ZEW Discussion Papers

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Mit diesen Beiträgen, die überwiegend in Englisch verfasst sind, beteiligen sich die Forscher/innen des ZEW an wissenschaftlichen Fachdebatten. Die Publikationen enthalten vorläufige Beiträge, die zur Veröffentlichung in Fachzeitschriften vorgesehen sind. Die Discussion Papers können ab 1.1.1998 als pdf-Datei abgerufen werden. Sie richten sich an nationale und internationale Zielgruppen.

  1. ZEW Discussion Paper Nr. 21-003 // 2021

    Outside Options Drive Wage Inequalities in Continuing Jobs: Evidence From a Natural Experiment

    The literature on wage bargaining so far mainly argues that unemployment benefits are relevant outside options for employees. This paper demonstrates that also a change in outside wage options drives wages in…

  2. ZEW Discussion Paper Nr. 21-002 // 2021

    Does Online Search Improve the Match Quality of New Hires?

    This paper studies the effects of the high-speed internet expansion on the match quality of new hires. They combine data on internet availability at the local level with German individual register and vacancy…

  3. ZEW Discussion Paper Nr. 21-001 // 2021

    Scientist’s Industry Engagement and the Research Agenda: Evidence From Germany

    The authors investigate the impact of industry engagement on the direction of academic science. They apply the framework of the research agenda to assess to which extent industry engagement shifts the costs and…

  4. ZEW Discussion Paper Nr. 20-092 // 2020

    Do Financial Market Experts Know Their Theory? New Evidence From Survey Data

    Using a unique survey dataset, I study how financial market experts form their stock market expectations. I document a strong disagreement among experts about how important macroeconomic and financial variables…

  5. ZEW Discussion Paper Nr. 20-091 // 2020

    Optimal Auctions with Signaling Bidders

    The authors study optimal auctions in a symmetric private values setting, where bidders’ care about winning the object and a receiver’s inference about their type. They reestablish revenue equivalence when…

  6. ZEW Discussion Paper Nr. 20-090 // 2020

    Career Paths in Online Labor Markets: Same, Same but Different?

    The emergence of online labor markets calls the validity of traditional career models into question. Given the volatility and digital nature of this environment, short-term employment relationships and…

  7. ZEW Discussion Paper Nr. 20-089 // 2020

    ‘Pay-Later’ vs. ‘Pay-as-You-Go’: Experimental Evidence on Present-Biased Overconsumption and the Importance of Timing

    When consuming goods provided by public utilities, such as telecommunication, water, gas or electricity, the predominant payment scheme is pay-later billing. This paper identifies one potential consequence…

  8. ZEW Discussion Paper Nr. 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…

  9. ZEW Discussion Paper Nr. 20-087 // 2020

    Consumer Salience and Quality Provision in (Un)Regulated Public Service Markets

    This paper examines the publication of quality indicators in service markets with public finance systems, such as education and healthcare markets. We provide a spatial model of product differentiation in…

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