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. 15-013 // 2015

    The Effect of Electricity Taxation on the German Manufacturing Sector: A Regression Discontinuity Approach

    Germany taxes electricity use since 1999. The government granted reduced rates to energy intensive firms in the industrial sector for addressing potentially adverse effects on firms' competitiveness. Firms that…

  2. ZEW Discussion Paper Nr. 15-012 // 2015

    Social Implications of Green Growth Policies from the Perspective of Energy Sector Reform and its Impact on Households

    This paper reviews the literature on distributional effects of energy and carbon taxation with focus on microsimulation models. Most studies find that direct energy and carbon taxation tends to be regressive.…

  3. ZEW Discussion Paper Nr. 15-011 // 2015

    Peeling the Onion: Analyzing Aggregate, National and Sectoral Energy Intensity in the European Union

    One of the most promising ways of meeting climate policy targets is improving energy efficiency, i.e. reducing the amount of scarce and polluting resources needed to produce a given quantity of output. This…

  4. ZEW Discussion Paper Nr. 15-010 // 2015

    Fiskalische und individuelle Bildungsrenditen – aktuelle Befunde für Deutschland

    In dieser Studie werden auf der Basis eines Mikrosimulationsmodells Nettoerträge und Renditen von Bildungsinvestitionen in Deutschland untersucht. Dabei wird ein Studium mit einer Berufsausbildung und eine…

  5. ZEW Discussion Paper Nr. 15-009 // 2015

    Minimum Participation Rules in International Environmental Agreements: Empirical Evidence from a Survey Among Delegates in International Climate Negotiations

    Recent contributions to the theoretical and experimental literature suggest that minimum participation rules (MPRs) are able to reduce free-riding incentives and may facilitate cooperation (or at least…

  6. ZEW Discussion Paper Nr. 15-008 // 2015

    Higher Taxes, More Evasion? Evidence from Border Differentials in TV License Fees

    This paper studies the evasion of TV license fees in Austria. We exploit border differentials to identify the effect of fees on evasion. Comparing municipalities at the low- and high-fee side of state borders…

  7. ZEW Discussion Paper Nr. 15-007 // 2015

    Individual Versus Institutional Ownership of University-Discovered Inventions

    We examine how the ownership of intellectual property rights influences patenting of university-discovered inventions. In 2002, Germany transferred patent rights from faculty members to their universities. To…

  8. ZEW Discussion Paper Nr. 15-006 // 2015

    China's R&D Explosion – Analyzing Productivity Effects Across Ownership Types and Over Time

    In the past years Chinese firms increased their spending on R&D substantially and worked on achieving a higher quality level of R&D. We analyze whether different R&D activities show a positive influence on total…

  9. ZEW Discussion Paper Nr. 15-005 // 2015

    A Note on How to Realize the Full Potential of the EU-SILC Data

    The European Union Statistics on Income and Living Conditions (EU-SILC) is a rotational panel provided by Eurostat that covers variables with a high potential for comparative European labour market and social…

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