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.

  1. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 06-069 // 2006

    The Role of Technology in M&As: A Firm Level Comparison of Cross-Border and Domestic Deals

    Technological change is often hypothesized as one of the main drivers of merger activities. This paper analyzes the role of technology in mergers and acquisitions (M&As) at the firm level. Based on a newly…

  2. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 06-068 // 2006

    The Impact of Thin-Capitalization Rules on Multinationals' Financing and Investment Decisions

    This paper analyzes the role of Thin-Capitalization rules for capital structure choice and investment decisions of multinationals. A theoretical analysis shows that the imposition of such rules tends to affect…

  3. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 06-067 // 2006

    Taxation and Capital Structure Choice - Evidence from a Panel of German Multinationals

    This paper analyzes the impact of taxes and lending conditions on the financial structure of multinationals' foreign affiliates. The empirical analysis employs a large panel of affiliates of German…

  4. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 06-066 // 2006

    The Erosion of Union Membership in Germany: Determinants, Densities, Decompositions

    Union density in Germany has declined remarkably during the last two decades. We estimate socio-economic and workplace-related determinants of union membership in East and West Germany using data from the German…

  5. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 06-065 // 2006

    The Effects of Short-Term Training Measures on the Individual Unemployment Duration in West Germany

    Short-term training measures are the most important intervention of German active labor market policy in terms of persons promoted. However, evidence on the impacts of programs is missing. This study analyzes…

  6. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 06-064 // 2006

    Basic Income Reform in Germany: Better Gradualism than Cold Turkey

    This paper advocates the cautious and constitutional evolution of existing basic income schemes ("unemployment benefit II") and Targeted Negative Income Tax (TNIT = "Einstiegsgeld") into a means-tested…

  7. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 06-063 // 2006

    Two for the Price of One? On Additionality Effects of R&D Subsidies: A Comparison Between Flanders and Germany

    In this paper we empirically test whether public R&D subsidies crowd out private R&D investment in Flanders and Germany, using firm level data from the Flemish and German part of the Community Innovation survey…

  8. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 06-062 // 2006

    What Attracts Human Capital? Understanding the Skill Composition of Interregional Job Matches in Germany

    By examining the destination choice patterns of heterogenous labor, this paper tries to explain the skill composition of internal job matching flows in Germany. Estimates from a nested logit model of destination…

  9. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 06-061 // 2006

    Regionenmatching im Rahmen der Evaluation der Experimentierklausel des § 6c SGB II: Methodische Vorgehensweise und Ergebnisse

    Wir führen ein Regionenmatching durch, welches für alle Kreise in Deutschland die nächsten Nachbarn bestimmt, die ähnliche regionale Rahmenbedingungen für die Länge individueller Arbeitslosigkeitsphasen der SGB…

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