Publications of the Research Unit Economics of Innovation and Industrial Dynamics

  1. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 10-078 // 2010

    Do Direct R&D Subsidies Lead to the Monopolization of R&D in the Economy?

    The market for R&D is subject to market failure which leads to an underprovision of R&D from a social point of view. This gives rise for governmental intervention in the market for R&D. For decades, the…

  2. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 10-073 // 2010

    Evaluation of Public R&D Policies: A Cross-country Comparison

    Technological change is an important determinant of long-run productivity which is essential for securing competitiveness both at the firm-level and for the economy as a whole. Public authorities expect that…

  3. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 10-071 // 2010

    Competing internationally: On the Importance of R&D for Export Activity

    Export is an important factor for growth and welfare for small, open economies. Since R&D and innovation are also key factors of growth for an industrialized economy, it is interesting to analyze the…

  4. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 10-066 // 2010

    Absorptive Capacity and Post-Acquisition Inventor Productivity

    Technologically motivated firm acquisitions often fail in the sense that post-merger innovation performance declines. One reason has been identified as a temporary shift of managerial attention towards the firm…

  5. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 10-063 // 2010

    Targeted Advertising in Magazine Markets

    This paper examines the scope and value of targeted advertising in the German magazine industry. We use data on reader characteristics at individual media, in contrast to previous work that has needed to infer…