Publications of the Research Unit Economics of Innovation and Industrial Dynamics

  1. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 21-074 // 2021

    Support for Renewable Energy: The Case of Wind Power

    The rise of societal goals like climate change mitigation and energy security calls for rapid capacity growth in renewable electricity sources, yet citizens’ support is put to a test when such technologies emit…

  2. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 21-072 // 2021

    Information Leakage, Imitation, and the Patent System

    From a firm’s perspective two competing forces are driving the decision to invest in innovation. On the one hand, innovative performance is an important driver of profitability and growth. On the other hand,…

  3. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 21-071 // 2021

    Does Green Public Procurement Trigger Environmental Innovations?

    Green public procurement has gained high political priority and is argued to be an effective demand-side policy to trigger environmental innovations. Its implementation usually takes the form of environmental…

  4. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 21-069 // 2021

    Financing and Advising Early Stage Startups: The Effect of Angel Investor Subsidies

    In recent years governments around the world have introduced policies to stimulate investments in early stage entrepreneurial companies, in particular investments by Angel investors. In this paper we study…

  5. JUNGE UNTERNEHMEN // 2021

    Jahrgang 21, Nr. 10, August 2021

    • Gründungsgeschehen 2020 in Deutschland vor dem Hintergrund der Corona-Pandemie