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. 16-079 // 2016

    The Growth and Human Capital Structure of New Firms over the Business Cycle

    Recent research suggests that employment in young firms is more negatively impacted during economic downturns than employment in incumbent firms. This questions the effectiveness of policies that promote…

  2. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 16-078 // 2016

    The Contribution of Different Public Innovation Funding Programs to SMEs’ Export Performance

    This paper studies the effects of different public innovation funding programs on the innovation output and export performance of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). We evaluate the effectiveness of…

  3. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 16-077 // 2016

    Innovation, Creative Destruction, and Structural Change: Firm-Level Evidence from European Countries

    The shift of employment from lower to higher productive firms is an important driver for structural change and industry dynamics. We investigate this reallocation in terms of employment gains and losses from…

  4. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 16-076 // 2016

    Employment Effects of Innovations over the Business Cycle: Firm-Level Evidence from European Countries

    A growing literature investigates how firms’ innovation input reacts to changes in the business cycle. However, so far there is no evidence whether there is cyclicality in the effects of innovation on firm…

  5. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 16-075 // 2016

    Does Energy Policy Hurt International Competitiveness of Firms? A Comparative Study for Germany, Switzerland, and Austria

    This paper investigates the impact of energy policies on the export performance of firms. There has been a long policy debate on potentially negative impacts of cost-increasing energy policies on international…

  6. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 16-074 // 2016

    The Workforce Composition of Young Firms and Product Innovation - Complementarities in the Skills of Founders and Their Early Employees

    We investigate the extent to which complementarities between technical and business skills of founders and employees matter for the generation of market novelties by new ventures. Using data about German…

  7. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 16-073 // 2016

    Spillover from the Haven: Cross-Border Externalities of Patent Box Regimes Within Multinational Firms

    This paper analyzes externalities of patent box regimes in Europe. Tax reductions in foreign affiliates of a firm that also provide a profit shifting opportunity reduce the user cost of capital and thereby…

  8. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 16-072 // 2016

    The EU 2020 Innovation Indicator: A Step Forward in Measuring Innovation Outputs and Outcomes?

    In October 2013, the European Commission presented a new indicator intended to capture innovation outputs and outcomes and thereby “support policy-makers in establishing new or reinforced actions to remove…

  9. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 16-071 // 2016

    Which Incentives to Increase Survey Response of Secondary School Pupils?

    Increasing participation rates in pupil surveys has become an important challenge for empirical educational research. In this paper we investigate whether combining a monetary incentive with a personalised…

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