Publications of the Research Unit Economics of Innovation and Industrial Dynamics

  1. ZEW policy brief No. 25-09 // 2025

    Forschungszulage: Ein neues Förderinstrument wächst und gedeiht

    Im Jahr 2020 wurde mit der Forschungszulage eine steuerliche Förderung von Forschung und Entwicklung (FuE) in Unternehmen eingeführt. Sie setzt Anreize für die Erhöhung der FuE-Aufwendungen, da ein Teil dieser…

  2. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 25-036 // 2025

    Disclosure Risk for Firms in Combined Firm-Datasets

    Past studies have successfully shown that the level of anonymisation of scientific use files (SUF) is sufficiently high to protect against disclosure attacks that use data from traditional firm databases.…

  3. Discussion and Working Paper // 2025

    Successful Entrepreneurs Come From the Top of the Earned Income Distribution

    Identifying high growth startups ex-ante and fostering their success is an important policy challenge. Using Swedish registry data, we show that previous labor market earnings of entrepreneurs is a simple…

  4. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 25-030 // 2025

    Trusted Research and Innovation: How Knowledge Leakage Affects the Research & Innovation Ecosystem

    A robust Research & Innovation (R&I) ecosystem is essential for progress, economic resilience, and addressing complex challenges. At the heart of this ecosystem, knowledge fuels innovation and further discovery.…

  5. Unternehmensschließungen // 2025

    Mai 2025

    • Unternehmensschließungen 2024 – Starker Anstieg der Schließungszahlen in allen Wirtschaftsbereichen
  6. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 25-032 // 2025

    The Heat Is On: An Exploratory Investigation of How Climate Change-Related Challenges Affect SMEs’ R&D Activities

    Climate change can cause major challenges for Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs). Responding and adapting to such challenges is crucial, as SMEs are vital for driving economic growth and employment in…