ZEW Discussion Papers

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Mit diesen Beiträgen, die überwiegend in Englisch verfasst sind, beteiligen sich die Forscher/innen des ZEW an wissenschaftlichen Fachdebatten. Die Publikationen enthalten vorläufige Beiträge, die zur Veröffentlichung in Fachzeitschriften vorgesehen sind. Die Discussion Papers können ab 1.1.1998 als pdf-Datei abgerufen werden. Sie richten sich an nationale und internationale Zielgruppen.

  1. ZEW Discussion Paper Nr. 04-38 // 2004

    On the Profitability of Innovative Assets

    Successful innovative activity is a major contribution to the intangible capital of firms. Although its importance is generally acknowledged, the contribution to companies’ profits is a priori unclear. We…

  2. ZEW Discussion Paper Nr. 04-37 // 2004

    The Relationship between R&D Collaboration, Subsidies and Patenting Activity: Empirical Evidence from Finland and Germany

    This study focuses on the impact of innovation policies and R&D collaboration in Germany and Finland. We consider collaboration and subsidies as heterogeneous treatments, and perform an econometric matching to…

  3. ZEW Discussion Paper Nr. 04-36 // 2004

    Schätzung von Hochschulkostenfunktionen für die bundesdeutsche Hochschulausbildung: Ein konzeptioneller Ansatz im empirischen Test

    Im vorliegenden Papier wird ein konzeptioneller Ansatz zur ökono-metrischen Analyse der Kostensituation der bundesdeutschen Hoch-schulausbildung vorgestellt und in einer ersten Anwendung auf die…

  4. ZEW Discussion Paper Nr. 04-35 // 2004

    Integrated Financial Supervision in Germany

    With the establishment of the Bundesanstalt für Finanzdienstleistungsaufsicht(BaFin) in May 2002 Germany followed the trend towards integrated financial supervision. The main reason for unification of…

  5. ZEW Discussion Paper Nr. 04-34 // 2004

    Returns to Education and Individual Heterogeneity

    In this paper, human capital investments are evaluated by assuming heterogeneous returns to education. We use the potential outcome approach to measure the causal effect of human capital investments on earnings…

  6. ZEW Discussion Paper Nr. 04-33 // 2004

    Are Skill Requirements in the Workplace Rising? Stylized Facts and Evidence on Skill-Biased Technological Change

    The present analysis investigates skill requirements in the workplace, measured directly by the task-composition of occupations. It shows that the task composition of occupations has shifted toward analytical…

  7. ZEW Discussion Paper Nr. 04-32 // 2004

    Are IPOs of Different VCs Different?

    This paper sets out to analyze the influence of different types of venture capitalists on the performance of their portfolio firms around and after IPO. We investigate the hypothesis that different governance…

  8. ZEW Discussion Paper Nr. 04-31 // 2004

    Worker Remittances and Capital Flows to Developing Countries

    Worker remittances constitute an increasingly important mechanism for the transfer of resources from developed to developing countries, and remittances are the second-largest source, behind foreign direct…

  9. ZEW Discussion Paper Nr. 04-30 // 2004

    Determinants of Environmental Innovations in Germany: Do Organizational Measures Matter? A Discrete Choice Analysis at the Firm Level

    Based on a unique firm level data set of the German manufacturing sector, this paper provides new empirical evidence regarding the determinants of different types of environmental technological innovations. We…

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