Publications of the Research Unit Economics of Innovation and Industrial Dynamics

  1. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 96-17 // 1996

    Price Indexes for PC Database Software and the Value of Code Compatibility

    Changing product quality poses a challenge for the computation of price indexes, in particular in technologically advanced industries. We assess the differences between traditional and quality-corrected indexes…

  2. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 96-16 // 1996

    Tests of Representative Firm Models: Results from German Manufacturing Industries

    Many studies of producer behavior consider cost and input demand functions derived from microeconomic theory and estimate them on the basis of aggregate data. If firms' characteristics differs, the neglect…

  3. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 96-13 // 1996

    The Size Distribution of Profits from Innovation

    The research reported in this paper seeks to determine how skewed the distribution of profits from technological innovation is -- i.e., whether it conforms most closely to the Paretian, log normal, or some other…

  4. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 96-10 // 1996

    Technologietransfer von Hochschulen: Ein Insider-Outsider-Effekt

    This paper deals with the conditions of effective transfer of technology from Universities and public research institutions to small and medium-sized enterprises. The theoretical and empirical analyses lead to…

  5. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 96-07 // 1996

    Firm Formation in High-Tech Industries: Empirical Results for Germany

    During the last years more and more discussions came up about the contribution of technology-oriented and technology-intensive industries for the economic development and employment. The estimates of the…