1. ZEW Discussion Paper Nr. 16-007 // 2016

    Taxing Away M&A: The Effect of Corporate Capital Gains Taxes on Acquisition Activity

    Taxing capital gains is an important obstacle to the efficient allocation of resources because it imposes a transaction cost on the vendor which locks in appreciated assets by raising the vendor's reservation…

  2. ZEW Discussion Paper Nr. 16-006 // 2016

    Asymmetric Labor-Supply Responses to Wage-Rate Changes - Evidence from a Field Experiment

    The standard labor-supply literature typically assumes that the labor supply response to wage increases is the same as that for equivalent wage decreases. However, evidence from the behavioral-economics…

  3. ZEW-Newsletter // 2016

    2016-01

    1. Aktuell
    2. Call for Papers
      • Vierte Internationale BIBB/IAB/ZEW-Konferenz TASKS IV
      • Fuenfte Mannheim Energy Conference
    3. Personalia
      • Berufungen/Ernennungen
      • Gastwissenschaftler
    4. Presse
    5. Neue…
  4. ZEW Discussion Paper Nr. 16-005 // 2016

    Concentration on the Few? R&D and Innovation in German Firms 2001 to 2013

    Innovation activities in the German enterprise sector showed two opposing trends over the past two decades: While total innovation expenditures grew substantially, the number of firms conducting innovation…

  5. ZEW Discussion Paper Nr. 16-004 // 2016

    The Dynamic Relationship Between Investments in Brand Equity and Firm Profitability: Evidence Using Trademark Registrations

    Most marketing practitioners and scholars agree that marketing assets such as brand equity significantly contribute to a firm's financial performance. In this paper, we model brand equity as an unobservable…

  6. ZEW-PwC-Wirtschaftsbarometer China // 2016

    1. Quartal 2016

    • Einschätzung zur Konjunktur hellt sich etwas auf, bleibt jedoch überwiegend negativ
    • Privater Konsum und Investitionen als Wachstumsstütze
    • Neuer Fünfjahresplan: Verbesserungen auch für deutsche Unternehmen…
  7. ZEW-Finanzmarktreport // 2016

    Februar 2016

    • Konjunkturausblick trübt sich ein
    • Eurozone: Rückgang der Inflationserwartungen
    • USA: Starker Dollar und niedriger Ölpreis belasten Konjunkturausblick
    • Japan: Ölpreisrückgang verbessert die Wirtschaftslage in Japan
    • Gro…