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. 03-01 // 2003

    Lead Markets of Environmental Innovations: A Framework for Innovation and Environmental Economics

    Environmental regulations often want to stimulate the generation and adoption of ecoefficient innovations. An important argument in the public debate is also the creation of new markets for environmentally…

    Economics of Innovation and Industrial...
  2. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 02-82 // 2002

    Firm Level Implications of Early Stage Venture Capital Investment – An Empirical Investigation –

    The paper analyses the impact of venture capital finance on growth and innovation activities of young German firms. Among other variables, our panel of firm data includes data on venture capital funding and…

    Economics of Innovation and Industrial...
  3. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 02-81 // 2002

    ICT and International Corporate Taxation: Tax Attributes and Scope of Taxation

    In this paper, an outline of the consequences of the increased use of ICT on international corporate taxation, namely on the tax attributes and the scope of taxation, is given. It is argued that the concept of…

    Digital Economy
  4. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 02-80 // 2002

    Competition in the German Broadband Access Market

    This paper gives a survey of the current state of competition in the German Broadband access market. Existing regulations and their impact on the deployment of high-speed Internet access are evaluated. It is…

    Digital Economy
  5. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 02-79 // 2002

    Quantilsregressionen der westdeutschen Verdienste: Ein Vergleich zwischen der Gehalts- und Lohnstrukturerhebung und der IAB-Beschäftigtenstichprobe

    Labour Markets and Social Insurance
  6. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 02-78 // 2002

    Hochschulranglisten als Qualitätsindikatoren im Wettbewerb der Hochschulen

    Corporate Taxation and Public Finance
  7. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 02-77 // 2002

    What Drives Market Structure? On the Relation Between Firm Demographic Processes, Firms’ Innovative Behaviour and Market Structure.

    In this paper we suggest an structural model that specifies firm growth as a function of firm specific parameters and of competition for purchase power with other firms on a given market. Moreover, we…

    Economics of Innovation and Industrial...
  8. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 02-76 // 2002

    Entrepreneurship Capital and Economic Performance

    The neoclassical model of the production function, as applied by Robert Solow to build the neoclassical model of growth, linked labor and capital to output. More recently, Romer and others have expanded the…

    Economics of Innovation and Industrial...
  9. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 02-75 // 2002

    Trade Policy: 'Political' vs. 'Economic' Factors

    The ongoing discussion of U.S.-Japanese trade relations suggests that national differences such as in the institutional environment may be relevant for assessing international trade policies. However, economic…

    Economics of Innovation and Industrial...