Publications of the Research Unit Economics of Innovation and Industrial Dynamics

• Poor Self-confidence Undermines Performance of Girls in School Subject Mathematics
• Family-owned Enterprises Willingly Bear Costs in order to Preserve Independence
• A Comparison of Germany's Competing Models for the…

The empirical literature on the economics of patents employs a large array of patentbased measures to proxy economic characteristics of patents such as the "sciencebase", "importance" or "value" of patented…

• Revitalisation of the German M&A Market
• China‘s Interest in the Financial Sector Undimmed
• Merger Plans of Stock Exchange Operators
• Takeover Rumours at ProSiebenSat.1
• Cartel Collapses and M&A Activity
• Private Equity…

Environmental regulation. What economists usually associate with these words are barriers to competitiveness. The association of Porter (1991) and Porter and van der Linde (1995) is a different one. By relying…

The pharmaceutical industry has recently experienced numerous mergers and acquisitions. The number of studies which investigate the effects of pharmaceutical mergers is, however, rather limited. This paper…