1. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 20-008 // 2020

    Energy Use Patterns in German Manufacturing Since 2003

    The manufacturing sector accounts for a substantial share of German GDP, employment and carbon emissions. Therefore, the manufacturing sector's energy use and carbon emissions are of crucial importance for…

  2. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 20-007 // 2020

    Beware of the Employer: Financial Incentives for Employees May Fail to Prolong Old-Age Employment

    This paper shows that increasing the normal retirement age and introducing pension deductions for retirement before normal retirement age in Germany did not prolong employment of older men. The reason for this…

  3. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 20-006 // 2020

    The Italian Startup Act: A Microeconometric Program Evaluation

    This paper analyses the impact of the Italian Startup Act which entered into force in December 2012. This public policy provides a unique bundle of benefits, such as tax incentives, public loan guarantees, and a…

  4. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 20-005 // 2020

    Local Knowledge Spillovers and Innovation Persistence of Firms

    Recent empirical evidence has shown that firm’s innovation behavior exhibits high persistency but not much is known about potential contingencies affecting the degree of persistence. This paper focuses on the…

  5. ZEW-Finanzmarktreport // 2020

    März 2020

    • Befürchtete Folgen der Coronavirus-Epidemie lassen Erwartungen für Deutschland einbrechen
    • Eurozone: Deutlicher Rückgang der Konjunkturerwartungen
    • USA: Leichter Anstieg des Konjunkturindikators
    • Japan: Lage-…
  6. Refereed Journal // 2020

    Biases in Fiscal Multiplier Estimates

    The size of fiscal multipliers is intensively debated as large (small) multipliers provide arguments to expand (cut) public spending. We use data on multiplier estimates from over a hundred scholarly studies,…

  7. ZEW policy brief No. 20-01 // 2020

    Global Corporate Tax Reform to the Worse? Assessing the OECD Proposals

    The ongoing digitalization has set the ground for new means of value creation that create considerable challenges for the existing system of global corporate taxation. Understanding digital business models and…

  8. ZEW expert brief No. 20-01 // 2020

    Cybersicherheit und Innovationen