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.

ZEW Discussion Papers
ZEW Discussion Papers
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  1. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 98-36 // 1998

    Die gemeinnützige Arbeitnehmerüberlassung in Rheinland-Pfalz - eine ökonometrische Analyse des Wiedereingliederungserfolgs

    Labour Markets and Social Insurance
  2. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 98-34 // 1998

    The Internationalisation of British and German Start-Up Companies in High-Technology Industries

    Established theories in international business come to different conclusions when specifically applied to the analysis of the international activities of start-up companies in high-technology industries. Using a…

    Economics of Innovation and Industrial...
  3. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 98-32 // 1998

    R&D cooperation and R&D intensity: Theory and Micro-Econometric Evidence for Germany

    This paper develops a three stage oligopoly game for R&D cooperation, R&D expenditure and product market competition. In the first stage, firms decide whether or not to conduct R&D in cooperation with other…

    Economics of Innovation and Industrial...
  4. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 98-31 // 1998

    The Goals of Sustainable Development and the Reform of the EU Banana Trade Regime. A Discussion of Different Trade Instruments

    Ideally a new reform of the EU trade regime for bananas (COMB) should be equipped in a way that it makes a long-term contribution to the realisation of sustainable goals, or at least does not prevent them. From…

    Environmental and Climate Economics
  5. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 98-28 // 1998

    Pricing to Market of German Exporters: Evidence from Panel Data

    This paper investigates price discrimination of German exporters across different foreign markets. We examine the degree of pass-through of exchange rate fluctuations in the pricing of 70 export items. The model…

    Economics of Innovation and Industrial...
  6. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 98-21 // 1998

    Lending Relationships in Germany - Empirical Evidence from Survey Data

    We examine empirically the role of lending relationships in determining the costs and collateral requirements for external funds. The data originate from a recently concluded survey of small and medium-sized…

    Corporate Taxation and Public Finance
  7. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 98-19 // 1998

    Electoral Competition under Media Influence

    We suggest a model of electoral competition between two parties which is extended by a third player: mass media. The classical one-dimensional competition model is changed by introducing an issue-specific…

    Environmental and Climate Economics
  8. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 98-17 // 1998

    Finanzierungsstrukturen im Vergleich. Eine Analyse europäischer Unternehmen

    Corporate Taxation and Public Finance
  9. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 98-15 // 1998

    Tradable SO2-Permits in the European Union: A Practicable Scheme for Public Utilities

    In this paper, a practicable scheme of SO2-emission permits for European power producers is developed. Background is the second UN-ECE Sulphur Protocol from 1994 (Protocol of Oslo). After discussing some…

    Environmental and Climate Economics

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