1. Refereed Journal // 2011

    Causal Returns to Schooling and Individual Heterogeneity

    In this paper, human capital investments are evaluated by assuming heterogeneous returns to schooling. We use the potential outcome approach to measure the causal effect of human capital investments on…

  2. Discussion and Working Paper // 2011

    Military spending and economic growth: the case of Iran

    Iranian government budget on military over the last decade has been higher than the average of the world. The current increasing international sanctions aim to reduce the military capabilities and capacities of…

  3. Expertises // 2011

    Housing Markets and Intra-Euro Area Macroeconomic Imbalances: Identifying Policy Instruments

    Main objective of the study is to detect the causes of imbalances on residential property and housing finance markets in order to define policy instruments that help preventing the emergence of market…

  4. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 11-085 // 2011

    How Does the Domiciliation Decision Affect Mutual Fund Fees?

    In this paper, we analyze if the integration of the European mutual funds industry has brought advantages to private and institutional investors. Moreover, we examine the possible determinants of fund fees as…

  5. Expertises // 2011

    Counterfactual Impact Evaluation of Cohesion Policy. Examples from Support to Innovation and Research

    The goal of this project was twofold. The first objective was to find out to what extent publicly available beneficiary data (from managing authorities and commercial databases) could be used for quantitative,…

  6. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 11-084 // 2011

    Market Structure and Market Performance in E-Commerce

    Analyzing the link between market structure and market performance is of central importance in the field of industrial organization. The aim is to understand the role of market structure, i.e., the number of…

  7. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 11-083 // 2011

    Productivity of ICT and Non-ICT Capital – The Role of Rates of Return and Capital Prices

    Decomposing sources of growth in a growth accounting framework relies heavily on price measures as proxies for input productivity. We show how different price measures affect the contribution of investment to…

  8. Branchenreport Innovationen // 2011

    2011 - Nahrungsmittel-, Getränke- und Tabakindustrie

    Jahrg. 19, Nr. 1, Januar 2012

    2010 konnte die Nahrungsmittel-, Getränke- und Tabakindustrie entgegen dem negativen Trend der vergangenen Jahre leichte Umsatzzuwächse verbuchen. In den Innovationsaktivitäten…