1. Branchenreport Innovationen // 2019

    2019 – Schiff-, Bahn-, Flugzeug-, Zweiradbau

    Jahrg. 27 ∙ Nr. 19 ∙ Januar 2020

    Der Branchenreport Innovation für die Branche Schiff-, Bahn-, Flugzeug- und Zweiradbau stellt die Innovationsleistung der Branche im Jahr 2018 dar. Der Anteil der Unternehmen…

  2. Branchenreport Innovationen // 2019

    2019 – Möbelindustrie

    Jahrg. 27 ∙ Nr. 20 ∙ Januar 2020

    Der Branchenreport Innovation für die Branche Möbelindustrie stellt die Innovationsleistung der Branche im Jahr 2018 dar. Der Anteil der Unternehmen mit Innovationen lag bei 59…

  3. Branchenreport Innovationen // 2019

    2019 – Medizintechnik, Sport- und Spielwarenindustrie

    Jahrg. 27 ∙ Nr. 21 ∙ Januar 2020

    Der Branchenreport Innovation für die Branche Medizintechnik, Sport- und Spielwarenindustrie stellt die Innovationsleistung der Branche im Jahr 2018 dar. Der Anteil der…

  4. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 19-063 // 2019

    Web-Based Innovation Indicators – Which Firm Website Characteristics Relate to Firm-Level Innovation Activity?

    Web-based innovation indicators may provide new insights into firm-level innovation activities. However, little is known yet about the accuracy and relevance of web-based information for measuring innovation. In…

  5. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 19-062 // 2019

    Commitment in First-Price Auctions

    We study the role of commitment in a first-price auction environment. We devise a simple two-stage model in which bidders first submit an initial offer that the auctioneer can observe and then make a…

  6. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 19-061 // 2019

    How the Auction Design Influences Procurement Prices: An Experiment

    The targeted design of auctions has to take behavioral regularities into account. This paper explores whether procurement auction formats can take advantage of bidders' willingness-to-pay-willingness-to-accept…

  7. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 19-060 // 2019

    Procurement Design with Loss Averse Bidders

    We show that it is beneficial for a buyer to conduct a multi-stage mechanism if bidders are loss averse. In a first step, we derive a revenue equivalence principle. Fixing the multi-stage structure, the revenue…

  8. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 19-059 // 2019

    Strategic Grade Retention

    Most school systems grant teachers and school principals considerable discretion in grade retention decisions. This paper argues that schools can exploit this discretion by selectively retaining students to…