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.

ZEW Discussion Papers
ZEW Discussion Papers
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  1. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 13-073 // 2013

    Environmental Innovations and Profitability: How Does it Pay To Be Green?

    The achievement of the goals set by the broad 10-year growth strategy "Europe 2020" of the European Commission, aiming by 2020 at a smart, sustainable and more inclusive economy, is intertwined with improvements…

    Environmental and Climate Economics
  2. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 13-072 // 2013

    Patent Litigation in Europe

    We compare patent litigation cases across four European jurisdictions – Germany, France, the Netherlands, and the UK – covering cases filed during the period 2000-2008. For our analysis, we assemble a new…

    Economics of Innovation and Industrial...
  3. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 13-071 // 2013

    Asset Pricing without Garbage

    This paper provides an explanation of why garbage as a measure of consumption implies a several times lower coefficient of relative risk aversion in the consumptionbased asset pricing model than consumption…

    Pensions and Sustainable Financial...
  4. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 13-069 // 2013

    Estimating Consumer Damages in Cartel Cases

    During recent years the question of legal standing of consumer associations in the course of private cartel damage claims has increasingly attracted attention within the European Commission (EC). The European…

  5. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 13-070 // 2013

    Intellectual Property Box Regimes: Effective Tax Rates and Tax Policy Considerations

    Intangible assets constitute a major input and value-driver for multinational firms. Often, the related intellectual property does not have a clear geographical location and firms use this flexibility to…

    Corporate Taxation and Public Finance
  6. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 13-068 // 2013

    Financial Sector and Output Dynamics in the Euro Area: Non-linearities Reconsidered

    The financial and economic crisis has stressed the need for a better understanding of destabilizing effects, in particular arising from the financial sector, and how these may spill over to economic activity. In…

    Pensions and Sustainable Financial...
  7. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 13-066 // 2013

    Ups and Downs. How Economic Growth Affects Policy Interactions.

    Emissions trading is key to climate policy in an increasing number of countries. Besides the emission trading system of the European Union (EU ETS), several similar systems in China, California, Australia, and…

    Environmental and Climate Economics
  8. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 13-067 // 2013

    Offshoring and Relative Labor Demand from a Task Perspective

    Since trade is becoming more of a task-related phenomenon due to the increase in offshoring activities by firms, the pattern of effects across workers is changing as well. In particular, the skill-based…

    Pensions and Sustainable Financial...
  9. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 13-065 // 2013

    Den Strommarkt an die Wirklichkeit anpassen: Skizze einer neuen Marktordnung

    The German electricity market changes elementarily these days. Renewable energy replaces such from conventional sources. At the same time, more and more electricity is produced in northern Germany and needs to…

    Environmental and Climate Economics

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