1. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 06-059 // 2006

    Empirical Evidence on the Success of R&D Co-operation - Happy together?

    In this paper we analyse the effect of R&D co-operation on firms' innovation performance. We investigate the effect of past co-operation on current sales of innovative products, distinguishing between products…

  2. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 06-058 // 2006

    Emission Trading Beyond Europe: Linking Schemes in a Post-Kyoto World

    This paper assesses the economic impacts of linking the EU Emission Trading Scheme (ETS) to emerging schemes beyond Europe, in the presence of a post-Kyoto agreement in 2020. Simulations with a numerical…

  3. ZEW-Finanzmarktreport // 2006

    September 2006

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    • EZB: Zurückfahren der akkomodierenden Haltung
    • USA: Ende der Zinserhöhungen
    • Japan: Konjunkturerholung setzt sich fort
    • Großbritannien: Inflationsrisiken im Blick
    • Sonderfrage:…
  4. Contributions to Edited Volumes and Conference Proceedings // 2006

    Innovationen und nachhaltige Entwicklung

  5. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 06-056 // 2006

    Patent Protection, Market Uncertainty, and R&D Investment

    Real options investment theory predicts current investment falls as uncertainty about market returns increases. In the case of R&D investment, which is usually considered an irreversible form of investment, this…

  6. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 06-055 // 2006

    Business R&D and the Interplay of R&D Subsidies and Market Uncertainty

    Real Options Theory, Uncertainty, R&D, Censored Regression�t (R&��@ubsiÐå€ may����uce ����et f����res affecting private R&D investment caused by incomplete appropriability of knowledge and financial…