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  1. ZEW Discussion Paper Nr. 03-13 // 2003

    Local Determinants of Crime: Distinguishing Between Resident and Non-resident Offenders

    The paper revisits the local determinants of crime using a spatial model distinguishing between resident and non-resident offenders. Employing data for German municipalities, the model is estimated by means of…

    Unternehmensbesteuerung und Öffentliche...
  2. ZEW Discussion Paper Nr. 03-12 // 2003

    The Decision of Venture Capitalists on Timing and Extent of IPOs

    We analyze the venture capitalist's decision on the timing of the IPO, the offer price and the fraction of shares he sells in the course of the IPO. A venture capitalist may decide to take a company public or…

    Altersvorsorge und nachhaltige...
  3. ZEW Discussion Paper Nr. 03-11 // 2003

    Systemic Risk in European Banking - Evidence from Bivariate GARCH Models

    This paper attempts to assess the Europe-wide systemic risk in banking. We employ a bivariate GARCH model to estimate conditional correlations between European bank stock indices. These correlations are used…

    Altersvorsorge und nachhaltige...
  4. ZEW Discussion Paper Nr. 03-10 // 2003

    Socially Responsible Investments in Germany, Switzerland and the United States

    The aim of this study is the analysis of so called socially responsible investments (SRI). First, the performance of SRI equity investment funds and equity indices is investigated using Jensen´s alpha as…

    Altersvorsorge und nachhaltige...
  5. ZEW Discussion Paper Nr. 03-09 // 2003

    Climate Policy Beyond Kyoto: Quo Vadis? A Computable General Equilibrium Analysis Based on Expert Judgements

    Despite of the apparent failure of the Kyoto Protocol with respect to environmental effectiveness, it has established a broad international mechanism that might be able to provide a global reduction of…

    Umwelt- und Klimaökonomik
  6. ZEW Discussion Paper Nr. 03-08 // 2003

    On the Design of Optimal Grandfathering Schemes for Emission Allowances

    To meet its commitment under the Kyoto Protocol, the EU plans to implement an emissions trading system with grandfathering of allowances. Besides having distributional impacts, the choice of the grandfathering…

    Umwelt- und Klimaökonomik
  7. ZEW Discussion Paper Nr. 03-07 // 2003

    The Link Between Firm-Level Innovation and Aggregate Productivity Growth A Cross-Country Examination

    This paper investigates whether failure in innovation at the firm level can account for cross-country heterogeneity in manufacturing productivity growth. There is no strong evidence in the literature on the…

    Innovationsökonomik und...
  8. ZEW Discussion Paper Nr. 03-06 // 2003

    Dynamic Optimal Capital Structure and Technological Change

    This paper incorporates the cost of adjustment between observed and optimal leverage in explaining the variation in firm’s equity or bank-debt financing investments. Using a dynamic adjustment approach…

    Innovationsökonomik und...
  9. ZEW Discussion Paper Nr. 03-04 // 2003

    IT Capital, Job Content and Educational Attainment

    Based on a large data set containing information on occupations between 1979 and 1999, this study explores the “black box” surrounding the skill–biased technological change hypothesis by analyzing the mechanisms…

    Digitale Ökonomie

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