Bastian Krieger is a researcher at ZEW’s Research Department “Economics of Innovation and Industrial Dynamics” and a doctoral student at the Doctoral School of Economics and Finance at the University of Luxembourg. His research focus is on the empirical analysis of issues related to the economics of innovation. His current projects combine community innovation survey data with information on firms’ public procurement awards, service trades, local universities, and publication activities to tackle a variety of research questions.
Bastian Krieger completed the double master programme in economics of the Justus-Liebig-University Giessen and the University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee. He participated in doctoral courses at the University of Mannheim as a visiting student and he is a guest researcher at the Research Data Centre of the German Federal Bank. In addition, he visited KU Leuven and ETH Zurich as a visiting scholar and gave lectures in microeconomics in Milwaukee and in statistics at the Corporate State University Baden-Württemberg.
Additional information on Bastian Krieger on his personal website
Selected Publications
Articles in Refereed Journals
Blind, Knut, Bastian Krieger and Maikel Pellens (forthcoming), The Interplay Between Product Innovation, Publishing, Patenting, and Developing Standards, Research Policy.
Krieger, Bastian and Vera Zipperer (2022), Does Green Public Procurement Trigger Environmental Innovations?, Research Policy Volume 51, Issue 6, 104516. Download
Krieger, Bastian, Maikel Pellens, Knut Blind, Sonia Gruber and Torben Schubert (2021), Are Firms Withdrawing From Basic Research? An Analysis of Firm-level Publication Behaviour in Germany, Scientometrics. Download
Heim, Sven, Bastian Krieger and Mario Liebensteiner (2020), Unbundling, Regulation and Pricing: Evidence from Electricity Distribution, The Energy Journal Volume 41. Download
Monographs, Contributions to Edited Volumes
Bersch, Johannes, Josefine Diekhof, Bastian Krieger, Georg Licht and Simona Christine Murmann (2019), Productivity Slowdown, Innovation and Industry Dynamics, in: Erik E. Lehmann, Max Keilbach Cham, 229-241.
Peters, Bettina, Christian Rammer and Bastian Krieger (2017), Produktivitätsparadoxon im Maschinenbau, in: VDMA / IMPULS-Stiftung Frankfurt am Main, 6-9. Download
Discussion and Working Papers
Krieger, Bastian and Vera Zipperer (2021), Does Green Public Procurement Trigger Environmental Innovations?, ZEW Discussion Paper No. 21-071, Mannheim. Download
Diekhof, Josefine, Bastian Krieger, Georg Licht, Christian Rammer, Johannes Schmitt and Gero Stenke (2021), The Impact of the Covid-19 Crisis on Innovation, First In-sights from the German Business Sector, ZEW expert brief No. 21-06, Mannheim. Download
Krieger, Bastian, Maikel Pellens, Knut Blind, Sonia Gruber and Torben Schubert (2020), Are Firms Withdrawing From Basic Research? An Analysis of Firm-Level Publication Behaviour in Germany, ZEW Discussion Paper No. 20-083, Mannheim, published in: Scientometrics . Download
Diekhof, Josefine, Verena Eckl, Bastian Krieger, Georg Licht, Thu-Van Nguyen, Bettina Peters, Christian Rammer and Gero Stenke (2019), Knowledge Flows between Science and Industry and How to Measure Them, ZEW policy brief No. 19-09, Mannheim. Download
Heim, Sven, Bastian Krieger and Mario Liebensteiner (2018), Unbundling, Regulation and Pricing: Evidence from Electricity Distribution, ZEW Discussion Paper No. 18-050, Mannheim. Download
Krieger, Bastian, Georg Licht and Maikel Pellens (2018), New Perspectives in European Innovation Policy, ZEW policy brief No. 18-07, Mannheim. Download
Bersch, Johannes, Josefine Diekhof, Bastian Krieger, Georg Licht and Simona Christine Murmann (2018), Falling Productivity Growth, Widening Productivity Gaps, ZEW policy brief No. 18-04, Mannheim. Download
Peters, Bettina, Pierre Mohnen, Marianne Saam, Florence Blandinières, Martin Hud, Bastian Krieger and Thomas Niebel (2018), Innovationsaktivitäten als Ursache des Productivity Slowdowns? Eine Literaturstudie, Studien zum deutschen Innovationssystem Nr. 10-2018, Berlin. Download
Expertises
Diekhof, Josefine, Bastian Krieger, Georg Licht and Christian Rammer (2021), Stand der Messung von Interaktionen zwischen Wissenschaft und Wirtschaft im internationalen Vergleich, Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung, Mannheim. Download
Schmitt, Johannes, Gero Stenke, Josefine Diekhof, Bastian Krieger, Georg Licht and Christian Rammer (2021), Unternehmenskultur als Resilienzfaktor? Forschen und Entwickeln in der Pandemie, Bundesministerium für Bildung und Foschung (BMBF), Essen. Download
Blandinières, Florence, Bastian Krieger and Maikel Pellens (2021), Cluster Support Activities in the German Biotechnology Sector, State of Baden-Wuerttemberg, Mannheim. Download
Krieger, Bastian, Christian Rammer and Patrick Breithaupt (2020), Identifizierung von Querschnittsthemen in Projekten der Direkten Projektförderung des BMBF, Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung, Mannheim. Download
Berger, Marius, Irene Bertschek, Wolfgang Briglauer, Verena Dutt, Birgit Gehrke, Friedrich Heinemann, Reinhold Kesler, Bastian Krieger, Moritz Lubczyk, Christian Rammer, Markus Trunschke, Simona Christine Murmann and Insa Weilage (2018), Structural Reform in Germany, 2013-2017, European Commission, Brussels. Download
Rammer, Christian, Angela Jäger, Bastian Krieger, Christian Lerch, Georg Licht, Bettina Peters and Alfred Spielkamp (2018), Produktivitätsparadoxon im Maschinenbau, IMPULS-Stiftung, Mannheim und Karlsruhe. Download
Research Reports
Projects
Current Projects
- Project Duration 01.12.2021 - 30.06.2022Trends in Research and Development Expenditure in Germany from an International Perspective
- Project Duration 01.01.2019 - 30.06.2022Growth Welfare Innovation and Productivity
- Project Duration 01.03.1995 - 30.11.2025Mannheim Innovation Panel: Innovation Activities of Enterprises in Germany
Finished Projects
- Project Duration 01.09.2021 - 31.03.2022Drivers and Barriers for Innovation in the German SME sector
- Project Duration 15.06.2020 - 15.12.2020The Link between Digitalisation and Innovation in SMEs
- Project Duration 01.07.2019 - 31.03.2021Evaluation of BMBF's Research Programme "ICT 2020 - Research for Innovation"
- Project Duration 01.05.2019 - 31.08.2020SEEK Project 2019: Innovation and Knowledge Transfer by Firms in Biotechnology Clusters in Germany
- Project Duration 01.04.2019 - 29.02.2020Identifying Interdisciplinary Topics in Projects of the BMBF Direct Project Funding Schemes
- Project Duration 01.01.2019 - 31.12.2020Public Procurement and Firm Innovation
- Project Duration 01.11.2018 - 31.05.2021Indicators for Innovation Systems: Interactions Between the Science and the Business Sector and Absorptive Capacity of Firms
- Project Duration 01.06.2018 - 31.12.2020Motives to Publish: Patterns, Strategies, and Motives for Scientific Publishing by Firms
- Project Duration 01.01.2018 - 21.02.2019Towards Better Monitoring Innovation Strengths, Regional Specialisation, and Business Trends in Support of Industrial Modernisation in the EU
- Project Duration 01.09.2017 - 31.10.2018Identification of Areas for Prospective Economic Development - Economic Strengths of European Countries
- Project Duration 01.08.2017 - 30.06.2018Productivity Paradox in the Manufacturing of Machinery and Equipment Industry
- Project Duration 01.06.2017 - 31.03.2018Literature Survey on the Productivity Slowdown and its Relation to Innovation Activities
More Information
Organisation of Academic Conferences and Workshops
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Bastian Krieger,
Wissenschaftliches Publizieren in Unternehmen. Entwicklungen, Motivationen und Herausforderungen,
Berlin, Germany, 2020 -
Josefine Diekhof,
Dr. Georg Licht,
Dr. Christian Rammer,
Gero Stenke, Verena Eckl, Christine Beyer, Thu-Van Nyugen,
Bastian Krieger,
Conference,
Wie(viel) Wissen fließt?,
Berlin, Germany, 2019
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Bastian Krieger,
Wissenschaftliches Publizieren in Unternehmen. Entwicklungen, Motivationen und Herausforderungen,

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