Publications of the Research Unit Economics of Innovation and Industrial Dynamics

  1. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 01-10 // 2001

    The Effects of Public R&D Subsidies on Firms' Innovation Activities: The Case of Eastern Germany

    This study analyses the effects of public R&D policy schemes on the innovation activities of firms located in Eastern Germany. This is the first study which considers the effects of public R&D programmes in a…

  2. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 01-09 // 2001

    Moving In and Out of Financial Distress: Evidence for Newly Founded Service Sector Firms

    The determinants of transitions between different states of financial distress are analyzed using two versions of Markov chain models: a multinomial logit model without random effects and a multinomial logit…

  3. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 01-20 // 2001

    Price Indices for Information and Communication Technology Industries - An Application to the German PC Market

    Changing product quality, rapid technological progress, and short product life cycles make it difficult to compute indices that correctly reflect the true price movements of IT products. This paper assesses the…

  4. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 01-19 // 2001

    Do R&D Subsidies Matter? - Evidence for the German Service Sector

    In recent times the service sector is often called the driving force of today‘s economies. This paper analyses the innovative activities of German service firms. We investigate whether firms that receive public…