1. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 10-055 // 2010

    Pollution Externalities in a Schumpeterian Growth Model

    Global warming, the pollution of the seas or a continuously increasing noise level are just a few examples of environmental issues that have alerted the global public in recent years. As a consequence, more and…

  2. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 10-054 // 2010

    Should Low-wage Workers Care about where they Work? Assessing the Impact of Employer Characteristics on Low-wage Mobility

    The present paper studies the importance of employer-specific determinants in escaping low earnings in Germany. In our empirical analysis, we draw particular attention to the role of employer size and the nature…

  3. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 10-053 // 2010

    IT is Never too Late for Changes? Analysing the Relationship Between Process Innovation, IT and Older Workers

    The key role of information technologies (IT) for productivity and growth is meanwhile undisputed. As so-called 'general purpose technologies' they enable product as well as process innovation which in turn may…

  4. Financial Market Report CEE // 2010

    August 2010

    • Cautious Economic Outlook for Central and Eastern Europe
    • Czech Republic, Poland, and Slovakia: Appreciation of Koruna and Zloty
    • Croatia, Hungary, and Romania: Weak Economic Outlook for Romania
    • Special Question:…
  5. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 10-052 // 2010

    Small is Beautiful - Experimental Evidence of Donors' Preferences for Charities

    This paper examines how providing potential donors with information about the revenues of a charity affects charitable contributions. When individuals make a real-life donation decision, they usually do not have…

  6. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 10-051 // 2010

    Linkages between International Securitized Real Estate Markets: Further Evidence from Time-Varying and Stochastic Cointegration

    This paper analyzes long-run co-movements between 14 international real estate stock markets and between three economic and geographic regions based on bivariate and multivariate tests for cointegration. While…

  7. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 10-050 // 2010

    A Macroeconomic Model for the Evaluation of Labor Market Reforms

    The empirical literature documents a substantial and rising amount of labor income risk, in particular, employment risk. In most countries, the government provides insurance against this type of risk through the…

  8. KfW/ZEW CO2 Panel // 2010

    2010

    Main Results of the Survey:

    • CO2 Abatement Gaining Ground
    • Emission Rights Trading: Only Used by Half the Companies
    • Significant Price Increases Not Expected Until the Third Trading Period
    • Carbon Management: Deficits…