1. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 19-059 // 2019

    Strategic Grade Retention

    Most school systems grant teachers and school principals considerable discretion in grade retention decisions. This paper argues that schools can exploit this discretion by selectively retaining students to…

  2. ZEW policy brief No. 19-09 // 2019

    Knowledge Flows between Science and Industry and How to Measure Them

    The exchange of knowledge between science and industry has been a focus of innovation research and policy for many decades. New developments in the way technologies are generated, shared, and transferred into…

  3. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 19-058 // 2019

    Do People Really Want a Simple Tax System? Evidence on Preferences Towards Income Tax Simplification

    We study preferences for tax simplification using new survey and experimental data for a representative sample of the German population. General wisdom seems to suggest that most tax systems are overly complex…

  4. ZEW Newsletter // 2019

    2019-12

    1. News
    2. Call for Papers
      • 2020 ZEW Public Finance Conference
    3. Personalia
      • Awards
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    4. Press Releases
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