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. 14-065 // 2014

    Employment and Earnings Effects of Awarding Training Vouchers in Germany

    In 2003, Germany moved from a system in which participants in training programs for the unemployed are assigned by caseworkers to an allocation system using vouchers. Based on the rich administrative data for…

  2. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 14-064 // 2014

    Allocation of Human Capital and Innovation at the Frontier: Firm-Level Evidence on Germany and the Netherlands

    This paper examines how productivity effects of human capital and innovation vary at different points of the conditional productivity distribution. Our analysis draws upon two large unbalanced panels of 6,634…

  3. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 14-063 // 2014

    The Appeals Process: An Empirical Assessment

    The appeals process – whereby the losing party of an administrative or judicial decision can seek reconsideration of their arguments before a higher institution – is an important mechanism to correct legal…

  4. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 14-062 // 2014

    Determinants of the Duration of European Appellate Court Proceedings in Cartel Cases

    The duration of appellate court proceedings is an important determinant of the efficiency of a court system. We use data of 234 firm groups that participated in 63 cartels convicted by the European Commission…

  5. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 14-056 // 2014

    Voting for Burden Sharing Rules in Public Goods Games

    In this experiment, we endogenize the choice of which contribution scheme is implemented in a public goods game. We investigate three rule-based contribution schemes. In a first step, players agree on a common…

  6. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 14-055 // 2014

    On the Performance of Rule-Based Contribution Schemes Under Endowment Heterogeneity

    We experimentally test different rule-based contribution mechanisms in a repeated 4-player public goods game with endowment heterogeneity and compare them to a VCM, distinguishing between a random- and an…

  7. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 14-060 // 2014

    Consistent or Balanced? On the Dynamics of Voluntary Contributions

    We investigate the dynamic effects of a charitable lottery and an income tax on donations. The analysis is based on a two-round dictator game with the subject’s charity of choice as recipient and additional…

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