Publications of the Research Unit Digital Economy

  1. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 19-033 // 2019

    Environmental Innovation and Firm Profitability – An Analysis with Respect to Firm Size

    This paper investigates the effect of environmental innovations on firm profitability with respect to differences between small and medium-sized (SME) and large (LE) enterprises. Using data from the Mannheim…

  2. ZEW-Branchenreport Informationswirtschaft // 2019

    2. Quartal 2019

    • Gutes Geschäftsklima in der IKT-Branche
    • Unternehmen ersetzen Dienstreisen häufig durch Telefon- und Videokonferenzen
  3. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 19-026 // 2019

    A Retrospective Study on the Regional Benefits and Spillover Effects of High-Speed Broadband Networks: Evidence from German Counties

    There is still hardly any empirical evidence on how divergent broadband technologies, and, by extension, bandwidth levels, influence GDP growth, or on the extent of spatial externalities at a regional level. Our…

  4. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 19-023 // 2019

    Net Neutrality Regulation: Much Ado About Nothing?

    The economics literature on Net Neutrality (NN) has been largely critical of NN regulation on the basis of theoretical findings that NN violations can be both welfare improving and welfare deteriorating,…