1. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 02-05 // 2002

    The Adoption of Business-to-Business E-Commerce: Empirical Evidence for German Companies

    Although in its infancy, one promising application of Internet technology for firms is so-called Internet commerce or electronic commerce. This paper analyses the determinants of B2B (business-to-business)…

  2. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 02-03 // 2002

    Public Sector Centralization and Productivity Growth: Reviewing the German Experience

    The paper examines the role of the vertical structure of the public sector for economic growth in Germany in a long–term perspective. A theoretical model shows that, due to spillover effects of public service…