1. Refereed Journal // 2015

    Finding Starting-Values for the Estimation of Vector STAR Models

    This paper focuses on finding starting-values for the estimation of Vector STAR models. Based on a Monte Carlo study, different procedures are evaluated. Their performance is assessed with respect to model fit…

  2. Refereed Journal // 2015

    Infrastructure and Entrepreneurship

    This paper is one of the first studies to examine the link between infrastructure and entrepreneurship. Because infrastructure can enhance connectivity and linkages that facilitate the recognition of…

  3. ZEW Documentation No. 15-02 // 2015

    Dokumentation zur Innovationserhebung 2014 - Innovationen mit Bezug zur Energiewende, Finanzierung von Innovationen

    Dieser Bericht präsentiert Ergebnisse zu zwei Schwerpunktfragen der Innovationserhebung 2014 im Rahmen des Mannheimer Innovationspanels (MIP). Eine Schwerpunktfrage widmete sich Innovationen im Zusammenhang mit…

  4. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 15-009 // 2015

    Minimum Participation Rules in International Environmental Agreements: Empirical Evidence from a Survey Among Delegates in International Climate Negotiations

    Recent contributions to the theoretical and experimental literature suggest that minimum participation rules (MPRs) are able to reduce free-riding incentives and may facilitate cooperation (or at least…

  5. Refereed Journal // 2015

    Demographic Ageing and the Polarization of Regions - An Exploratory Space-Time Analysis

    Demographic ageing is expected to affect labour markets in very different ways on a regional scale. Contributing to this debate, we explore the spatio-temporal patterns of recent distributional changes in the…

  6. ZEW-Energiemarktbarometer // 2015

    Januar/Februar 2015

    Krisen, Kriege und Geopolitik: Ein Blick auf die Versorgungssicherheit

    Deutscher Strommarkt wird neu aufgestellt

    • Versorgungssicherheit verschlechtert sich
    • Weiterentwicklung des deutschen Strommarkts

    Energiepreise…