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. 11-029 // 2011

    What Does Ex-post Evidence Tell us About the Output Effects of Future Tax Reforms?

    As a result of the global economic recession there is renewed interest in the effects of taxation on economic performance: many countries attempted to use tax cuts as a means to stimulate aggregate demand and…

  2. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 11-028 // 2011

    International Diversification Benefits with Foreign Exchange Investment Styles

    Style-based investments and their role for portfolio allocation have been widely studied by researchers in stock markets. By contrast, there exists considerably less knowledge about the portfolio implications of…

  3. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 11-027 // 2011

    Determinants of Eco-innovations by Type of Environmental Impact. The Role of Regulatory Push/Pull, Technology Push and Market Pull

    In recent years, several studies have identified determinants of environmental innovations. In most econometric studies, environmental innovations in general were analyzed, some distinguish between…

  4. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 11-026 // 2011

    Managerial Ownership, Entrenchment and Innovation

    Economic theory suggests that managers’ investment behavior differs from that of owners. On the one hand, managers might under-invest into R&D compared to owners for reasons of risk. R&D projects are typically…

  5. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 11-025 // 2011

    Netzzugang, Wettbewerb und Investitionen

    We analyze the role of different contract types and access regulation on innovation and competition in telecommunications. Within a standard duopoly model we show that ex-post access contracts less often lead to…

  6. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 11-024 // 2011

    Taxation, R&D Tax Incentives and Patent Application in Europe

    Innovation triggers positive effects on productivity and growth. It is therefore important to know whether taxation has an impact on research, development and innovation and whether taxation can be used as an…

  7. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 11-023 // 2011

    Dips and Floors in Workplace Training: Using Personnel Records to Estimate Gender Differences

    Life-long learning is considered necessary to sustain employability at older age in light of continuous changes in the labor market. Nevertheless, it is a challenge to sustain the training of employees…

  8. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 11-022 // 2011

    Geographical and Institutional Distances in Venture Capital Deals: How Syndication and Experience Drive Internationalization Patterns

    In the last decade, more than one third of worldwide venture capital investments have been crossborder deals. In many of these deals venture capitalists cross continents and/or invest in countries with different…

  9. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 11-021 // 2011

    The Market Value of Blocking Patent Citations

    Patent-based measures are the most frequently used indicators in empirical research on innovation and technological change. In particular, patent forward citations have become an established measure for the…

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