1. Refereed Journal // 2011

    Disconnected Young Adults in Germany: Initial Evidence

    Disconnectedness among young adults can have several dimensions. From a socio-economic viewpoint, failure in school, unemployment and the lack of a partner are among the most important ones. In our sample of…

  2. Contributions to Edited Volumes and Conference Proceedings // 2011

    Technologieakquisition und Marktstellung

  3. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 11-028 // 2011

    International Diversification Benefits with Foreign Exchange Investment Styles

    Style-based investments and their role for portfolio allocation have been widely studied by researchers in stock markets. By contrast, there exists considerably less knowledge about the portfolio implications of…

  4. Discussion and Working Paper // 2011

    Capital Structure Choice and Company Taxation: A Meta-Study

    This paper provides a quantitative review of the empirical literature on the tax impact on corporate debt financing. Synthesizing the evidence from 46 previous studies, we find that this impact is substantial.…

  5. ZEW Newsletter // 2011

    2011-04

    1. News
    2. Call for Papers
      • Call for Papers: Economic Methods in Competition Law Enforcement (June 24-25, 2011, Mannheim, Germany)
    3. Staff
      • Visiting Researchers
    4. Press Releases
    5. Recent Publications
      • ZEWnews English edition
      • Fina…
  6. Financial Market Report Switzerland // 2011

    April 2011

    • Economic Expectations Brighten up Slightly
    • Eurozone: Interest Rate Expectations Surge Strongly
    • Great Britain: Outlook Points to Rising Rates
    • USA: Inflation Prospects Continue to Pick up
    • Japan: Diminished Growth…
  7. ZEW-Branchenreport Informationswirtschaft // 2011

    Jahrgang 10, Nr. 1, April 2011

    Verschlechterung der Geschäftslage trübt die Stimmung im Wirtschaftszweig

    Im Wirtschaftszweig Dienstleister der Informationsgesellschaft hat sich die wirtschaftliche Lage im ersten Quartal 2011 gegenüber dem…

  8. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 11-027 // 2011

    Determinants of Eco-innovations by Type of Environmental Impact. The Role of Regulatory Push/Pull, Technology Push and Market Pull

    In recent years, several studies have identified determinants of environmental innovations. In most econometric studies, environmental innovations in general were analyzed, some distinguish between…

  9. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 11-026 // 2011

    Managerial Ownership, Entrenchment and Innovation

    Economic theory suggests that managers’ investment behavior differs from that of owners. On the one hand, managers might under-invest into R&D compared to owners for reasons of risk. R&D projects are typically…

  10. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 11-025 // 2011

    Netzzugang, Wettbewerb und Investitionen

    We analyze the role of different contract types and access regulation on innovation and competition in telecommunications. Within a standard duopoly model we show that ex-post access contracts less often lead to…