1. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 07-063 // 2007

    Do Equity Preferences Matter in Climate Negotiations? An Experimental Investigation

    This paper investigates in how far equity preferences may matter for climate negotiations. For this purposes we conducted a simple experiment with people who have been involved in international climate policy.…

  2. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 07-062 // 2007

    Search Patterns and Absorptive Capacity: A Comparison of Low- and High-Technology Firms from Thirteen European Countries

    Searching for externally available knowledge has been characterised as a vital part of the innovation process. Previous research has, however, almost exclusively focused on hightechnology environments, largely…

  3. Financial Market Report CEE // 2007

    November 2007

    • Economic Expectations for CEE Region Resume Downward Trend
    • Czech Republic, Poland, and Slovakia: Good Situation, Weaker Economic Expectations
    • Croatia, Hungary, and Romania: Mixed Situation, Mixed Outlook
    • Special…
  4. Contributions to Edited Volumes and Conference Proceedings // 2007

    Germany

  5. ZEW-Finanzmarktreport // 2007

    November 2007

    • Erste Stabilisierungstendenzen
    • EZB: Unsicherheit über Kurs der EZB
    • USA: Arbeitsmarktdaten sorgen für Entspannung
    • Japan: Tankan-Bericht bringt neue Hoffnung
    • Großbritannien: Erste Zinssenkungen erwartet
    • Sonderfrage:…
  6. Refereed Journal // 2007

    The Maximum Incremental Social Tolerable Irreversible Costs (MISTICs) and other Benefits and Costs of Introducing Transgenic Maize in the EU-15.

    The decision to release a new transgenic crop variety for planting in the European Union is a decision under irreversibility and uncertainty. As the decision can also be postponed there exists some flexibility…

  7. Refereed Journal // 2007

    Differentiating the Consumer Benefits from Labelling of GM Food Products

    Although recurrent evidence is found that consumers have different willingness to pay for GM and non-GM products, there is disagreement in the scientific community about the size of consumer benefits from GM…

  8. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 07-061 // 2007

    Review on the Literature of Mergers on Innovation

    Both M&A and innovation are instruments for growth and competitive advantage. Therefore they are fundamental to each firm's competitive strategy. Usually, both instruments have been studied separately, but much…