Publications of the Research Unit Economics of Innovation and Industrial Dynamics

  1. Branchenreport Innovationen // 2020

    2020 – Gebäudedienstleistungen

    Jahrg. 28∙ Nr. 46 ∙ Januar 2021

    Der Branchenreport Innovation für die Branche Gebäudedienstleistungen stellt die Innovationsleistung der Branche im Jahr 2019 dar. 49,9 % der Unternehmen führten Produkt- oder…

  2. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 20-088 // 2020

    Public R&D Investment in Economic Crises

    We study the cyclicality of public R&D in 28 OECD countries (1995 – 2017). While procyclical on average, public R&D reacts asymmetrically over different phases of the business cycle and becomes acyclical during…

  3. Discussion and Working Paper // 2020

    A Note on Germany‘s Role in the Fourth Industrial Revolution

    This paper provides in-depth insights into patenting activities intechnologies of the Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR) in Germanyand worldwide between the years 1990 and 2016. The descriptiveanalysis…

  4. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 20-086 // 2020

    Public Subsidies and the Sources of Venture Capital

    Research suggests that public subsidies for newly founded firms have a positive effect on follow-on financing, in particular, Venture Capital (VC). This study differentiates between Government VC, Independent…

  5. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 20-083 // 2020

    Are Firms Withdrawing From Basic Research? An Analysis of Firm-Level Publication Behaviour in Germany

    Previous research has expressed concerns about firms engaging less in basic research. We contribute to this debate by studying trends in the scientific publishing activities of firms located in Germany. Our…

  6. ZEW policy brief No. 20-08 // 2020

    More R&D, Less Growth? China’s Decreasing Research Productivity in International Comparison

    Innovation is widely considered the primary driver of growth in high-income economies. The efficiency by which an economy is able to transform research & development (R&D) inputs into output growth is captured…

  7. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 20-079 // 2020

    Markups for Consumers

    A central motivating factor for studying price markups is their effect on consumer welfare. Reported estimates of (firm-level) price markups in the literature, however, are often focused on industry or…