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  1. ZEW Discussion Paper Nr. 03-26 // 2003

    Firm Level Innovation and Productivity - Is there a Common Story Across Countries?

    Recent studies have documented extensive heterogeneity in firm performance within countries, and innovation has been found as an important determinant. This paper addresses the issue of innovation firm…

    Innovationsökonomik und...
  2. ZEW Discussion Paper Nr. 03-25 // 2003

    Extent and Evolution of the Productivity Gap in Eastern Germany

    Since the German re–unification in 1990, Eastern Germany is a transition economy. After a phase of catching up of productivity with respect to Western Germany from 1991 to 1996, the growth rates in the producing…

    Innovationsökonomik und...
  3. ZEW Discussion Paper Nr. 03-24 // 2003

    Publicly Funded R&D Collaborations and Patent Outcome in Germany

    The stimulation of co-operations has become very popular in R&D policies in recent years. This paper describes the history of R&D funding in Germany with a focus on the development of measures encouraging…

    Innovationsökonomik und...
  4. ZEW Discussion Paper Nr. 03-22 // 2003

    Economic Implications of Alternative Allocation Schemes for Emission Allowances

    Political feasibility of emission trading systems may crucially depend on the free initial allocation of emission allowances to energy-intensive industries in order to ameliorate adverse production and…

    Umwelt- und Klimaökonomik
  5. ZEW Discussion Paper Nr. 03-20 // 2003

    Do Computers Call for Training? Firm-level Evidence on Complementarities Between ICT and Human Capital Investments

    This paper explores whether investments in information and communication technologies (ICT) and firm–sponsored training programmes are complementary. Three approaches are applied to panel data from German…

    Digitale Ökonomie
  6. ZEW Discussion Paper Nr. 03-19 // 2003

    A Comparison Between the Fed and the ECB: Taylor Rules

    This paper analyzes whether Taylor-type policy rules can be used to describe the behavior of the Federal Reserve and the European Central Bank from the beginning of 1999 until mid 2002. Since there was no…

    Altersvorsorge und nachhaltige...
  7. ZEW Discussion Paper Nr. 03-18 // 2003

    A Test of the ‘Krugman Hypothesis’ for the United States, Britain, and Western Germany

    Rising wage inequality in the U.S. and Britain (especially in the 1980s) and rising continental European unemployment (with rather stable wage inequality) have led to a popular view in the economics profession…

    Arbeitsmärkte und Sozialversicherungen
  8. ZEW Discussion Paper Nr. 03-17 // 2003

    Mutual Recognition of National Minimum Quality Standards may Support International Convergence

    In a model of vertical product differentiation, duopolistic firms face qualitydependent costs and compete in quality and price in two segmented markets. Minimum quality standards, set according to the principle…

    Innovationsökonomik und...
  9. ZEW Discussion Paper Nr. 03-16 // 2003

    Poverty Alleviation and the Degree of Centralisation in European Schemes of Social Assistance

    In this paper, the relationship between the degree of centralisation and the distributive outcomes in European schemes of social assistance is investigated. For this purpose, a scheme of classification…

    Unternehmensbesteuerung und Öffentliche...

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