1. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 17-037 // 2017

    Minority Share Acquisitions and Collusion: Evidence from the Introduction of National Leniency Programs

    We address the growing concern that minority shareholding (MS) in rival firms may lessen competition, using the introduction of national leniency programs (LPs) as a shock that destabilizes collusive agreements.…

  2. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 17-036 // 2017

    Do Local Governments Tax Homeowner Communities Differently?

    This paper investigates whether and how strongly the share of homeowners in a community affects residential property taxation by local governments. Different from renters, homeowners bear the full property tax…

  3. Contributions to Edited Volumes and Conference Proceedings // 2017

    Software Patents and Scientific Publications

  4. Refereed Journal // 2017

    The adoption of green energy technologies: The role of policies in Austria, Germany, and Switzerland

    We contribute to the existing research about policy-induced technology adoption in several ways. First, we suggest a new survey design to measure the energy-related policy environment. Second, we simultaneously…

  5. Contributions to Edited Volumes and Conference Proceedings // 2017

    Strategien für einen europäischen EU-Haushalt

  6. Expertises // 2017

    Der EU-Vorschlag zum Country-by-Country Reporting im Internet: Kosten, Nutzen, Konsequenzen

    During the debate on base erosion and profit shifting of multinational firms the claim for the disclosure of certain tax-related information on a per-country basis, the so called country-by-country reporting,…

  7. ZEW Newsletter // 2017

    2017-09

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