1. ZEW Economic Studies Vol. 17 // 2002

    Corporate Governance in Germany

    Corporate governance is an important issue on the research agenda of financial economists. Using a new and unique data set of German corporations this book examines three topics that are crucial to a better…

  2. Refereed Journal // 2002

    The Economic and Environmental Implications of the US Repudiation of the Kyoto Protocol and the Subsequent Deals in Bonn and Marrakech

    Taking account of sinks credits as agreed in Bonn and Marrakech, this paper illustrates how market power could be exerted in the absence of the US ratification under Annex 1 trading and explores the potential…

  3. Contributions to Edited Volumes and Conference Proceedings // 2002

    Panel Estimation of Export Activities in the Service Sector

    While the service sector has gained attention in the empirical innovation research it is still neglected in the empirical research on export activities. This is partly due to the fact that services have been…

  4. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 02-61 // 2002

    The Effects of Quotas on Vertical Intra-Industry Trade

    A quota on foreign competition will generally lead to quality-upgrading (downgrading) of the low-quality (high-quality) firm, an increase in average quality, a reduction of quality differentiation, and a…