1. ZEW-Finanzmarktreport // 2002

    Januar 2002

    • Euroraum: Behält der Markt auch diesmal Recht?
    • ECB-Watch: Weiterhin Zinssenkungen erwartet
    • USA: Aufschwung kommt
    • Großbritannien: Optimismus kehrt zurück
    • Japan: Boden erreicht?
    • Sonderfrage: Rückkehr der Deflation?
  2. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 01-28 // 2001

    Agglomeration Tendencies in EU Regions: Where Does Capital Go?

    This paper focuses on two aspects being neglected in the analysis of agglomeration tendencies so far. First, it regards regional agglomeration patterns and secondly, the allocation of capital across industrial…

  3. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 01-29 // 2001

    The unification bonus (malus) in postwall Eastern Germany

    This paper presents estimates of the unification bonus for East Germans over the period 1991 to 1998. The unification bonus is defined as the discounted value of the difference between a person’s actual income…

  4. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 01-30 // 2001

    Determinants of acquisition and failure: Stylized facts and lessons for empirical studies

    This study provides new stylized facts on the determinants of corporate failure and acquisition in Germany. It also offers important lessons for the design of empirical studies. We show that firms experiencing…

  5. Expertises // 2001

    Innovationsverhalten der deutschen Wirtschaft - Indikatorenbericht zur Innovationserhebung 2000

    Since 1993, the Centre for European Economic Research (ZEW) has been conducting annual surveys on innovation activities in Germany. In collaboration with infas Institute for Applied Social Studies (infas), a…

  6. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 01-25 // 2001

    Organizational Change, New Information and Communication Technologies and the Demand for Labor in Services

    Between 1993 and 1995, the majority of German firms in services introduced new organizational practices (OC), in particular total quality management systems, certified ISO 9000, lean administration, flatter…

  7. Contributions to Edited Volumes and Conference Proceedings // 2001

    Innovation in Construction

  8. Discussion and Working Paper // 2001

    Environmental Taxation and Induced Structural Change in an Open Economy: The Role of Market Structure (mit C. Böhringer und H.Welsch), German Economic Review 9 (1), 17-40

    The economic effects of environmental taxes depend on the market structure. Under imperfect competition with free entry and exit, environmental taxes have an impact on economies of scale by changing the number…