1. ZEW Newsletter // 2017

    2017-02

    1. News
    2. Call for Papers
      • Fourth Annual Meeting of the International Consortium for China Studies
      • Seventh Edition of the Competition and Innovation Summer School (CISS)
      • 19th ZEW Summer Workshop – Designing…
  2. Refereed Journal // 2017

    Generalized partially linear regression with misclassified data and an application to labour market transitions

    Highlights • A semiparametric generalized partially linear model with a misclassified covariate is proposed. • Validation data is used to address misclassification and missing values. • The model is applied…

  3. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 17-013 // 2017

    Apprentice Poaching in Regional Labor Markets

    A number of studies have found that firms provide less training if they are located in regions with strong labor market competition. This finding is usually interpreted as evidence of a higher risk of poaching…

  4. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 17-012 // 2017

    Leveling Up? An Inter-Neighborhood Experiment on Parochialism and the Efficiency of Multi-level Public Goods Provision

    Many public goods can be provided at different spatial levels. Evidence from social identity theory and in-group favoritism raises the possibility that where higher-level provision is more efficient, subjects'…

  5. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 17-011 // 2017

    The True Art of the Tax Deal: Evidence on Aid Flows and Bilateral Double Tax Agreements

    Out of a total of 2,976 double tax agreements (DTAs), some 60% are signed between a developing and a developed economy. As DTAs shift taxing rights from capital importing to capital exporting countries, the…

  6. ZEW Documentation No. 17-02 // 2017

    Dokumentation zur Innovationserhebung 2016

    Dieser Bericht präsentiert Ergebnisse der Schwerpunktfrage der Innovationserhebung 2016 im Rahmen des Mannheimer Innovationspanels (MIP). Darüber hinaus werden die Ergebnisse eines methodischen Tests zu den…

  7. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 17-010 // 2017

    The Productivity Effects of Worker Replacement in Young Firms

    Existing management research has so far dealt with the consequences of labor turnover for established firms, but has not addressed its effect on young entrepreneurial businesses. In this paper I assess, both…