Publications of the Research Unit Corporate Taxation and Public Finance

  1. ZEWnews English edition // 2009

    No. 4 - 2009

    • Patent Applications Facilitate Access to Venture Capital for Start-Up Companies
    • Experts Favour Modification of the Clean Development Mechanism
    • Some German Automobile Brands 20 to 33 Percent More Valuable than…
  2. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 09-052 // 2009

    Econometric Evaluation of EU Cohesion Policy – A Survey

    More than one third of the total EU budget is spent on so-called Cohesion Policy via the structural funds. Its main purpose is to reduce disparities among EU regions and to promote economic growth and…

  3. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 09-051 // 2009

    How Does EU Cohesion Policy Work? Evaluating its Effects on Fiscal Outcome Variables

    The impact of the EU Cohesion Policy has mainly been evaluated by analysing its growth effects. However, this perspective neglects that the EU support might affect other policy fields as well. There are at least…

  4. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 09-047 // 2009

    What Determines Local Governments' Technical Efficiency? The Case of Road Maintenance

    While there are numerous studies on the measurement of the technical or cost efficiency of local governments, the analysis of the main drivers of this efficiency has attracted far less attention in this…

  5. ZEW-Wachstums- und Konjunkturanalysen // 2009

    Nr. 3 (September) - 2009

    • Der Absturz in Deutschland ist gestoppt
    • Die voraussichtliche Lage in der EWU
    • Ergebnisse der Augustumfrage 2009
    • Unternehmen des Wirtschaftszweigs vorsichtig optimistisch
    • Langfristige Diversifikationseffekte an den…