convention from Rio in 1992, the developed world is likely to ratify the Kyoto Protocol which has been celebrated as a milestone in climate protection. Standard…

    Environmental and Climate Economics
  6. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 02-08 // 2002

    Environmental Tax Differentiation Between Industries and Households - Implications for Efficiency and Employment

    This paper investigates the economic impacts of environmental tax reforms designed to reach given emission reduction targets for the German economy. Our focus is on the efficiency and employment implications of…

    Environmental and Climate Economics
  7. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 02-07 // 2002

    Reassessing the Impact of High Performance Workplaces

    High performance workplace practices were extolled as an efficient means to increase firm productivity. The empirical evidence is disputed, however. To assess the productivity effects of a broad variety of…

    Labour Markets and Social Insurance
  8. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 02-06 // 2002

    A Model of Educational Attainment Application to the German Case

    This paper aims at formulating a theoretical model of educational attainment which is directly implementable empirically. The conceptual frame-work relies on the human capital theory, where individuals weigh the…

    Labour Markets and Social Insurance
  9. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 02-05 // 2002

    The Adoption of Business-to-Business E-Commerce: Empirical Evidence for German Companies

    Although in its infancy, one promising application of Internet technology for firms is so-called Internet commerce or electronic commerce. This paper analyses the determinants of B2B (business-to-business)…

    Economics of Innovation and Industrial...