1. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 16-014 // 2016

    Attenuation Bias when Measuring Inventive Performance

    Most previous results on determinants of inventive performance are biased because inventive performance is measured with error. This measurement error causes attenuation bias. More specifically, for example age…

  2. Stock Option Watch // 2016

    May 2004

    • Not only Material Incentives Enhance Managers' Motivation
    • How to Improve Market Value-Related Compensation in Diversified Companies
    • Option Programmes For Top Managers and Scandals on the Stock Exchange
    • The Taxation…
  3. Stock Option Watch // 2016

    July 2003

    • Stock Options, Incentive Compatible Remuneration and Corporate Governance
    • Stock Option Programmes Need to Be More Transparent and Performance-Oriented
    • When Do Stock Option Plans Have no Effect?
    • IASB-Draft Regarding…
  4. Stock Option Watch // 2016

    January/February 2006

    • Implied Option Contracts and Risk Incentives for Mutual Fund Managers
    • Mutual Fund Games
    • Stock Options and the Use of Inside Information
    • Controlling Agency Costs in Mutual Financial Intermediaries (Part 2)
  5. Stock Option Watch // 2016

    August 2004

    • Takeover Battles and "Golden Parachutes"
    • Do Employer-Provided Stock Options Reduce Compensation Costs?
    • Facts About Stock Options Accounting for Readers of Financial Statements
    • Expensing Stock Option Plans:…
  6. Stock Option Watch // 2016

    June 2005

    • Rational or Irrational Behaviour: How Employees Exercise Stock Options
    • Why Employee Stock Options Could Be Worth Much More To The Manager
    • Controlling Agency Costs in Mutual Financial Intermediaries (Part 1)
    • 401(K)…
  7. Stock Option Watch // 2016

    March 2005

    • The Evaluation of Stock Option Programmes
    • Stock Option-Tuning
    • Long-term Incentives in Germany
    • Directors' Dealings in Europe: Monitoring Remains Nearly Impossible
  8. Stock Option Watch // 2016

    January/February 2007

    • Accounting for Stock Option Plans: An Update for DAX30 Companies
    • Accounting for Stock Option Programmes under IFRS 2
    • Cost Effects of Stock Option Programmes for Euro Stoxx 50 Companies
    • Stock Option Programmes and…
  9. Stock Option Watch // 2016

    February 2009

    • Performance-Oriented Compensation Models for Executives
    • Opting Out Helps to Avoid Unwelcome Transparency of Executives' Pay
    • Incentive Systems for Credit Portfolio Managers and Executives
    • Does the Market Value…
  10. ZEW-Energiemarktbarometer // 2016

    Januar/Februar 2016

    • Experten erwarten erst mittelfristig wieder steigende Energiepreise
    • Versorgungssicherheit: Lage entspannt sich