Publications of the Research Unit Economics of Innovation and Industrial Dynamics

  1. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 99-18 // 1999

    Der Einfluß der Grenznähe auf die Standwahl von Unternehmen: Eine theoretische Analyse und empirische Befunde für Ostdeutschland

    This paper analyses the effects of the creation or removal ofborders on firms' profits and their optimal location in an autarkicregion. A firm chooses a position close to a border if a crucialdegree of openness…

  2. Refereed Journal // 1999

    Citation Frequency and the Value of Patented Inventions

    Through a survey, private economic value estiamtes were obtained on 964 inventions made in the United States and Germany and on which German patent renewal fees were paid to full-term expiration in 1995. A…