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. 06-086 // 2006

    Works Councils and the Anatomy of Wages

    This paper provides the first full examination of the effect of German works councils on wages using matched employer-employee data (specifically, the LIAB for 2001). We find that works councils are associated…

  2. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 06-085 // 2006

    Regional Versus Individual Aspects of the Digital Divide in Germany

    This paper analyzes the regional dimension of the German digital divide. It considers the impact of regional characteristics on differences in the share of Internet use between German counties. In addition, it…

  3. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 06-084 // 2006

    Transfer Pricing of Intrafirm Sales as a Profit Shifting Channel - Evidence from German Firm Data

    This paper investigates whether transfer pricing of intrafirm sales within multinationals represents an important channel of company tax planning. A simple theoretical model, considering profit shifting…

  4. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 06-083 // 2006

    Once Bitten, Twice Shy? - The Performance of Entrepreneurial Restarts

    The aim of this paper is to analyze the effect of entrepreneurial experience on firm growth. According to the human capital theory, individuals who have higher 'human capital' are more successful than others.…

  5. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 06-082 // 2006

    The Effect of Firm- and Industry-Level Contracts on Wages - Evidence from Longitudinal Linked Employer-Employee Data

    Using a large linked employer-employee data set, this paper presents new evidence on the collective bargaining wage effect in western and eastern Germany. The novel feature of our analysis is that we use a…

  6. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 06-081 // 2006

    Human Capital and Successful Academic Spin-Off

    Academic spin-offs are one way in which employability of university graduates is reflected. Using the ZEW spinoff-survey, this paper studies empirically the impact of human capital on the success of academic…

  7. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 06-080 // 2006

    An Empirical Assessment of Co-Activity among German Professors

    The growing importance of technology relevant non-publication output of university research has come into the focus of policy-makers’ interest. A fierce debate arose on possible negative consequences of the…

  8. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 06-079 // 2006

    Environmentally Oriented Energy Policy and Stock Returns: An Empirical Analysis

    This paper analyzes the effect of environmental regulation on stock returns (as a measure of economic performance) for German energy corporations. By using event study methodology, we consider the last minute…

  9. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 06-078 // 2006

    Calibration of Normalised CES Production Functions in Dynamic Models

    Normalising CES production functions in the calibration of basic dynamic models allows to choose technology parameters in an economically plausible way. When variations in the elasticity of substitution are…

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