Publications of the Research Unit Economics of Innovation and Industrial Dynamics

  1. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 06-063 // 2006

    Two for the Price of One? On Additionality Effects of R&D Subsidies: A Comparison Between Flanders and Germany

    In this paper we empirically test whether public R&D subsidies crowd out private R&D investment in Flanders and Germany, using firm level data from the Flemish and German part of the Community Innovation survey…

  2. ZEW-Wachstums- und Konjunkturanalysen // 2006

    Nr. 3 (September) - 2006

    • Kräftige Entwicklung im Jahr 2006 und mäßige Erwartungen für nächstes Jahr
    • Die voraussichtliche Lage in der EWU
    • Ergebnisse der Augustumfrage 2006
    • Konjunktureller Aufschwung setzt sich fort
    • Zur Güte mittelfristiger…
  3. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 06-059 // 2006

    Empirical Evidence on the Success of R&D Co-operation - Happy together?

    In this paper we analyse the effect of R&D co-operation on firms' innovation performance. We investigate the effect of past co-operation on current sales of innovative products, distinguishing between products…

  4. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 06-056 // 2006

    Patent Protection, Market Uncertainty, and R&D Investment

    Real options investment theory predicts current investment falls as uncertainty about market returns increases. In the case of R&D investment, which is usually considered an irreversible form of investment, this…

  5. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 06-055 // 2006

    Business R&D and the Interplay of R&D Subsidies and Market Uncertainty

    Real Options Theory, Uncertainty, R&D, Censored Regression�t (R&��@ubsiÐå€ may����uce ����et f����res affecting private R&D investment caused by incomplete appropriability of knowledge and financial…