1. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 09-083 // 2009

    Critical Loss Analysis in Market Definition and Merger Control

    The last couple of years have seen an increasing interest in critical loss analysis, both, in academia and in practice. This development is documented by various research papers, high-level exchanges between…

  2. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 09-082 // 2009

    Assessing the Effects of a Road Surfacing Cartel in Switzerland

    The last couple of years have seen an increasing interest in the evaluation of competition policy both in practice and in academia. With respect to the former, the Office of Fair Trading in the UK, for instance,…

  3. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 09-081 // 2009

    Innovative Capability and Financing Constraints for Innovation More Money, More Innovation?

    Economic theory suggests that financing constraints may occur due to capital market imperfections. These particularly affect investments in innovation projects as such projects are typically characterized by a…

  4. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 09-080 // 2009

    Knowledge Diffusion and Knowledge Transfer: Two Sides of the Medal

    The new growth theory considers knowledge to be a decisive engine of economic growth. More precisely, knowledge is not used solely to the benefit of its originator, but generates positive side effects also for…

  5. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 09-079 // 2009

    Fixing the Leak: Unemployment Incidence Before and After the 2006 Reform of Unemployment Benefits in Germany

    The law on labour market reforms has severely limited the maximum benefit period for the elderly; with cuts of up to 14 months, depending on the age group. Our paper examines this natural experiment and shows…

  6. Expertises // 2009

    Fiskalische Auswirkungen sowie arbeitsmarkt- und verteilungspolitische Effekte einer Einführung eines Betreuungsgeldes für Kinder unter 3 Jahren

    This report quantifies the micro-economic effects of introducing a child care benefit ("Betreuungsgeld") for children less than three years old in Germany on both the parental labour supply and child care…

  7. ZEW/Prognos-Transportmarktbarometer // 2009

    3. Quartal 2009

    Weitgehend stabile Preise im kommenden halben Jahr

    Ein erheblicher Teil der deutschen Transportwirtschaft scheint die Talsohle des konjunkturell bedingten Einbruchs der Transportmengen hinter sich zu haben. Die…

  8. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 09-078 // 2009

    Partisan Politics in Corporate Tax Competition

    The broad literature focussing on the effects of globalization and strategic interactions on corporate tax competition has widely neglected an impact of political factors. In this paper, we analyse the effects…