ZEW Discussion Papers

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. 05-37 // 2005

    EU Company Taxation in case of a Common Tax Base

    Within the EU the relation between financial and tax accounting will be significantly influenced by the regulation adopted in June 2002 that obliges all listed companies to prepare their consolidated accounts…

  2. ZEW Discussion Paper Nr. 05-36 // 2005

    Abschreibungsraten allgemeiner und beruflicher Ausbildungsinhalte

    In dieser Arbeit werden Abschreibungsraten allgemeiner und beruflicher Ausbildungsinhalte im Erwerbsleben untersucht. Es wird analysiert, ob die Ausbildungsinhalte des Dualen Ausbildungssystems im Zeitalter der…

  3. ZEW Discussion Paper Nr. 05-35 // 2005

    License Expenditures of Incumbents and Potential Entrants: An Empirical Analysis of Firm Behavior

    This paper presents the results of an empirical test concerning the auction model of Gilbert and Newbery (1982). The study uses data on German companies in order to analyze expenditures for technology licenses. …

  4. ZEW Discussion Paper Nr. 05-34 // 2005

    The Geographical Mobility of Unemployed Workers

    Using a competing-risk framework of exiting unemployment to jobs in a local or a distant labor market area, this paper investigates whether unemployed individuals in West Germany choose search strategies that…

  5. ZEW Discussion Paper Nr. 05-33 // 2005

    Konzernsteuerquote und Invesitionsverhalten

    Kapitalmarktorientierte Unternehmen in Deutschland orientieren sich in zunehmendem Maße an der Konzernsteuerquote. Diese unterscheidet sich in wesentlichen Aspekten von den in der Forschung gängigen Maßen der…

  6. ZEW Discussion Paper Nr. 05-32 // 2005

    Energy Biased Technical Change A CGE Analysis

    This paper studies energy bias in technical change. For this purpose, we develop a computable general equilibrium model that builds on endogenous growth models. The model explicitly captures links between…

  7. ZEW Discussion Paper Nr. 05-31 // 2005

    The Effective Tax Burden of Companiesand on Highly Skilled Manpower: Tax Policy Strategies in a Globalized Economy

    Company taxes and taxes on highly skilled labour both influence the attractiveness of a particular region as a location for investment. We measure the effective tax burden on capital investment and on highly…

  8. ZEW Discussion Paper Nr. 05-30 // 2005

    On the Transition from Instantaneous to Time-Lagged Capital Accumilation

    We formulate an optimal control capital accumulation model with a Leontief-type production function and an exogenously given time-lag between investment and the accumulation of the capital stock, to analyze the…

  9. ZEW Discussion Paper Nr. 05-29 // 2005

    Reform of Unemployment Compensation in Germany: A Nonparametric Bounds Analysis Using Register Data

    Economic theory suggests that an extension of the maximum length of entitlement for unemployment benefits increases the duration of unemployment. Empirical results for the reform of the unemployment…