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. 08-029 // 2008

    Does Mandatory Labeling of Genetically Modified Food Grant Consumers the Right to Know? Evidence from an Economic Experiment

    Opponents of the voluntary labeling scheme for genetically modified (GM) food products often argue that consumers have the "right to know" and therefore advocate mandatory labeling. In this paper we argue…

  2. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 08-028 // 2008

    Rate Cutting Tax Reforms and Corporate Tax Competition in Europe

    While there is a large and growing number of studies on the determinants of corporate tax rates, the literature has so far ignored the fact that the behavior of governments in setting tax rates is often best…

  3. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 08-027 // 2008

    Who’s Afraid of an EU Tax and Why? – Revenue System Preferences in the European Parliament

    The EU's revenue system is still typical for an organisation based on international cooperation and stands in contrast to the Union's far advanced legislative and political role. This contrast feeds the debate…

  4. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 08-026 // 2008

    A European Perspective on Recent Trends in U.S. Climate Policy

    European climate policy is on its way to implement the policy instruments required to achieve the ambitious abatement goals announced earlier in 2007, which are to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 20 percent…

  5. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 08-025 // 2008

    Monetary Policy Implementation and the Federal Funds Rate

    For many central banks, overnight money markets are the key channel through which monetary policy is executed. Overnight rates, such as the US federal funds rate, are the operational targets of monetary policy…

  6. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 08-024 // 2008

    Voter Involvement, Fiscal Autonomy and Public Sector Efficiency: Evidence from German Municipalities

    Over the last 15 years, a rapidly-expanding body of literature has developed in which it is argued that ‘social capital’ positively affects institutional performance. Engagement in social life is argued not only…

  7. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 08-023 // 2008

    Public Interest vs. Interest Groups: Allowance Allocation in the EU Emissions Trading Scheme

    This paper presents a political-economy analysis of allowance allocation in the EU Emissions Trading Scheme (EU ETS). A common-agency model suggests that a politicalsupport maximizing government considers the…

  8. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 08-022 // 2008

    Wage Convergence and Inequality after Unification: (East) Germany in Transition

    This paper investigates the wage convergence between East German workers and their West German counterparts after reunification. Our research is based on a comparison of three groups of workers defined as…

  9. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 08-021 // 2008

    IT Training and Employability of Older Workers

    This paper empirically analyzes the relationship between firm-provided IT training and the firm's proportion of older workers. Using data from the ZEW ICT survey of the years 2004 and 2007, the results show that…

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