1. Discussion und Working Paper // 2001

    Identifizierung regionaler Unterschiede bei der Inanspruchnahme der Existenzgründungsförderung

    Zielsetzung ist eine Bestandsaufnahme und Erfassung der Existenzgründerförderung der Landesbank ( L-Bank) und Deutschen Ausgleichsbank (DtA). Mit der Berücksichtigung der Heterogenität der Kreise durch die…

  2. ZEW Discussion Paper Nr. 01-72 // 2001

    Managerial Ownership and Firm Performance in German Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises

    We analyze the relationship between managerial ownership and company performance, testing the incentive and entrenchment hypothesis. Differently from previous literature, we focus on small and medium-sized…

  3. ZEW Discussion Paper Nr. 01-71 // 2001

    Do Temporary Workers Receive Risk-Premiums?

    The wage effects of fixed-term contracts (FTCs) are analysed with the GSOEP for West Germany. Different estimators which take into account selection bias are used. It is shown that propensity…

  4. ZEW Discussion Paper Nr. 01-70 // 2001

    Unternehmensleitung und Innovationserfolg

    In dieser Arbeit werden die verschiedenen Anreize für Manager im Vergleich zu Unternehmenseignern untersucht, Innovationen durchzuführen. Bei den Anreizen treten gegenläufige Effekte der…

  5. ZEW Discussion Paper Nr. 01-69 // 2001

    The Effects of Website Provision on the Demand for German Women’s Magazines

    What happens to demand if a magazine launches a website? This question is empirically analyzed for the German women’s magazine market, a particularly large segment of the German magazine where fierce competition…

  6. ZEW Discussion Paper Nr. 01-68 // 2001

    Economic Impacts of a Premature Nuclear Phase-Out in Switzerland

    This paper investigates the economic impacts of two policy proposals: "Strom ohne Atom" (SOA) and "Moratorium Plus" (MOP), both of which contain a premature phase-out of nuclear power in Switzerland. While MOP…

  7. ZEW Discussion Paper Nr. 01-66 // 2001

    The Impact of Office Machinery and Computer Capital on the Demand for Heterogeneous Labor

    This paper analyzes the impact of office machinery and computer capital (OCM) on the demand for heterogeneous labor. A system of static and dynamic input demand equations based on the quadratic and the Leontief…