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.

ZEW Discussion Papers
ZEW Discussion Papers
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  1. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 99-41 // 1999

    Public Procurement in the Presence of Capital Taxation

    The paper considers governments' public procurement decision as a way of influencing industry structure. In a federation in which capital is mobile and capital taxation is harmonized, a home bias in public…

    Corporate Taxation and Public Finance
  2. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 99-39 // 1999

    Tax Competition and Tax Structure in Open Federal Economies: Evidence from OECD Countries with Implications for the European Union

    Tax competition arguments suggest that a government that operate in an open economy (such as local governments) should not and will not rely on non-benefit taxes, such as the income tax. Yet we observe reliance…

    Corporate Taxation and Public Finance
  3. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 99-35 // 1999

    Facto Mobility and Fiscal Policy in the EU: Policy Issues and Analytical Approaches

    This paper outlines some of the implications of factor market integration for fiscal policy in the countries of the EU and for the EU itself. It draws particular attention to the dynamic dimensions of factor…

    Corporate Taxation and Public Finance
  4. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 99-31 // 1999

    Government Debt Spillovers and Creditworthiness in a Federation

    Corporate Taxation and Public Finance
  5. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 99-28 // 1999

    Vertical Income Tax Externalities and Fiscal Interdependence: Evidence from the U.S

    Concurrent taxation is a feature of many federal systems. As a consequence of this fact, the tax policy of one level of government affects the tax base of the other. This paper carries out a theoretical analysis…

    Corporate Taxation and Public Finance
  6. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 99-27 // 1999

    A Model of Welfare Competition with Evidence from AFDC

    In this paper, we test empirically for strategic behavior among the states using the cash support program Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC). To motivate the empirical work, we adapt Wildasin's [41]…

    Corporate Taxation and Public Finance
  7. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 99-26 // 1999

    Fortress Building in Global Tax Competition

    Corporate Taxation and Public Finance
  8. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 99-09 // 1999

    Wachstumsdeterminanten junger Unternehmen in den alten und neuen Bundesländern: Ein Vergleich zwischen innovativen und nicht-innovativen Unternehmen

    The paper deals with growth determinants of innovative and non-innovative start-ups in Eastern and Western Germany. Based on theoretical approaches explaining the growth of firms, hypotheses on potential…

    Economics of Innovation and Industrial...
  9. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 99-05 // 1999

    Growth Determinants of Start-Ups in Eastern Germany: A Comparision Between Innovative and Non-Innovative Firma

    This empirical analysis deals with the determinants of growth and the explanation of variations in the growth between innovative and non-innovative start-ups. Based on theoretical models explaining the growth of…

    Economics of Innovation and Industrial...

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