1. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 07-034 // 2007

    Inequity Aversion and Individual Behavior in Public Good Games: An Experimental Investigation

    We present a simple two-steps procedure for a within-subject test of the inequity aversion model of Fehr and Schmidt (1999). In the first step, subjects played modified ultimatum and dictator games and were…

  2. ZEW-Finanzmarktreport // 2007

    Juni 2007

    • Investitionen tragen den Aufschwung
    • EZB: Zinserhöhung steht bevor
    • USA: Konjunkturerholung erwartet
    • Japan: Moderates Wachstum
    • Großbritannien: Warten auf die Bank of England
    • Sonderfrage: Kriterien für die Wahl von…
  3. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 07-033 // 2007

    Explaining Women's Success: Technological Change and the Skill Content of Women's Work

    The closing of the gender wage gap is an ongoing phenomenon in industrialized countries. However, research has been limited in its ability to understand the causes of these changes, due in part to an inability…

  4. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 07-032 // 2007

    Exports and Productivity Growth - First Evidence from a Continuous Treatment Approach

    A recent survey of 54 micro-econometric studies reveals that exporting firms are more productive than non-exporters. On the other hand, previous empirical studies show that exporting does not necessarily improve…

  5. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 07-031 // 2007

    Earnings Prospects for People with Migration Background in Germany

    Less than half of the people with migration background living in Germany possess foreign citizenship. Hence, using citizenship to analyze economic issues of immigration may be problematic for two reasons. On the…

  6. M&A Report // 2007

    May 2007

    • High dynamism in M&A activity in Asia
    • BRIC countries catching up
    • Significant increase in transaction values
    • Pharmaceuticals: market leaders under pressure
    • M&A in central and eastern Europe slowly declining
    • Which…
  7. Financial Market Report Switzerland // 2007

    May 2007

    • Economic Expectations Brighten up Again
    • Eurozone: Favorable Economy Amid Dangers of Inflation
    • USA: Concerns Surrounding the Economic Trend Continue to Linger
    • Japan: Fewer Survey Respondents Expect an Interest-Rate…
  8. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 07-030 // 2007

    Lost in Transmission? Stock Market Impacts of the 2006 European Gas Crisis

    Around the turn of the year 2005/2006, the Russian freezing of natural gas exports to the Ukraine led to a European gas crisis. Using event study technique, we first investigate whether the Russian…

  9. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 07-028 // 2007

    Heterogeneity of Patenting Activity and Its Implications for Scientific Research

    The increasing commercialization of university discoveries has initiated a controversy on the impacts for future scientific research. It has been argued that an increasing orientation towards commercialization…

  10. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 07-029 // 2007

    Is the Welfare State Self-destructive? A Study of Government Benefit Morale

    Assar Lindbeck has pointed to the problem that generous welfare state institutions may in the long-run undermine those social norms which limit the costs and incentives effects of the welfare state and thus…

  11. ZEW/Prognos-Transportmarktbarometer // 2007

    1. Quartal 2007

    Preisauftrieb in der Transportwirtschaft schwächt sich ab

    Die verladende Wirtschaft muss in Deutschland weiterhin mit steigenden Preisen rechnen, der Preisauftrieb wird sich im kommenden halben Jahr allerdings…