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. 11-047 // 2011

    Separating Wheat and Chaff: Age-specific Staffing Strategies and Innovative Performance at the Firm Level

    The lack of skilled labour is a major threat to the innovative capacity of highly developed economies. Particularly in emerging technological fields, companies hunt for qualified workers. On the one hand, in…

  2. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 11-046 // 2011

    Why Training Older Employees is Less Effective

    The ageing of the workforce increases the importance of life-long learning for competitiveness. Most contributions on continuing training focus on lower participation of older employees. This paper in contrast…

  3. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 11-045 // 2011

    Intrinsic Work Motivation and Pension Reform Acceptance

    Reforms, such as a higher pension age, are highly unpopular although they are a demographic necessity. Hence, a sound understanding of reform resistance is desirable. Preceding studies have explored numerous…

  4. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 11-044 // 2011

    Wacky Patents Meet Economic Indicators

    The empirical literature on the economics of patents employs a large array of patentbased measures to proxy economic characteristics of patents such as the "sciencebase", "importance" or "value" of patented…

  5. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 11-043 // 2011

    A Practical Approach to Offset Permits in Post Kyoto Climate Policy

    In recent years, the parties of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) failed to negotiate a follow‐up agreement of the Kyoto Protocol. The commitment period of the Kyoto Protocol…

  6. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 11-041 // 2011

    Growth and Welfare Maximization in Models of Public Finance and Endogenous Growth

    The comparison between growth‐maximizing and welfare‐maximizing fiscal policy over the long run is a central issue in models of public finance and endogenous growth. It is also important from a policymaking…

  7. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 11-042 // 2011

    Understanding the Effects of Violent Video Games on Violent Crime

    Most psychological studies report a positive relationship between violent video game play and aggression. In line with that researchers and policy makers alike understand playing violent video games as…

  8. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 11-040 // 2011

    The Impact of Informational Costs in Quantity Regulation of Pollutants: The Case of the European Emissions Trading Scheme

    The Kyoto Protocol mandates a reduction of greenhouse gas emissions to countervail climate change. As a consequence, the EU has introduced the European Emissions Trading Scheme (EU ETS) to achieve a reduction of…

  9. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 11-039 // 2011

    An Economic Analysis of Online Streaming: How the Music Industry Can Generate Revenues from Cloud Computing

    Music can be characterized as an information good and is therefore amenable to digitalization and copying through online sharing networks. Chances and risks arise from digitalization for the producers and right…

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