Publications of the Research Unit Economics of Innovation and Industrial Dynamics

The proximity framework has attracted considerable attention in a scholarly discourse on the driving forces of knowledge exchange tie formation. It has been discussed that too much proximity is negatively…

A central motivating factor for studying price markups is their effect on consumer welfare. However, reported estimates of (firm-level) price markups in the literature often focus on industry or cross-country…

• ZEW-ZEPHYR M&A Index Shows Decline in German Deals Due to COVID-19
• Fewer M&A Deals, but Higher Transaction Volume During the Pandemic
• Majority of Takeovers in Germany Are Still Domestic Deals
• EU Merger…

• Stability of the Eurozone Largely Relies on the European Central Bank’s Drip-Feed
• Lack of Financial Literacy and Confidence Deters Women from Stock Market
• Innovation Gap Widens During Crises
• Wide-Scale…

Economic consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic have been an important issue in the public debate. In almost every country, stores and plants were closed and mobility severely restricted in order to contain the…

We analyze the effect of the Öresund Bridge, a combined railway and motorway bridge between Swedish Malmö and the Danish capital Copenhagen, on inventive activity in the region of Malmö. Applying…

The Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR) presents a major technology transformation towards a data-driven economy, associated with both high costs and potential benefits. We build and estimate a dynamic discrete…

This paper explores the role of 4.0 technologies in three dimensions. First, we examine the patterns and trends in the emergence of 4.0 technologies in Europe, differentiating between technology groups (core,…