Publications of the Research Unit Digital Economy

  1. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 04-27 // 2004

    International Tax Planning in the Age of ICT

    The increased use of information and communication technologies (ICT) leads to new ways of doing business internationally. Nowadays, firm-specific intangible assets as well as services often constitute the most…

  2. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 04-06 // 2004

    ICT, Innovation and Business Performance in Services: Evidence for Germany and the Netherlands

    Using panel data for German and Dutch firms from the services sector, this paper analyses the importance of ICT capital deepening and innovation for productivity. We employ a model that takes into account that…

  3. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 04-05 // 2004

    Die Anatomie des Berufswechsels: Eine empirische Bestandsaufnahme auf Basis der BIBB/IAB-Daten 1998/1999

    In Deutschland stellen Personen, die ihre Berufsausbildung im Rahmen des dualen Systems oder durch den Besuch einer Berufsfachschule erworben haben, das Rückgrat der Beschäftigung dar. Trotz seiner Bedeutung…

  4. Refereed Journal // 2004

    Productivity Effects of Organizational Change: Microeconometric Evidence

    This paper analyzes the relationship between investment in information and communication technologies (ICT), non--ICT--investment, labor productivity and workplace reorganization. Firms are assumed to…

  5. Expertises // 2004

    Verbreitung von Informations- und Kommunikationstechnologien in Deutschland 2002

    Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) play a key role for the innovation and growth potentials of industrialised economies. This study on the German innovation system shows, however, that the…

  6. Contributions to Edited Volumes and Conference Proceedings // 2004

    ICT, Innovation and Business Performance in Services: Evidence for Germany and the Netherlands

    Using broadly comparable panel data for German and Dutch firms in services, this paper analyses the importance of ICT capital deepening and innovation for productivity. We employ a model that takes into account…

  7. ZEWnews English edition // 2004

    No. 4 - 2004