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. 01-34 // 2001

    Höheres Beschäftigungswachstum durch Venture Capital ?

    Economics of Innovation and Industrial...
  2. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 01-33 // 2001

    The Use of Flexible Working Contracts in West Germany: Evidence from an Establishment Panel

    This paper investigates under which conditions firms use fixed-term contracts, subcontracted and freelance work. Using a probit model which accounts for unobserved heterogeneity, we find that positive changes in…

    Labour Markets and Social Insurance
  3. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 01-32 // 2001

    Productivity Effects of Organizational Change: Microeconometric Evidence

    This paper analyzes the relationship between investment in information and communication technology (ICT),non –ICT –investment,labor productivity and workplace reorganization. Firms are assumed to reorganize…

    Economics of Innovation and Industrial...
  4. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 01-31 // 2001

    Product Innovation and Product Innovation Marketing: Theory and Microeconometric Evidence

    This paper derives a three stage Cournot–oligopoly game for product innovation, expenditure on introducing the product and competition on the product market. Product innovation is assumed to increase consumer…

    Economics of Innovation and Industrial...
  5. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 01-30 // 2001

    Determinants of acquisition and failure: Stylized facts and lessons for empirical studies

    This study provides new stylized facts on the determinants of corporate failure and acquisition in Germany. It also offers important lessons for the design of empirical studies. We show that firms experiencing…

    Pensions and Sustainable Financial...
  6. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 01-29 // 2001

    The unification bonus (malus) in postwall Eastern Germany

    This paper presents estimates of the unification bonus for East Germans over the period 1991 to 1998. The unification bonus is defined as the discounted value of the difference between a person’s actual income…

    Labour Markets and Social Insurance
  7. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 01-28 // 2001

    Agglomeration Tendencies in EU Regions: Where Does Capital Go?

    This paper focuses on two aspects being neglected in the analysis of agglomeration tendencies so far. First, it regards regional agglomeration patterns and secondly, the allocation of capital across industrial…

    Pensions and Sustainable Financial...
  8. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 01-27 // 2001

    Rejecting Capital-Skill Complementarity at all Costs

    Any serious empirical study of factor substitutability has to allow the data to display complementarity as well as substitutability. The standard approach reflecting this idea is a translog specification – this…

    Environmental and Climate Economics
  9. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 01-26 // 2001

    Effektive Steuerbelastungen bei Vorliegen ökonomischer Renten

    The measurement of the effective tax burden on profitable investments encounters many methodological problems. Some of them can be overcome by using an approach presented by Devereux and Griffith. Based on their…

    Corporate Taxation and Public Finance