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. 11-011 // 2011

    Can Regional Transfers Buy Public Support? Evidence from EU Structural Policy

    The theoretical literature suggests that upper-tier governments have an incentive to strategically allocate regional transfers in order to affect the electorate's opinion. This implies that citizens in targeted…

  2. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 11-010 // 2011

    R&D Collaboration with Uncertain Intellectual Property Rights

    Research and development (R&D) collaborations allow firms to combine their resources, exploit complementary know-how and internalize R&D externalities. Hence, R&D collaborations may spur innovation activities in…

  3. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 11-009 // 2011

    Delay and Secrecy: Does Industry Sponsorship Jeopardize Disclosure of Academic Research?

    It has almost become conventional wisdom that the viability of modern open science norms and practices depends on public disclosure of new knowledge, methods, and materials. At the same time, long-run trends…

  4. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 11-008 // 2011

    Orphans at Risk in Sub-Saharan Africa: Evidence on Educational and Health Outcomes

    Mortality rates among prime-age adults are dramatically high in many sub-Saharan African countries, and, as a consequence, the number of orphaned children is high and increasing. In this paper, we identify the…

  5. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 11-007 // 2011

    Variation of Learning Intensity in Late Adolescence and the Impact on Noncognitive Skills

    Recent research in economics reveals a substantial impact of personality traits or noncognitive skills on outcomes related to educational and labor market success. A virtue of these noncognitive skills compared…

  6. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 11-006 // 2011

    Short-term Borrowing for Long-term Projects: Are Family Businesses More Susceptible to Irrational Financing Choices?

    Based on a dataset with 1,417 family and 1,195 non-family businesses in Germany, we find that family businesses rely more heavily than other enterprises on short term credit in order to finance long term…

  7. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 11-005 // 2011

    Asymmetries and Interdependencies in Time use Between Italian Parents

    In recent decades, changes in parents’ attitudes towards the importance of spending time with children to optimise their development have greatly affected patterns of time allocation among both working and…

  8. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 11-004 // 2011

    What Drives WTP for Energy Efficiency when Moving? Evidence from a Germany-wide Household Survey

    The political discussion on energy efficiency is focusing more and more on the building sector due to its susceptibility to potential market failures. In Germany, for example, about 30% of the total final energy…

  9. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 11-003 // 2011

    Costs and Benefits of Inter-departmental Innovation Collaboration

    Research on management and organization science has identified inter-departmental innovation collaboration as a mechanism to facilitate corporate innovation performance. Inter-departmental collaboration…

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