Publications of the Research Unit Economics of Innovation and Industrial Dynamics

  1. Refereed Journal // 2020

    Low-Powered vs High-Powered Incentives: Evidence From German Electricity Networks

    We propose a difference-in-differences approach to estimating the impact of incentives on cost reduction in the context of German electricity networks. When subject to a lower-powered regulation mechanism,…

  2. Refereed Journal // 2020

    Start-up subsidies: Does the policy instrument matter?

    New knowledge-intensive firms contribute to innovation, competition, and employment growth, but externalities like knowledge spillovers can prevent entrepreneurs from appropriating the full returns from their…

  3. Refereed Journal // 2020

    Circular Economy Innovations, Growth and Employment at the Firm Level: Empirical Evidence from Germany

    Circular economy (CE) describes a concept that aims at saving resources by minimizing the use of material and energy over the entire life-cycle of products, including production and repair, as well as reuse and…

  4. Contributions to Edited Volumes and Conference Proceedings // 2020

    Innovation, Employment and the Business Cycle