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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External Research Publications
  1. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 06-007 // 2006

    Combining Top-Down and Bottom-up in Energy Policy Analysis: A Decomposition Approach

    The formulation of market equilibrium problems as mixed complementarity problems (MCP)permits integration of bottom-up programming models of the energy system into top-down general equilibrium models of the…

    Environmental and Climate Economics
  2. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 06-006 // 2006

    Gleicher Lohn für gleiche Arbeit? - Zum Zusammenhang zwischen Gewerkschaftsmitgliedschaft und Lohnstruktur in Westdeutschland 1985–1997

    Diese Arbeit untersucht den Zusammenhang zwischen dem gewerkschaftlichen Nettoorganisationsgrad als Maß für die Gewerkschaftsmacht und der Lohnstruktur in und zwischen Segmenten des deutschen Arbeitsmarktes in…

    Labour Markets and Social Insurance
  3. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 06-004 // 2006

    Wie genau sind die Konjunkturprognosen der Institute für Deutschland?

    Corporate Taxation and Public Finance
  4. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 06-003 // 2006

    Differentiation of Green Taxes: A Political-Economy Analysis for Germany

    In this paper we study political-economy determinants of the differentiation of environmental taxes between sectors. Using a common-agency model, we provide predictions on tax differentiation which are then…

    Environmental and Climate Economics
  5. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 06-002 // 2006

    Heterogeneous Returns to Training: An Analysis with German Data Using Local Instrumental Variables

    Empirical work on the wage impact of training has noted that unobserved heterogeneity of training participants should play a role. The expected return to training, which partly depends on unobservable…

    Labour Markets and Social Insurance
  6. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 06-022 // 2006

    Panel Tests for Unit Roots in Hours Worked

    Hours worked is a time series of interest in many empirical investigations of the macroeconomy. Estimates of macro elasticities of labour supply, for example, build on this variable. Other empirical applications…

    Corporate Taxation and Public Finance
  7. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 05-75 // 2005

    Does Public Scientific Research Complement Industry R&D Investment? The Case of NIH Supported Basic and Clinical Research and Pharmaceutical Industry R&D

    This research investigates the hypothesis that publicly funded scientific research complements private R&D investment in the pharmaceutical industry. New microlevel data on public research investment by the…

    Economics of Innovation and Industrial...
  8. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 05-09 // 2005

    Die Wirkungsanalyse staatlicher Förderprogramme durch den Einsatz von Matching- und Selektionsmodellen am Beispiel der Fertigungstechnik

    Economics of Innovation and Industrial...
  9. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 05-14 // 2005

    How Does Owners' Exposure to Idiosyncratic Risk Influence the Capital Structure of Private Companies?

    This paper identifies the entrepreneur's exposure to idiosyncratic risk as an important determinant of the demand for loans and the capital structure. The analysis is based on a sample of small and medium-sized…

    Economics of Innovation and Industrial...

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