1. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 14-096 // 2014

    A Field Experiment in Motivating Employee Ideas

    We study the effects of a field experiment designed to motivate employee ideas, at a large technology company. Employees were encouraged to submit ideas on process and product improvements via an online system.…

  2. Financial Market Report Switzerland // 2014

    December 2014

    • Rebound in Sentiment
    • Most Analysts Expect an Unchanged Inflation Rate
    • Fewer Analysts Expect Long-Term Interest Rate to Rise
    • Euro Falls, but Expectations of an Appreciation Rise
    • Stock Market Rebound Boosts Confidence
  3. Discussion and Working Paper // 2014

    Combining International Cap-and-Trade with National Carbon Taxes

    This paper examines the effects of combining an international cap-and-trade scheme with national carbon taxes. We consider a two-country stochastic partial equilibrium model with log-normally distributed…

  4. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 14-094 // 2014

    University Research Alliances, Absorptive Capacity, and the Contribution of Startups to Employment Growth

    This paper examines how university research alliances and other cooperative links with universities contribute to startup employment growth. We argue that “scientific absorptive capacity” at the startup is…

  5. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 14-093 // 2014

    Information Ambiguity and Firm Value

    A recent theoretical model by Epstein and Schneider (2008) predicts that a firm’s assets will be undervalued by the market if the information surrounding these assets is ambiguous. The model further predicts…