1. Contributions to Edited Volumes and Conference Proceedings // 2001

    Europäische Finanzverfassung

  2. Monograph // 2001

    Bargaining over Time Allocation: Economic Modeling and Econometric Investigation of Time Use within Families

    In this book, time use behavior within households is modeled as the outcome of a bargaining process between family members who bargain over household resource allocation and the intrafamily distribution of…

  3. Contributions to Edited Volumes and Conference Proceedings // 2001

    Does R&D-Infrastructure Attract High-Tech Start-Ups?

    Our research, based on the ZEW-Foundation Panel East, examines whether high-tech start-ups are mainly founded in scientific and infrastructural well suited regions or not. Estimation results on the level of…

  4. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 01-33 // 2001

    The Use of Flexible Working Contracts in West Germany: Evidence from an Establishment Panel

    This paper investigates under which conditions firms use fixed-term contracts, subcontracted and freelance work. Using a probit model which accounts for unobserved heterogeneity, we find that positive changes in…

  5. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 01-31 // 2001

    Product Innovation and Product Innovation Marketing: Theory and Microeconometric Evidence

    This paper derives a three stage Cournot–oligopoly game for product innovation, expenditure on introducing the product and competition on the product market. Product innovation is assumed to increase consumer…

  6. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 01-26 // 2001

    Effektive Steuerbelastungen bei Vorliegen ökonomischer Renten

    The measurement of the effective tax burden on profitable investments encounters many methodological problems. Some of them can be overcome by using an approach presented by Devereux and Griffith. Based on their…

  7. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 01-24 // 2001

    Corporate monitoring by blockholders in Europe: Empirical evidence of managerial disciplining in Belgium, France, Germany and the UK

    This study examines managerial disciplining in poorly performing firms using large panels for Belgian, French, German and UK firms. We consider the monitoring role of large blockholders, the market for share…

  8. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 01-23 // 2001

    Evaluating the Impact of Public Start-up Assistance - Results from an Econometric Approach

    This paper analyzes the medium-term growth performance of firms that exclusively received start-up assistance from programs administered by the Deutsche Ausgleichsbank (DtA), a state owned bank, within two years…