1. Financial Market Report Switzerland // 2008

    October 2008

    • Switzerland: Economic Expectations Brighten up in September
    • Eurozone: The current Economic Picture Continues to Deteriorate
    • USA: Experts Foresee Falling Inflation Rates
    • Japan: Analysts Convey a Cautiously…
  2. Refereed Journal // 2008

    Age-Dependent Skill Formation and Returns to Education

    This study investigates the distribution of returns to investments in cognitive and self-regulatory skills over the life cycle. In our simulation model, the distribution of returns to education results from the…

  3. Refereed Journal // 2008

    Intra- und intergenerationale Umverteilungseffekte in der bundesdeutschen Alterssicherung auf Basis humankapitaltheoretischer Überlegungen

    The paper highlights selected aspects of intra- and intergenerational earnings inequality in the German education and federal pension system, based on human capital theory. We develop a model of human capital…

  4. ZEW-Branchenreport Informationswirtschaft // 2008

    Jahrgang 7, Nr. 3 , Oktober 2008

    ZEW-IDI fällt auf historischen Tiefstand

    Der ZEW-IDI, Stimmungsindikator für den Wirtschaftszweig Dienstleister der Informationsgesellschaft, fällt im dritten Quartal 2008 auf 52,3 Punkte. Das ist der niedrigste…

  5. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 08-080 // 2008

    Formal and Informal Technology Transfer from Academia to Industry: Complementarity Effects and Innovation Performance

    Literature has identified formal and informal channels in university technology transfer. While formal technology transfer typically involves a legal contract on a patent or on collaborative research…

  6. ZEW Newsletter // 2008

    2008-09

    1. Aktuell
    2. Personalia
    3. Presse
    4. Neue Publikationen
      • ZEWnews
      • ZEW Wachstums- und Konjunkturanalysen
      • ZEW-Finanzmarktreport
      • Financial Market Report Switzerland
      • Financial Market Report CEE
      • Discussion Papers
      • Gutachten/Forschungsberich…
  7. Refereed Journal // 2008

    Globalisation of Innovation in SMEs: Why They Go Abroad and What They Bring Back Home

    This paper investigates the drivers and the effects of the internationalisation of innovation activities in SMEs based on a large data set of German firms. We look at different stages of the innovation process…

  8. Financial Market Report CEE // 2008

    October 2008

    • Slightly Improved Prospects for the Economic Development in CEE
    • Czech Republic, Poland, and Slovakia: Good Current Economic Situation
    • Hungary, Romania, and Croatia: Clearly Improved Economic Conditions
    • Special…
  9. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 08-078 // 2008

    The Effect of Entry on R&D Investment of Leaders: Theory and Empirical Evidence

    We develop a simple model of competition for the market that shows that, contrary to the Arrow view, endogenous entry threat in a market induces the average firm to invest less in R&D and the incumbent leader to…

  10. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 08-077 // 2008

    Consequences of Mixed Provision of Child Care - An Overview on the German Market

    Institutional early childhood education and care can be funded and delivered in various ways relying on both the public and the private sector. The provision of childcare ranges from public operation to mixed…