1. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 06-059 // 2006

    Empirical Evidence on the Success of R&D Co-operation - Happy together?

    In this paper we analyse the effect of R&D co-operation on firms' innovation performance. We investigate the effect of past co-operation on current sales of innovative products, distinguishing between products…

  2. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 06-058 // 2006

    Emission Trading Beyond Europe: Linking Schemes in a Post-Kyoto World

    This paper assesses the economic impacts of linking the EU Emission Trading Scheme (ETS) to emerging schemes beyond Europe, in the presence of a post-Kyoto agreement in 2020. Simulations with a numerical…

  3. ZEW-Finanzmarktreport // 2006

    September 2006

    • Abwärtstrend der Erwartungen hält an
    • EZB: Zurückfahren der akkomodierenden Haltung
    • USA: Ende der Zinserhöhungen
    • Japan: Konjunkturerholung setzt sich fort
    • Großbritannien: Inflationsrisiken im Blick
    • Sonderfrage:…
  4. Contributions to Edited Volumes and Conference Proceedings // 2006

    Innovationen und nachhaltige Entwicklung

  5. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 06-056 // 2006

    Patent Protection, Market Uncertainty, and R&D Investment

    Real options investment theory predicts current investment falls as uncertainty about market returns increases. In the case of R&D investment, which is usually considered an irreversible form of investment, this…

  6. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 06-055 // 2006

    Business R&D and the Interplay of R&D Subsidies and Market Uncertainty

    Real Options Theory, Uncertainty, R&D, Censored Regression�t (R&��@ubsiÐå€ may����uce ����et f����res affecting private R&D investment caused by incomplete appropriability of knowledge and financial…

  7. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 06-054 // 2006

    Wirksamkeit von Arbeitsbeschaffungsmaßnahmen in Deutschland: Empirische Befunde mikroökonometrischer Analysen

    In einer Reihe empirischer Studien sind die Wirkungen von Arbeitsbeschaffungsmaßnahmen (ABM) für Teilnehmer in Deutschland nach unterschiedlichen Gesichtspunkten mikroökonometrisch evaluiert worden. Auf der…

  8. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 06-053 // 2006

    The Wage Effects of Entering Motherhood - A Within-firm Matching Approach

    We analyze the wage effects of employment breaks of women entering motherhood using a novel within-firm matching approach where mothers' wages upon return to the job are compared with those of their female…