1. Discussion and Working Paper // 2001

    Political uncertainty and policy innovation

    This paper provides an analysis of the interaction between policy experimentation and political incentives. In particular we ask: how well does a political system with elections work in separating selfish from…

  2. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 01-72 // 2001

    Managerial Ownership and Firm Performance in German Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises

    We analyze the relationship between managerial ownership and company performance, testing the incentive and entrenchment hypothesis. Differently from previous literature, we focus on small and medium-sized…

  3. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 01-71 // 2001

    Do Temporary Workers Receive Risk-Premiums?

    The wage effects of fixed-term contracts (FTCs) are analysed with the GSOEP for West Germany. Different estimators which take into account selection bias are used. It is shown that propensity…

  4. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 01-69 // 2001

    The Effects of Website Provision on the Demand for German Women’s Magazines

    What happens to demand if a magazine launches a website? This question is empirically analyzed for the German women’s magazine market, a particularly large segment of the German magazine where fierce competition…

  5. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 01-68 // 2001

    Economic Impacts of a Premature Nuclear Phase-Out in Switzerland

    This paper investigates the economic impacts of two policy proposals: "Strom ohne Atom" (SOA) and "Moratorium Plus" (MOP), both of which contain a premature phase-out of nuclear power in Switzerland. While MOP…