Publications of the Research Unit Economics of Innovation and Industrial Dynamics

  1. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 17-010 // 2017

    The Productivity Effects of Worker Replacement in Young Firms

    Existing management research has so far dealt with the consequences of labor turnover for established firms, but has not addressed its effect on young entrepreneurial businesses. In this paper I assess, both…

  2. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 17-005 // 2017

    The Effect of Institutional Ownership on Firm Innovation: Evidence from Chinese Listed Firms

    Monitoring by institutional investors can act as an important mechanism to promote firm innovation. By investigating Chinese listed firms’ patenting between 2002 and 2011, we find that the presence of…

  3. Refereed Journal // 2017

    Cartel Cases and the Cartel Enforcement Process in the European Union 2001-2015: A Quantitative Assessment

    We provide a comprehensive quantitative assessment of cartels and the related cartel enforcement process in the European Union (EU) from 2001 to 2015. In a first step, we present a detailed…

  4. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 17-002 // 2017

    When Do Firms Leave Cartels? Determinants and the Impact on Cartel Survival

    We use a dataset of 615 firms which participated in 114 illegal cartels – convicted by the European Commission between 1999 and 2016 – to investigate the determinants of the duration of a firm’s participation in…

  5. ZEW-Innovationserhebung // 2017

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