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. 20-077 // 2020

    Deposit Insurance, Bank Ownership and Depositor Behavior

    We employ proprietary data from a large bank to analyze how – in times of crisis – depositors react to a bank nationalization, re-privatization and an accompanying increase in deposit insurance. Nationalization…

  2. ZEW Discussion Paper Nr. 20-076 // 2020

    Fostering Participation in Digital Public Health Interventions: The Case of Digital Contact Tracing

    The SARS-CoV-2 pandemic has made all the more clear that public health is a public good. Public health interventions try to encourage contributions to this public good. Digital public health interventions are…

  3. ZEW Discussion Paper Nr. 20-075 // 2020

    Complex Pricing and Consumer-Side Attention

    This paper analyzes a market in which two horizontally differentiated firms compete by setting menus of two-part tariffs, and in which some consumers are not informed about the linear per-unit price component.…

  4. ZEW Discussion Paper Nr. 20-074 // 2020

    Booster Draft Mechanism for Multi-Object Assignment

    We describe a new mechanism - what we call a booster draft - for allocating multiple, indivisible objects among a group of individuals. The mechanism’s appeal lies in its strategy-proofness and simplicity:…

  5. ZEW Discussion Paper Nr. 20-072 // 2020

    How Do Different Compensation Schemes and Loss Experience Affect Insurance Decisions? Experimental Evidence From Two Independent and Heterogeneous Samples

    Although natural hazard insurance is advocated as an important means of risk management, private insurance demand often remains below critical levels. Prior loss experience and the design of governmental…

  6. ZEW Discussion Paper Nr. 20-071 // 2020

    Product Liability and Reasonable Product Use

    We analyze a monopolist who offers different variants of a possibly dangerous product to heterogeneous customers. Product variants are distinguished by different safety attributes. Customers choose product…

  7. ZEW Discussion Paper Nr. 20-070 // 2020

    Industry 4.0 Related Innovation and Firm Growth

    In this paper we explore the relationship between innovative firms that patent technology related to Industry 4.0 and their economic performance. By applying the new patent cartography developed by the EPO…

  8. ZEW Discussion Paper Nr. 20-069 // 2020

    Political Budget Cycles in European Public Procurement

    This paper studies whether political budget cycles occur in public procurement in the European Union. Using project- level data from Tenders Electronic Daily (2008-2018), I analyze different steps along the…

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