ZEW Discussion Papers

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. 01-09 // 2001

    Moving In and Out of Financial Distress: Evidence for Newly Founded Service Sector Firms

    The determinants of transitions between different states of financial distress are analyzed using two versions of Markov chain models: a multinomial logit model without random effects and a multinomial logit…

  2. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 01-08 // 2001

    The Employment Impact of Cleaner Production on the Firm Level: Empirical Evidence from a Survey in Five European Countries

    This paper analyses the determinants of employment reactions of firms when environmental innovations have been carried out. It differentiates hereby between employment increases and decreases. The data stem from…

  3. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 01-07 // 2001

    Environmental Taxation and Structural Change in an Open Economy - A CGE Analysis with Imperfect Competition and Free Entry

    The economic effects of environmental taxes depend on the market structure. Under imperfect competition with free entry and exit, environmental taxes have an impact on economies of scale by changing the number…

  4. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 01-03 // 2001

    Die Auswirkungen öffentlicher Gründungsförderung auf das Überleben und Wachstum junger Unternehmen

    In this paper we examine causal effects of German public assistance programs for young firms administered by the Deutsche Ausgleichsbank (DtA). The empirical analysis is based on a combined data set with…

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