Publikationen des Forschungsbereichs Innovationsökonomik und Unternehmensdynamik

  1. Referierte Fachzeitschrift // forthcoming

    Pandemic Effects: Do Innovation Activities of Firms Suffer from Long-COVID?

    The COVID-19 pandemic exogenously hit many economies early 2020. Exploiting treatment heterogeneity, we use a conditional difference-in-differences design to causally identify how COVID-19 impacted firms'…

  2. ZEW Discussion Paper Nr. 24-020 // 2024

    Consumers’ Response to Price Increases: Evidence From Gasoline Markets

    Understanding how consumers respond to price increases is key when designing price-related policies. Using microdata on vehicle usage and paid fuel prices, I analyze consumers’ response, focusing on three…

  3. ZEW Discussion Paper Nr. 24-018 // 2024

    Adoption and Diffusion of Blockchain Technology

    A widespread approach to measuring the innovative capacity of companies, sectors, and regions is the analysis of patents and trademarks or the use of surveys. In emerging digital technologies this approach may,…

  4. ZEW Discussion Paper Nr. 24-016 // 2024

    The Anatomy of Chinese Innovation: Insights on Patent Quality and Ownership

    We study the evolution of patenting in China from 1985-2019. We use a Large Language Model to measure patent importance based on patent abstracts and classify patent ownership using a comprehensive business…

  5. ZEW Discussion Paper Nr. 24-013 // 2024

    Evidence on the Adoption of Artificial Intelligence: The Role of Skills Shortage

    Artificial Intelligence (AI) is considered to be the next general-purpose technology, with the potential of performing tasks commonly requiring human capabilities. While it is commonly feared that AI replaces…

  6. ZEW Discussion Paper Nr. 24-012 // 2024

    Regulatory Compliance With Limited Enforceability: Evidence From Privacy Policies

    The EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) of 2018 introduced stringent transparency rules compelling firms to disclose, in accessible language, details of their data collection, processing, and use. The…

  7. ZEW Discussion Paper Nr. 24-010 // 2024

    Information Accessibility and Knowledge Creation: The Impact of Google’s Withdrawal From China on Scientific Research

    How important is Google for scientific research? This paper exploits the exogenous shock represented by Google’s sudden withdrawal of its services from mainland China to assess the importance of access to…