ZEW Discussion Papers

Overview

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.

  1. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 19-032 // 2019

    Expectations of Reciprocity when Competitors Share Information: Experimental Evidence

    Informal exchange of information among competitors has been well-documented in a variety of industries, and one's expectation of reciprocity shown to be a key determinant. We use an indeterminate horizon…

  2. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 19-031 // 2019

    How Marginal is Lignite? Two Simple Approaches to Determine Price-Setting Technologies in Power Markets

    The impact of energy and climate policies often depends on how the market reacts to the policy, i.e. in terms of prices or costs for downstream industries. Economic theory tells us that in power markets, prices…

  3. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 19-030 // 2019

    Sequential Procurement with Limited Commitment

    We analyze the problem of a buyer who chooses a supplier for a long-term relationship via an auction. The buyer lacks commitment to not renegotiate the terms of the contract in the long run. Thus, suppliers are…

  4. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 19-029 // 2019

    The 2011 Break in the Part-Time Indicator and the Evolution of Wage Inequality in Germany

    German social security records involve an indicator for part-time or full-time work. In 2011, the reporting procedure was changed suggesting that a fraction of worker recorded to be working full-time before the…

  5. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 19-028 // 2019

    State Mandates on Renewable Heating Technologies and the Housing Market

    We study the effect of a state level mandate on renewable heating technologies on the housing market. The mandate requires a minimum share of 10 % renewable energy sources when changing the heating system in the…

  6. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 19-027 // 2019

    Intergenerational Mobility and Self-Selection of Asylum Seekers in Germany

    We exploit a novel survey of recently arrived asylum seekers in Germany in order to estimate the degree of intergenerational mobility in education among refugees and compare it to the educational mobility of…

  7. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 19-026 // 2019

    A Retrospective Study on the Regional Benefits and Spillover Effects of High-Speed Broadband Networks: Evidence from German Counties

    There is still hardly any empirical evidence on how divergent broadband technologies, and, by extension, bandwidth levels, influence GDP growth, or on the extent of spatial externalities at a regional level. Our…

  8. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 19-025 // 2019

    Biases in Fiscal Multiplier Estimates

    The "true" size of fiscal multipliers is widely debated by economists and policy makers as large (small) multipliers provide arguments to expand (cut) public spending. Within a meta-analytical framework, we ask…

  9. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 19-024 // 2019

    Digitalization and the Future of Work: Macroeconomic Consequences

    Computing power continues to grow at an enormous rate. Simultaneously, more and better data is increasingly available and Machine Learning methods have seen significant breakthroughs in the recent past. All this…

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