Publications of the Research Unit Economics of Innovation and Industrial Dynamics

  1. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 14-048 // 2014

    Screening Instruments for Monitoring Market Power in Wholesale Electricity Markets – Lessons from Applications in Germany

    While liberalization in energy markets has been a widely successful process all over the world, incumbents often still hold a dominant position. Thus, electricity wholesale markets are subject to market…

  2. Expertises // 2014

    Policy Paper: Economic Prosperity of the Danube Region

    The Danube Region exhibits very wide socio-economic disparities. It covers some of the most successful but also some of the poorest regions in the EU. In order to take this heterogeneity into account, we define…

  3. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 14-039 // 2014

    Industry Structure and Pricing Over the Business Cycle

    We consider the interaction between an incumbent firm and a potential entrant, and examine how this interaction is affected by demand fluctuations. Our model gives rise to procyclical entry, prices, and…