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. 07-060 // 2007

    International Cooperation on Innovation: Empirical Evidence for German and Portuguese Firms

    In this paper we investigate the factors that lead firms to cooperate with partners from foreign countries on innovation activities. Portuguese and German data from the harmonised Community Innovation Survey…

  2. ZEW Discussion Paper Nr. 07-059 // 2007

    Options, Futures, and Other Derivatives in Russia: An Overview

    This work provides a descriptive overview of Russian markets for financial derivatives. Available figures for the exchange-traded and over-the-counter-traded derivatives in Russia show that the Russian…

  3. ZEW Discussion Paper Nr. 07-058 // 2007

    The Accuracy and Efficiency of the Consensus Forecasts: A Further Application and Extension of the Pooled Approach

    In this paper we analyze the macroeconomic forecasts of the Consensus Forecasts for 12 countries over the period from 1996 to 2006 regarding bias and information efficiency. A pooled approach is employed which…

  4. ZEW Discussion Paper Nr. 07-057 // 2007

    The Globalization of Tax Policy: What German Politicians Believe

    The process of globalization has an important impact on national tax policies. Most of the literature on taxation of capital in open economies does not focus directly on the political decision making process and…

  5. ZEW Discussion Paper Nr. 07-056 // 2007

    Public Universities, Tuition and Competition – A Tiebout Model

    A simple Tiebout model is presented where states provide university education to both immobile and mobile students. State governments choose the quality of public universities by trading off the value of…

  6. ZEW Discussion Paper Nr. 07-055 // 2007

    What Makes Foreign Knowledge Attractive to Domestic Innovation Managers?

    This study focuses on the early stages of international innovation activities, i.e. the organizational processes through which promising ideas from around the globe are collected and evaluated. We ask: What…

  7. ZEW Discussion Paper Nr. 07-054 // 2007

    Inflation Expectations of Experts and ECB Communication

    The communication policy of the European Central Bank attracts a lot of attention from financial markets. This paper analyses the informational content of the monthly introductory statements of the ECB president…

  8. ZEW Discussion Paper Nr. 07-053 // 2007

    Self-Productivity in Early Childhood

    Self-productivity is a crucial feature in the process of skill formation. It means that skills and health acquired at one stage in the life cycle enhance skills and health formation at later stages. This paper…

  9. ZEW Discussion Paper Nr. 07-052 // 2007

    Non-technological and Technological Innovation: Strange Bedfellows?

    Non-technological innovation is an important element of firms' innovation activities that both supplement and complement technological innovation, i.e. the introduction of new products and new processes. We…

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