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. 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…

  2. ZEW Discussion Paper Nr. 24-009 // 2024

    Public Procurement Can Hinder Innovation

    Public procurement accounts for 15 to 20 percent of global GDP and is considered an effective innovation policy. However, the detrimental effects of non-innovative public procurement - public procurement tenders…

  3. ZEW Discussion Paper Nr. 24-008 // 2024

    Die fiskalische Wirkung von Steuersatzsenkungen, Abschreibungsvergünstigungen und Investitionsprämien in Krisenzeiten – Eine quantitative Analyse in Bezug auf deutsche Kapitalgesellschaften

    Wir zeigen, wie sich die fiskalischen Wirkungen einer Steuersatzsenkung, Abschreibungsvergünstigung und Investitionsprämie über einen Zeitraum, der durch eine Ergebniskrise geprägt ist, voneinander…

  4. ZEW Discussion Paper Nr. 24-007 // 2024

    Subsidising Innovation Outside or Within Firms’ Existing Knowledge Base: Which Is Best for Radical Innovation?

    Public financial support for firm-level Research and Innovation (R&I) can generate important socio-economic returns. This is especially true if firms use this support to develop radical innovation, defined as…

  5. ZEW Discussion Paper Nr. 24-006 // 2024

    Wage Inequality Consequences of Expanding Public Childcare

    This paper assesses the impact of a large expansion of public childcare in Germany on wage inequality. Exploiting regional variation in childcare supply over the 1990s, I show that in regions with stronger…

  6. ZEW Discussion Paper Nr. 24-005 // 2024

    De-routinization in the Fourth Industrial Revolution – Firm-Level Evidence

    This paper examines the extent to which aggregate-level de-routinization can be attributed to firm-level technology adoption during the most recent technological expansion. We use administrative data and a novel…

  7. ZEW Discussion Paper Nr. 24-004 // 2024

    Intergenerational Mobility of Education in Europe: Geographical Patterns, Cohort-Linked Measures, and the Innovation Nexus

    We estimate intergenerational mobility of education for people born 1940-1999 at the subnational level for 40 European countries. The result is a panel of mobility indices for 105 mesoregions (NUTS1), and 215…

  8. ZEW Discussion Paper Nr. 24-003 // 2024

    Do Judicial Assignments Matter? Evidence From Random Case Allocation

    Because judges exercise discretion in how they handle and decide cases, heterogeneity across judges can affect case outcomes and, thus, preferences among litigants for particular judges. However, selection…

  9. ZEW Discussion Paper Nr. 24-002 // 2024

    Productivity, Markups, and Reallocation: Evidence From French Manufacturing Firms From 1994 to 2016

    This paper investigates the evolution of aggregate productivity and markups among French manufacturing firms between 1994 and 2016, by focusing on the role of reallocation with respect to both aggregate…

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