ZEW Discussion Papers

The study of the innovative output of firms often relies on a count of patents filed at one single patent office, although companies have the option to file patents at multiple offices such as their national…

How does social interaction influence an academic's decision to become entrepreneurial and to collaborate with industry? Does the academic's age attenuate or amplify its effects? Since links between science and…

Patenting is widely acknowledged as a major tool to reward innovative firms for their efforts in research and development (R&D). However, many firms decide to keep their inventions secret. Understanding a patent…

This paper focuses on the design of emissions trading schemes in practice. After a short introduction to the general idea of emissions trading, practical requirements for the introduction of an emissions trading…

There are different reasons, why countries trade. The most important one, economists typically refer to, is that trade is a source of wealth. There is, however, a further reason, which usually is not mentioned…

Many of today’s challenges require regulative interventions by policymakers. From an economic perspective, effectiveness, cost-efficiency and distribution issues are crucial for any form of future regulation.…

In a controversial political debate, new environmental technologies are often regarded as a job creator or – due to strict environmental policy – as a job killer. A detailed analysis for these employment effects…

In this paper we use survey responses of mayors from cities and municipalities in the German state of Baden-Württemberg to study the "true" spatial structure of local tax competition. The size of the…

Awards increase in popularity in the corporate sector, where managers consider innovative human resource practices such as awards to be essential for firm competitiveness. The prevalence and popularity of…