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. 11-038 // 2011

    Religion and the Shadow Economy

    Religion is increasingly acknowledged to be a cultural dimension which affects economic outcomes in different regards. This contribution focuses on religion’s possible impact on the size of the shadow economy.…

  2. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 11-037 // 2011

    Fiscal Stimulus and Distortionary Taxation

    We quantify the fiscal multipliers in response to the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) of 2009. We extend the benchmark Smets-Wouters (Smets and Wouters, 2007) New Keynesian model, allowing for…

  3. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 11-036 // 2011

    Unmasking the Porter Hypothesis: Environmental Innovations and Firm-Profitability

    Environmental regulation. What economists usually associate with these words are barriers to competitiveness. The association of Porter (1991) and Porter and van der Linde (1995) is a different one. By relying…

  4. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 11-035 // 2011

    Ex-post Assessment of Merger Effects: The Case of Pfizer and Pharmacia (2003)

    The pharmaceutical industry has recently experienced numerous mergers and acquisitions. The number of studies which investigate the effects of pharmaceutical mergers is, however, rather limited. This paper…

  5. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 11-034 // 2011

    The Effects of the Block Exemption Regulation Reform on the Swiss Car Market

    In 2002, the Swiss Competition Commission (COMCO) introduced a Notice on the Competitive Treatment of Vertical Restraints in Automobile Trade (‘Car Notice’). The objective of the Car Notice has been to…

  6. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 11-033 // 2011

    Human Capital Investment Strategies in Europe

    Economists study the formation of human capital over the life cycle and its welfare consequences. Teaching is regarded as the major channel for fostering skills and human capital. According to political rhetoric…

  7. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 11-032 // 2011

    More Bits – More Bucks? Measuring the Impact of Broadband Internet on Firm Performance

    Numerous empirical studies at different levels of aggregation demonstrate the important role of information and communication technologies (ICT) for economic performance. As general purpose technologies ICT…

  8. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 11-031 // 2011

    Intertemporal Evaluation Criteria for Climate Change Policy: The Basic Ethical Issues

    The evaluation of long-term effects of climate change in cost-benefit analysis has a long tradition in environmental economics. Since the publication of the Stern Review in 2006 the debate about the…

  9. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 11-030 // 2011

    Entrepreneurs from Low-Skilled Immigrant Groups in Knowledge-intensive Industries – Company Characteristics, Survival and Innovative Performance

    Technology entrepreneurship is an important facilitator for the introduction of new products and for the diffusion of innovations throughout the economy. It is therefore an important contributor to long-term…

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