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. 04-35 // 2004

    Integrated Financial Supervision in Germany

    With the establishment of the Bundesanstalt für Finanzdienstleistungsaufsicht(BaFin) in May 2002 Germany followed the trend towards integrated financial supervision. The main reason for unification of…

  2. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 04-34 // 2004

    Returns to Education and Individual Heterogeneity

    In this paper, human capital investments are evaluated by assuming heterogeneous returns to education. We use the potential outcome approach to measure the causal effect of human capital investments on earnings…

  3. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 04-33 // 2004

    Are Skill Requirements in the Workplace Rising? Stylized Facts and Evidence on Skill-Biased Technological Change

    The present analysis investigates skill requirements in the workplace, measured directly by the task-composition of occupations. It shows that the task composition of occupations has shifted toward analytical…

  4. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 04-32 // 2004

    Are IPOs of Different VCs Different?

    This paper sets out to analyze the influence of different types of venture capitalists on the performance of their portfolio firms around and after IPO. We investigate the hypothesis that different governance…

  5. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 04-31 // 2004

    Worker Remittances and Capital Flows to Developing Countries

    Worker remittances constitute an increasingly important mechanism for the transfer of resources from developed to developing countries, and remittances are the second-largest source, behind foreign direct…

  6. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 04-30 // 2004

    Determinants of Environmental Innovations in Germany: Do Organizational Measures Matter? A Discrete Choice Analysis at the Firm Level

    Based on a unique firm level data set of the German manufacturing sector, this paper provides new empirical evidence regarding the determinants of different types of environmental technological innovations. We…

  7. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 04-28 // 2004

    Auswirkungen von Erbschaften und Schenkungen auf die Vermögensbildung privater Personen und Haushalte

    This paper analyses the saving behaviour of German individuals and households aged between 30 and 50 with respect to inheritances and transfers inter vivos. The analysis is based on recent data of the German…

  8. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 04-27 // 2004

    International Tax Planning in the Age of ICT

    The increased use of information and communication technologies (ICT) leads to new ways of doing business internationally. Nowadays, firm-specific intangible assets as well as services often constitute the most…

  9. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 04-26 // 2004

    New Estimates of the Duration and Risk of Unemployment for West-Germany

    This paper analyzes changes in the risk of unemployment and changes in the distribution of unemployment duration for the 26 to 41 years old working population in West-Germany during the 1980ties and 1990ties.…

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