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. 14-001 // 2014

    Tax Policy and Income Inequality in the U.S., 1979 – 2007

    We assess the effects of U.S. tax policy reforms on inequality by applying a new decomposition method allowing us to disentangle the policy effect from changing market incomes. Over the period 1979-2007, the…

  2. ZEW Discussion Paper Nr. 13-118 // 2013

    Mobile and More Productive? Firm-Level Evidence on the Productivity Effects of Mobile Internet Use at the Early Stage of Diffusion

    Mobile internet access allows for flexibility with respect to working time and working place. We analyse whether employees' use of mobile internet access improves firms' labour productivity. Our data set…

  3. ZEW Discussion Paper Nr. 13-117 // 2013

    Strategic Timing of Entry: Evidence from Video Games

    This paper investigates how video game publishers’ choice of game release date is affected by the expected level of competition within the game’s product niche. We identify game niches by genre,…

  4. ZEW Discussion Paper Nr. 13-116 // 2013

    ICT and the Demand for Energy: Evidence from OECD Countries

    This paper analyzes the relationship between information and communication technology (ICT) and energy demand. We construct a comprehensive cross-country cross-industry panel data set covering 13 years, 10 OECD…

  5. ZEW Discussion Paper Nr. 13-115 // 2013

    Policy-Induced Environmental Technology and Inventive Efforts: Is There a Crowding Out?

    Significant policy effort is devoted to stimulate the development, adoption and diffusion of environmentally-friendly technology. Sceptics worry about the effects of regulation-induced environmental technology…

  6. ZEW Discussion Paper Nr. 13-114 // 2013

    Profit-Sharing and Innovation

    Wir untersuchen die Auswirkungen von Gewinnbeteiligung auf Produkt- und Prozessinnovationen. Das allgemeine Ziel der Unternehmen bei der Einführung von Gewinnbeteiligung als Element der Einkommenspolitik ist die…

  7. ZEW Discussion Paper Nr. 13-113 // 2013

    Fishing for Complementarities: Competitive Research Funding and Research Productivity

    In Europa, wo Universitäten traditionell in erster Linie durch Grundmittel ihren Finanzierungsbedarf decken, hat die Forschungsfinanzierung durch wettbewerblich eingeworbene Mittel stark an Bedeutung gewonnen…

  8. ZEW Discussion Paper Nr. 13-112 // 2013

    The Metal Resources (METRO) Model. A Dynamic Partial Equilibrium Model for Metal Markets Applied to Rare Earth Elements

    This paper presents the METal ResOurces (METRO) model, a partial equilibrium model tailored for metal markets. It allows for a disaggregated representation of the mining sector and endogenous investment in…

  9. ZEW Discussion Paper Nr. 13-111 // 2013

    Sequential Identification of Technological News Shocks

    In an influential recent paper, Beaudry and Portier (2006) propose a sequential approach for identifying technological news shocks. Thereby, the correlation coefficient between news shocks of a short-run…

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