1. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 11-020 // 2011

    Politicians' Opinions on Rivals in the Competition for Firms: An Empirical Analysis of Reference Points Near a Border

    Many studies of spatial policy interdependence in (local) fiscal policies concentrate on the relations between jurisdictions within a single region. These works usually disregard possible extra-regional effects.…

  2. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 11-019 // 2011

    Gender Differences in Business Success of German Start-up Firms

    Many studies found that women-owned firms underperform when comparing performance indicators at an aggregate level. The performance gap might be attributed to gender differences in personal and firm…

  3. ZEW-Finanzmarktreport // 2011

    April 2011

    • Konjunkturerwartungen bleiben stabil
    • EZB: Leitzinserhöhung immer wahrscheinlicher
    • USA: Japanische Katastrophe könnte bremsen
    • Japan: Katastrophe hinterlässt erste Spuren
    • Großbritannien: Situationseinschätzung…
  4. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 11-018 // 2011

    Fiscal Policy and Growth with Complementarities and Constraints on Government

    Governments are subject to a number of constraints that affect their ability to set fiscal policy optimally. This paper considers two. Firstly, governments are inevitably imperfectly informed about the…

  5. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 11-017 // 2011

    Effects of Age at School Entry (ASE) on the Development of Non-Cognitive Skills: Evidence from Psychometric Data

    In this paper, we examine how school enrollment at a relatively younger or older age in relation to age-based cut-off dates for school entry affects the development of non-cognitive skills. Specifically, we…

  6. Discussion and Working Paper // 2011

    The role of research orientation for attracting competitive research funding

    This article studies the role of research orientation for attracting research grants at higher education institutions in Germany. Traditionally research activities were funded by the institutions’ core budget.…

  7. ZEW Newsletter // 2011

    2011-03

    1. News
    2. Call for Papers
      • Call for Papers: 9th ZEW Conference on the Economics of Information and Communication Technologies (June 27-28, 2011)
    3. Staff
      • Awards
      • Appointments
    4. Press Releases
    5. Recent Publications
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