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. 02-18 // 2002

    The Contribution of the IMF and the World Bank to Economic Freedom

    We analyse the effect of IMF and World Bank policies on the composite index of economic freedom by Gwartney et al. (2000) as well as its sub-indexes, using a panel of 85 countries observed between 1970 and 1997.…

  2. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 02-17 // 2002

    The Impact of Taxes and Public Spending on the Location of FDI: Evidence from FDI-flows within Europe

    In a place to place analysis of bilateral FDI flows the average company tax burden, the statutory corporation tax rate, as well as the cost of capital are used to capture the tax incentives. In addition,…

  3. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 02-15 // 2002

    Tax Progressivity and the Trade Union's Fallback-Option

    When we analyse the labour market consequences of labour tax reforms in a model of firm-union wage bargaining, minor changes in the formulation of the union`s fallback option can have drastic effects. This…

  4. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 02-14 // 2002

    Die Ökologische Steuerreform in Deutschland - ein umweltpolitisches Feigenblatt

    We assess the design of the recent environmental tax reform in Germany. Based on fundamental welfare economics we argue that extensive tax reductions and rebates in favour of energy-intensive …

  5. 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…

  6. 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…

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