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. 23-008 // 2023

    Founder Personality and Start-up Subsidies

    Start-up subsidies play an important role in supporting start-up innovation and performance. However, what characteristics help and hinder start-ups to seek start-up subsidies remains unclear. We study whether…

  2. ZEW Discussion Paper Nr. 23-007 // 2023

    Transparency and Policy Competition: Experimental Evidence From German Citizens and Politicians

    A lack of transparency about policy performance can pose a major obstacle to welfare-enhancing policy competition across jurisdictions. In parallel surveys with German citizens and state parliamentarians, we…

  3. ZEW Discussion Paper Nr. 23-006 // 2023

    Heterogeneous Regional University Funding and Firm Innovation: An Empirical Analysis of the German Excellence Initiative

    This paper estimates the effect of heterogeneous university funding stemming from the German Excellence Initiative on a regional firm’s probability to innovate by using a multi-valued two-way fixed effects…

  4. ZEW Discussion Paper Nr. 23-005 // 2023

    Welcome on Board? Appointment Dynamics of Women as Directors

    Increasing the participation of women in top-level corporate boards is high on the agenda of policymakers. Yet, we know little about director appointment dynamics and the drivers and impediments of women…

  5. ZEW Discussion Paper Nr. 23-004 // 2023

    High Skilled Mobility Under Uncertainty

    Previous work suggests a general uncertainty surrounding the migration process acts as a barrier to outmigration. In this paper, we argue that this barrier is exacerbated when relative economic policy…

  6. ZEW Discussion Paper Nr. 23-003 // 2023

    Can Social Comparisons and Moral Appeals Increase Public Transport Ridership and Decrease Car Use?

    In a field experiment with 341 participants, we study whether social comparisons, either in isolation or in combination with a climate-related moral appeal, can change the use of public and car-related…

  7. ZEW Discussion Paper Nr. 23-002 // 2023

    Public Procurement as an Innovation Policy: Where Do We Stand?

    Economics and innovation scholars have long recognized the potential of public procurement to trigger innovation. To what extent has this potential been realized so far? What can be done to improve the…

  8. ZEW Discussion Paper Nr. 23-001 // 2023

    The SearchEngine: A Holistic Approach to Matching

    The SearchEngine is an open source project providing an integrated framework for diverse matching activities, especially the linkage of large scale firm data by fuzzy criteria like company names and addresses.…

  9. ZEW Discussion Paper Nr. 22-071 // 2022

    Algorithmic Advice as a Credence Good

    Actors in various settings have been increasingly relying on algorithmic tools to support their decision-making. Much of the public debate concerning algorithms - especially the associated regulation of new…

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