1. ZEWnews English edition // 2006

    No. 1 - 2006

    • International Tax Competition Reduces Company Tax Burden
    • One Year of the German Freeway Toll for Trucks – an Evaluation
    • Exploiting SME Innovation Potentials
    • Putting a Price on Takeover Rumours
    • From Oil Price…
  2. ZEW-Finanzmarktreport // 2006

    Januar 2006

    • Stimmung hellt sich deutlich auf
    • EZB: Weitere Zinserhöhungen erwartet
    • USA: Robustes Wachstum in den USA
    • Japan: Abwertung des Yen erwartet
    • Großbritannien: Konjunktur tritt auf der Stelle
    • Sonderfrage:…
  3. Referierte Fachzeitschrift // 2005

    Concubinage or marriage? Informal and formal cooperations for innovation

    Based on a sample of German innovating firms that contains information on formal and informal innovation cooperation between customers and suppliers, we state that firms perceive informal cooperation as being…

  4. Beiträge in Sammel- und Tagungsbänden // 2005

    Auctions, Information, and New Technologies

  5. Stock Option Watch // 2005

    June 2005

    • Rational or Irrational Behaviour: How Employees Exercise Stock Options
    • Why Employee Stock Options Could Be Worth Much More To The Manager
    • Controlling Agency Costs in Mutual Financial Intermediaries (Part 1)
    • 401(K)…
  6. ZEW Discussion Paper Nr. 05-75 // 2005

    Does Public Scientific Research Complement Industry R&D Investment? The Case of NIH Supported Basic and Clinical Research and Pharmaceutical Industry R&D

    This research investigates the hypothesis that publicly funded scientific research complements private R&D investment in the pharmaceutical industry. New microlevel data on public research investment by the…

  7. ZEW Discussion Paper Nr. 05-09 // 2005

    Die Wirkungsanalyse staatlicher Förderprogramme durch den Einsatz von Matching- und Selektionsmodellen am Beispiel der Fertigungstechnik

    Mit dem Ziel die technologische Wettbewerbsfähigkeit zu steigern, in-vestieren die Staaten der OECD jährlich beträchtliche Summen in die Förderung von Forschungs- und Entwicklungsaktivitäten (FuE). Ange-sichts…

  8. ZEW Discussion Paper Nr. 05-14 // 2005

    How Does Owners' Exposure to Idiosyncratic Risk Influence the Capital Structure of Private Companies?

    This paper identifies the entrepreneur's exposure to idiosyncratic risk as an important determinant of the demand for loans and the capital structure. The analysis is based on a sample of small and medium-sized…