1. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 04-85 // 2004

    The Link Between Firms’ Innovation Decision and the Business Cycle: An Empirical Analysis

    The sensitivity of innovation activities with respect to the business cycle is often assumed to be small. In this paper the hypothesis on cyclical dependence of innovation activities is tested for firms in the…

  2. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 04-84 // 2004

    Feldexperimente mit dem Pflegebudget (2004-2008) –Konzeption des Evaluationsdesigns

    In diesem Beitrag wird das Evaluationskonzept zu den geplanten Feldexperimenten mit dem so genannten personengebundenen Budget (Pflegebudget) vorgestellt. Das Pflegebudget ist eine Geldleistung, die vom…

  3. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 04-69 // 2004

    Determination of Potential Growth Using Panel Techniques

    The aim of this paper is to construct an indicator of potential growth for developed countries using the insights of the theoretical and empirical growth literature. The Pooled Mean Group Estimator of Pesaran,…

  4. Contributions to Edited Volumes and Conference Proceedings // 2004

    Climate Policy