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. 05-61 // 2005

    Do University Based Regions Really Attract Outside Entrepreneurs – The Case of the German Biotechnology Industry

    The paper tests empirically the role of knowledge stocks to explain the regional distribution of Germany’s biotechnology founders. We present an unique approach to highlight the role of knowledge spillovers as…

  2. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 05-59 // 2005

    Payout Policy and Owners’ Interests – Evidence from German Savings Banks

    The savings banks’ decision to distribute profits among their public owners is strongly regulated by law in order to guarantee their adequate funding via retained profits. However, the legal scope is reluctantly…

  3. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 05-57 // 2005

    Technology Use, Organisational Flexibility and Innovation: Evidence for Germany

    This paper investigates to what extent the usage of information and communication technology (ICT) fosters innovation activities by facilitating more flexible organisational structures in firms. We distinguish…

  4. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 05-56 // 2005

    Economic Development and CO2 Emissions: A Nonparametric Panel Approach

    We examine the empirical relation between CO2 emissions per capita and GDP per capita during the period 1960-1996, using a panel of 100 countries. Relying on the nonparametric poolability test of Baltagi et al.…

  5. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 05-28 // 2005

    Integrating Bottom-Up into Top-Down: A Mixed Complementarity Approach

    We motivate the formulation of market equilibria as a mixed complementarity problem (MCP) in order to bridge the gap between bottom-up energy system models and top-down general equilibrium models for energy…

  6. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 05-07 // 2005

    Decomposing Integrated Assessment of Climate Change

    We present a decomposition approach for integrated assessment modeling of climate policy based on a linear approximation of the climate system. Our objective is to demonstrate the usefulness of decomposition for…

  7. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 05-52 // 2005

    The Virtual Location of E-Tailers: Evidence from a B2C E-Commerce Market

    An Internet retailer’s (e-tailer’s) outstanding virtual location enhances the probability of being noticed by potential customers. The notion of a virtual location for e-tailers refers to the analogy to the…

  8. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 05-50 // 2005

    Is there a Difference? The Performance Characteristics of SRI Equity Indexes

    Investments in socially responsible investments (SRI) are still a small, but growing segment of international capital markets. This study analyses whether a SRI screening process applied to equities results in a…

  9. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 05-49 // 2005

    Do Magazines’ “Companion Websites” Cannibalize the Demand for the Print Version?

    We analyze the relationship between website visits, magazine demand and the demand for advertising pages using Granger non-causality tests on the basis of an extensive and externally audited quarterly data set…

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