Publications of the Research Unit Economics of Innovation and Industrial Dynamics

  1. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 08-099 // 2008

    Ex Post Regulation Facilitates Collusion

    Deregulation and privatization of public utilities in grid-based industries raises the question on how to provide an efficient access to the network infrastructure to entering service providers. Often the…

  2. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 08-098 // 2008

    Do Shorter Product Cycles Induce Patent Thickets?

    The traditional argument that shorter product cycles favor trade secrets over patenting is based on the presumption that copying becomes less pro table and trade secrets less likely to be discovered when a…

  3. ZEW-Wirtschaftsanalysen Vol. 90 // 2008

    Die Rhein-Neckar-Region im Vergleich zu ausgewählten deutschen und europäischen Metropolregionen

    Die Globalisierung wirtschaftlicher Aktivitäten schreitet weiter voran. Nicht nur Produkte, sondern auch Dienstleistungen werden mittlerweile auf internationalen Märkten angeboten. Unternehmen tätigen ihre…

  4. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 08-094 // 2008

    Firm Closure, Financial Losses and the Consequences for an Entrepreneurial Restart

    Individuals who want to become entrepreneurs need to spend time on an important aspect: risk. They risk not only their financial well-being, their career, their family relations, but also their physical…