1. Refereed Journal // 2013

    Environmental Innovation and Employment Dynamics in Different Technology Fields – An Analysis Based on the German Community Innovation Survey 2009

    The employment effects of environmental technologies are in the focus of politicians but studies analyzing these effects for different environmental innovation fields are rare. We use the 2009 wave of the…

  2. Refereed Journal // 2013

    Small is Beautiful - Experimental Evidence of Donors' Preferences for Charities

    This paper studies the effect of information about a charity’s size on individuals’ donations to that charity. We conducted a framed field experiment with a non-student sample, in which subjects had the…

  3. Refereed Journal // 2013

    The Heterogeneous Costs of Disclosure and the Propensity to Patent

    This article explores whether the heterogeneous costs of disclosure induced by patenting can serve as an explanation for the empirically observed heterogeneity of the propensity to patent across firms. A…

  4. Refereed Journal // 2013

    On the Power of Childhood Impressions for Skill Formation - Initial Evidence and Unsettled Questions

    Manifold childhood impressions result from the interactions with adult caregivers and the environment. These impressions, be they beneficial or detrimental, shape individual skill formation and achievement over…