Publications of the Research Unit Economics of Innovation and Industrial Dynamics

  1. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 01-20 // 2001

    Price Indices for Information and Communication Technology Industries - An Application to the German PC Market

    Changing product quality, rapid technological progress, and short product life cycles make it difficult to compute indices that correctly reflect the true price movements of IT products. This paper assesses the…

  2. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 01-19 // 2001

    Do R&D Subsidies Matter? - Evidence for the German Service Sector

    In recent times the service sector is often called the driving force of today‘s economies. This paper analyses the innovative activities of German service firms. We investigate whether firms that receive public…

  3. Refereed Journal // 2001

    Determinanten regionaler Unterschiede in der Gründungshäufigkeit wissensintensiver Dienstleister

    The paper deals with the question which determinants can explain regional differences in the number of start-ups in Austrian and Western German districts when observing the business related service sector. We…

  4. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 01-03 // 2001

    Die Auswirkungen öffentlicher Gründungsförderung auf das Überleben und Wachstum junger Unternehmen

    In this paper we examine causal effects of German public assistance programs for young firms administered by the Deutsche Ausgleichsbank (DtA). The empirical analysis is based on a combined data set with…