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.

ZEW Discussion Papers
ZEW Discussion Papers
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  1. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 97-23 // 1997

    A Simple Test of the Effiency Wage Hypothesis Revisted

    Gerlach and Stephan (1994) proposed a test based on the idea that the "wage premium", the part of the wage which is not explained by the stock of human capital, should help predict variables such as career…

    Labour Markets and Social Insurance
  2. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 97-22 // 1997

    Welche Bedeutung haben Unternehmenscharakteristica und regionales Umfeld für die Beschäftigungsdynamik? Eine mikroökonometrische Analyse für das ostdeutsche Verarbeitende Gewerbe

    In this paper, we analyse the influence of firm characteristics and the regional environment on employment growth of East German manufacturing firms between 1992 and 1996. Our results confirm the negative impact…

    Economics of Innovation and Industrial...
  3. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 97-09 // 1997

    The determinates of BUND-future price changes: An ordered probit anlysis using DTB and LIFE-data

    This paper investigates the determinants of transaction price changes during BUND-future trading at Deutsche Terminborse (DTB) and London International Financial Futures Exchange (LIFFE). The analysis uses the…

    Pensions and Sustainable Financial...
  4. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 97-08 // 1997

    Human Capital and Innovation in East and West-German Manufacturing Firms

    Labour Markets and Social Insurance
  5. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 97-06 // 1997

    Estimation of Household Demand Systems Using Unit Value Data

    Labour Markets and Social Insurance
  6. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 97-02 // 1997

    Determinanten des technischen Fortschritts auf Branchenebene: ein Überblick

    Economics of Innovation and Industrial...
  7. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 97-01 // 1997

    Businessmens Expectations are Neither Rational nor Adaptive

    A framework which allows for the joint testing ofthe adaptive and rational expectations hypotheses is presented. We assume joint normality of expectations, realizations and variablesin the information set,…

    Economics of Innovation and Industrial...
  8. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 97-13 // 1997

    A Regulatory Framework for a Policy of Sustainability: Lessons from the Neo-Liberal School

    In this paper targets, institutions and policy measures for describing and implementing sustainable development are evaluated in terms of their conformity with the economic framework of a market system.…

    Environmental and Climate Economics
  9. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 97-11 // 1997

    Linking Weak and Strong Sustainability Indicators: The Case of Global Warming

    The aim of this paper is to describe and discuss the weak and strong sustainability approach of assessing climate change and to show reasonable applications, weaknesses, possible improvements and linkages of…

    Environmental and Climate Economics

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