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. 19-005 // 2019

    Refugees Welcome? Understanding the Regional Heterogeneity of Anti-Foreigner Hate Crimes in Germany

    In this article, we examine anti-foreigner hate crime in the wake of the large influx of asylum seekers to Germany in 2014 and 2015. By exploiting the quasi-experimental assignment of asylum seekers to German…

  2. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 19-004 // 2019

    Do Voluntary Environmental Programs Reduce Emissions? EMAS in the German Manufacturing Sector

    Voluntary environmental management programs for firms have become an increasingly popular instrument of environmental policy. However, the literature’s conclusion on the effectiveness of such programs is…

  3. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 19-003 // 2019

    Forward Trading and Collusion in Supply Functions

    This paper studies the effect of forward contracts on the stability of collusion among firms, competing in supply functions on the spot market. A forward market can increase the range of discount factors which…

  4. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 19-002 // 2019

    The Effects of Natural Disasters and Weather Variations on International Trade: A Review of the Empirical Literature

    This review summarizes the empirical literature on the effects of natural disasters and weather variations on international trade flows. A first result is that the body of literature is actually not as small as…

  5. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 19-001 // 2019

    Predicting Innovative Firms Using Web Mining and Deep Learning

    Evidence-based STI (science, technology, and innovation) policy making requires accurate indicators of innovation in order to promote economic growth. However, traditional indicators from patents and…

  6. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 18-059 // 2018

    Hotel Rankings of Online Travel Agents, Channel Pricing, and Consumer Protection

    We investigate whether online travel agents (OTAs) assign hotels worse positions in their search results if these set lower hotel prices at other OTAs or on their own websites. We formally characterize how…

  7. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 18-058 // 2018

    Using Emissions Trading Schemes to Reduce Heterogeneous Distortionary Taxes: the Case of Recycling Carbon Auction Revenues to Support Renewable Energy

    While emissions trading schemes are developed by nations to mitigate their greenhouse gas emissions, behavioural studies have shown that the political and public acceptability of these market-based instruments…

  8. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 18-057 // 2018

    Effects of Attribute-Based Regulation on Technology Adoption – The Case of Feed-In Tariffs for Solar Photovoltaic

    Feed-in tariffs are a widespread policy instrument to support the diffusion of renewable energy technologies. I investigate the impact of the size-based differentiation of these tariffs on the adoption of…

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