1. Refereed Journal // 2003

    Höheres Beschäftigungswachstum durch Venture Capital?

    The paper deals with the analysis of causal effects of venture capital finance for new firm?s growth. The number of venture-backed firms is based on the identification of involvements of venture capitalists in…

  2. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 03-11 // 2003

    Systemic Risk in European Banking - Evidence from Bivariate GARCH Models

    This paper attempts to assess the Europe-wide systemic risk in banking. We employ a bivariate GARCH model to estimate conditional correlations between European bank stock indices. These correlations are used as…

  3. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 03-08 // 2003

    On the Design of Optimal Grandfathering Schemes for Emission Allowances

    To meet its commitment under the Kyoto Protocol, the EU plans to implement an emissions trading system with grandfathering of allowances. Besides having distributional impacts, the choice of the grandfathering…

  4. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 03-07 // 2003

    The Link Between Firm-Level Innovation and Aggregate Productivity Growth A Cross-Country Examination

    This paper investigates whether failure in innovation at the firm level can account for cross-country heterogeneity in manufacturing productivity growth. There is no strong evidence in the literature on the…