1. ZEW Discussion Paper Nr. 01-16 // 2001

    Public Deficits and Borrowing Costs: The Missing Half of Market Discipline

    EMU driven interest rate convergence has led to a significant reduction of borrowing costs for some European governments in the second half of the nineties. The paper deals with the possible consequences for…

  2. ZEW Discussion Paper Nr. 01-14 // 2001

    Cooperation in International Environmental Negotiations due to a Preference for Equity

    This paper demonstrates that cooperation in international environmental negotiations can be explained by preferences for equity. Within a N-country prisoner’s dilemma in which agents can either cooperate or…

  3. ZEW Discussion Paper Nr. 01-10 // 2001

    The Effects of Public R&D Subsidies on Firms' Innovation Activities: The Case of Eastern Germany

    This study analyses the effects of public R&D policy schemes on the innovation activities of firms located in Eastern Germany. This is the first study which considers the effects of public R&D programmes in a…

  4. ZEW Discussion Paper Nr. 01-08 // 2001

    The Employment Impact of Cleaner Production on the Firm Level: Empirical Evidence from a Survey in Five European Countries

    This paper analyses the determinants of employment reactions of firms when environmental innovations have been carried out. It differentiates hereby between employment increases and decreases. The data stem…

  5. ZEW-Dokumentation Nr. 01-01 // 2001

    Die ZEW-Gründerstudie - Konzeption und Erhebung

    Die vorliegende Arbeit beschreibt die Konzeption und Erhebung der ZEW-Gründerstudie. Bei dieser im Jahre 1999 am ZEW durchgeführten telefonischen Unternehmensbefragung wurde auf Basis der ZEW-Gründungspanels Ost…

  6. ZEW-Wirtschaftsanalysen Bd. 56 // 2001

    Auslandsdirektinvestitionen als strategische Option in Lohnverhandlungen

    Die fortschreitende weltweite wirtschaftliche Integration führt zu stetig wachsender Mobilität in der Herstellung von Gütern und Dienstleistungen. Dies hat Einfluß auf den Lohnverhandlungsprozeß der…