1. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 12-050 // 2012

    Cartel Overcharges and the Deterrent Effect of EU Competition Law

    During recent decades European antitrust authorities have increasingly focused on the fight against cartels within the European market. Numerous alterations in European competition law, such as leniency…

  2. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 12-049 // 2012

    Collaborative R&D as a Strategy to Attenuate Financing Constraints

    Underinvestment in research and development (R&D) due to financing constraints may result in a slowdown in productivity growth and consequently have particularly detrimental effects on technological progress,…

  3. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 12-048 // 2012

    Research Grants, Sources of Ideas and the Effects on Academic Research

    The academic and policy debate on the role and the consequences of university–industry interactions has led a substantial body of empirical studies on numerous forms of interactions that occur between academe…

  4. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 12-047 // 2012

    Quantity or Quality? Collaboration Strategies in Research and Development and Incentives to Patent

    Collaborative research and development (R&D) may be seen as a response to shifting knowledge environments enabling firms to cope with technological challenges. As stressed by Jones (2008), innovation increases…

  5. ZEW-Finanzmarktreport // 2012

    August 2012

    • Deutliche Verlangsamung beim Rückgang der ZEW-Konjunkturerwartungen
    • EZB: Inflationserwartungen trotz Leitzinssenkung rückläufig
    • USA: Wirtschaftslage wird skeptischer gesehen
    • Japan: Konjunkturelle Erwartungen…
  6. ZEW-Energiemarktbarometer // 2012

    Juli/August 2012

    Aussichten für die Energieversorgung im Angesicht des Arabischen Frühlings

    Energiewirtschaft

    • Ausbau erneuerbarer Energien
    • Große technische Herausforderungen bei der Offshore-Windenergie

    Energiepreise

    • Erwartungen…
  7. Expertises // 2012

    Studie zu Dispozinsen/Ratenkrediten

    This study is aimed at analysing the market for overdraft facilities with a special focus on the level and development of interest rates and consumer behavior regarding this product. It is a joint study between…

  8. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 12-046 // 2012

    Empirical Evaluation of Interest Barrier Effects

    As of 2008, Germany has severely changed its thin capitalization rule by introducing the so-called interest barrier. This new rule aims at prohibiting tax avoidance of multinational firms by means of…