1. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 13-020 // 2013

    Investment under Uncertainty and Regulation of New Access Networks

    Contractual and regulatory provisions for access affect incentives to invest in an upgraded network and, in particular, a next-generation access network. Investment decisions are made under uncertainty and have…

  2. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 13-019 // 2013

    Innovation, Employment Growth, and Foreign Ownership of Firms - A European Perspective

    Subsidiaries of foreign multinational enterprises (MNEs) are among the top performers of research, development and innovation in many EU and non-EU countries. In some small European countries - examples are…

  3. ZEWnews English edition // 2013

    03/04 - 2013

  4. Refereed Journal // 2013

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

    This paper studies the effect of information about a charity’s size on individuals’ donations to that charity. We conducted a framed field experiment with a non-student sample, in which subjects had the…

  5. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 13-018 // 2013

    Corporate Main Bank Decision

    Building up close main-bank relationships can be beneficial to small and medium sized firms for several reasons. For mature firms, relationship lending eases access to bank finance and positively affects firm…

  6. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 13-017 // 2013

    Employee Recognition and Performance: A Field Experiment

    Recognition is an important source of employee motivation. But how should managers allocate recognition: should they praise all? Or should they recognize only extraordinary performances? This issue has not yet…

  7. Refereed Journal // 2013

    The Heterogeneous Costs of Disclosure and the Propensity to Patent

    This article explores whether the heterogeneous costs of disclosure induced by patenting can serve as an explanation for the empirically observed heterogeneity of the propensity to patent across firms. A…

  8. Financial Market Report CEE // 2013

    April 2013

    • Positive Economic Sentiments for the CEE Region Strengthen
    • Economic Outlook for the CEE Region, Austria and the Eurozone
    • Czech Republic, Poland, and Slovakia: Economic Sentiments Improved
    • Croatia, Hungary and…
  9. ZEW Newsletter // 2013

    2013-03

    1. News
    2. Call for Papers
      • Mannheim Energy Conference 2013 (June 25-26, 2013)
      • SEEK Workshop on Social Network Formation and Peer Effects (June 27-28, 2013)
      • Fourth Conference on Recent Developments in Macroeconomics (July…
  10. Expertises // 2013

    Perspectives in Resource Management and Climate Change Adaptation in the Southern and Eastern Mediterranean

    This policy paper focuses on the sustainable management of some key natural resources in southern and eastern Mediterranean countries (SEMCs) under climate change and anthropogenic pressures. In a…