ZEW Discussion Papers

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Researchers at the ZEW participate in scientific debates by publishing their papers. The papers are predominantly in English (marked). For the German papers an English abstract is available. The contributions are intended for a final publication in special interest titles. The discussion papers can be downloaded as PDF or PostScript files starting from 1.1.1998. They aimed at national and international target groups.

ZEW Discussion Papers
ZEW Discussion Papers
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  1. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 15-081 // 2015

    Let's Stay in Touch - Evidence on the Role of Social Learning in Local Tax Interactions

    This paper exploits detailed information on local political and socioeconomic networks and a reform of local fiscal equalization in North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW) to identify the role of learning in local tax rate…

    Corporate Taxation and Public Finance
  2. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 15-080 // 2015

    The Power of Individual-Level Drivers of Inventive Performance

    Based on an established theoretical framework of the drivers of inventive performance, the so-called KSAO (Knowledge, Skills, Abilities, and Other) factors, this paper seeks to explain empirically the…

    Labour Markets and Social Insurance
  3. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 15-079 // 2015

    Second-Best Analysis of European Energy Policy: Is One Bird in the Hand Worth Two in the Bush?

    This paper studies policy instruments that correct insufficient learning-by-doing (LbD) and research and development (R&D) of renewable electricity technologies and insufficient investments in energy efficiency…

    Environmental and Climate Economics
  4. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 15-078 // 2015

    Economic Downturn and Volunteering: Do Economic Crises Affect Content Generation on Wikipedia?

    Economic restructuring provides an opportunity for socially valuable product and process innovation. However, it's not clear whether displaced workers engage in socially useful activities as well. This question…

    Digital Economy
  5. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 15-077 // 2015

    How Are Work-Related Characteristics Linked to Sickness Absence and Presenteeism? – Theory and Data

    This paper investigates how changes in work-related factors affect workers' absence and presenteeism behavior. Previous studies (implicitly) assume that there is a substitutive relationship, i.e. a change in a…

    Labour Markets and Social Insurance
  6. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 15-076 // 2015

    The Impact of Administrative Transaction Costs in the EU Emissions Trading System

    This paper empirically investigates the impact of transaction costs for monitoring, reporting, and verification (MRV) of emissions on companies regulated by the EU Emissions Trading System (EU ETS) in Germany.…

    Environmental and Climate Economics
  7. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 15-075 // 2015

    Zum Stromkonsum von Haushalten in Grundsicherung: Eine empirische Analyse für Deutschland

    Environmental and Climate Economics
  8. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 15-074 // 2015

    Measuring the Use of Human Resources Practices and Employee Attitudes: The Linked Personnel Panel

    This paper introduces a new data source available for HRM researchers and personnel economists,the Linked Personnel Panel (LPP). The LPP is a longitudinal and representative employer-employee data set covering…

    Labour Markets and Social Insurance
  9. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 15-073 // 2015

    Konzeptionelle Lehren aus der ersten Evaluationsrunde der Branchenmindestlöhne in Deutschland

    Labour Markets and Social Insurance

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