ZEW Discussion Papers

Overview

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. 05-96 // 2005

    Training, Mobility, and Wages: Specific Versus General Human Capital

    This paper considers training, mobility decisions and wages together to test for the specificity of human capital contained in continuing training courses. We empirically analyse the relationship between…

  2. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 05-95 // 2005

    Descriptive Evidence on Labor Market Transitions and the Wage Structure in Germany

    Equilibrium search theory suggests that the wage distribution in a cross section of workers is closely related to labor market transitions and associated wage changes. Accordingly, job–to–job transitions are…

  3. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 05-91 // 2005

    The Impact of a Stock Market Downturn on Corporate Financing Activities in Germany

    The paper analyses the potential impact of stock market developments on lending behaviour from different perspectives. First we scrutinize the impact of stock market movements on the banks’ and on the…

  4. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 05-90 // 2005

    Rent-Sharing and Collective Bargaining Coverage – Evidence from Linked Employer-Employee Data

    Using a linked employer-employee data set, this paper analyses the relationship between firm-profitability and wages. Particular emphasis is given to the question of whether the sensitivity of wages to…

  5. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 05-89 // 2005

    Individual and Plant-level Determinants of Job Durations in Germany

    We examine job durations of German workers using a linked employer-employee dataset. The descriptive evidence suggests that firm characteristics have a substantial influence on the job exit rate. However, the…

  6. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 05-87 // 2005

    Self-financing Tax/Subsidy Mechanisms in Environmental Regulation with Many Firms

    We consider the application of self-financing tax/subsidy mechanisms in environmental regulation and explore the question whether these mechanisms yield strong investment incentives in a market with many firms…

  7. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 05-86 // 2005

    Hold-up Problems with Respect to R&D Investment and Licensing in Environmental Regulation

    We explore the design of self-financing tax-subsidy schemes to solve hold-up problems in environmental regulation. The announcement of the tax rate seems to be preferable to solve hold-up problems with respect…

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