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. 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…

  2. 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…

  3. 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…

  4. 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…

  5. 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…

  6. ZEW Discussion Paper Nr. 13-110 // 2013

    Comparing Two Methods for the Identification of News Shocks

    Recent empirical literature delivered, based on different structural VAR approaches, controversial results concerning the role of anticipated technology—news—shocks in business cycle fluctuations. We deal with…

  7. ZEW Discussion Paper Nr. 13-109 // 2013

    The Impact of Innovation Off-shoring on Organizational Adaptability

    We analyze the effects of captive off-shoring of innovation activities on the firms' ability to adapt their organizational processes and structures. Starting from complexity theory, we use three consecutive…

  8. ZEW Discussion Paper Nr. 13-108 // 2013

    Return and Risk of Human Capital Contracts

    Human capital contracts give private investors the right to a share of students' future earnings in return for a financial contribution during their studies. Although still rarely used, human capital contracts…

  9. ZEW Discussion Paper Nr. 13-107 // 2013

    Causal Effects on Employment After First Birth – A Dynamic Treatment Approach

    The effects of childbirth on future labor market outcomes are a key issue for policy discussion. This paper implements a dynamic treatment approach to estimate the effect of having the first child now versus…

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