Publications of the Research Unit Economics of Innovation and Industrial Dynamics

  1. Branchenreport Innovationen // 2009

    2009 - Großhandel

    Jahrg. 17, Nr. 14, Januar 2010

    Das wirtschaftliche Umfeld war für den deutschen Großhandel im Jahr 2008 noch recht günstig. Nach einer langen Periode stagnierender Umsätze konnte ab 2006 - auch dank steigender…

  2. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 09-085 // 2009

    A Framework to Enforce Anti-Predation Rules

    The major interest of antitrust law and economics with respect to predation strategies has been largely twofold. On the one hand, there has been a lively discussion on the question whether predation can…

  3. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 09-083 // 2009

    Critical Loss Analysis in Market Definition and Merger Control

    The last couple of years have seen an increasing interest in critical loss analysis, both, in academia and in practice. This development is documented by various research papers, high-level exchanges between…

  4. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 09-082 // 2009

    Assessing the Effects of a Road Surfacing Cartel in Switzerland

    The last couple of years have seen an increasing interest in the evaluation of competition policy both in practice and in academia. With respect to the former, the Office of Fair Trading in the UK, for instance,…

  5. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 09-081 // 2009

    Innovative Capability and Financing Constraints for Innovation More Money, More Innovation?

    Economic theory suggests that financing constraints may occur due to capital market imperfections. These particularly affect investments in innovation projects as such projects are typically characterized by a…