Publications of the Research Unit Economics of Innovation and Industrial Dynamics

  1. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 09-083 // 2009

    Critical Loss Analysis in Market Definition and Merger Control

    The last couple of years have seen an increasing interest in critical loss analysis, both, in academia and in practice. This development is documented by various research papers, high-level exchanges between…

  2. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 09-082 // 2009

    Assessing the Effects of a Road Surfacing Cartel in Switzerland

    The last couple of years have seen an increasing interest in the evaluation of competition policy both in practice and in academia. With respect to the former, the Office of Fair Trading in the UK, for instance,…

  3. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 09-081 // 2009

    Innovative Capability and Financing Constraints for Innovation More Money, More Innovation?

    Economic theory suggests that financing constraints may occur due to capital market imperfections. These particularly affect investments in innovation projects as such projects are typically characterized by a…

  4. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 09-073 // 2009

    Fit and Complementarity – Cognitive Distance and Combined Competence as Predictors of Co-operative R&D Projects' Outcomes in Europe

    This article considers cognitive distance and combined competence as predictors of success in co-operative Research and Development (R&D) projects of firms. The concepts of cognitive distance and combined…

  5. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 09-071 // 2009

    Mobile Network Interconnection and Investments

    European mobile communication markets are two-stage markets which are composed of the infrastructure (the network and its components) and the service markets (telephony, mobile internet, SMS). In contrast to…