1. Gutachten // 2020

    Der EU-Vorschlag zum Country-by-Country Reporting im Internet – Kosten, Nutzen, Konsequenzen

    Im Zuge der Debatte um Gewinnverlagerung multinationaler Unternehmen hat sich die Forderung nach einer länderbezogenen Offenlegung von betriebswirtschaftlichen und steuerlichen Daten, das sogenannte…

  2. ZEW Discussion Paper Nr. 20-090 // 2020

    Career Paths in Online Labor Markets: Same, Same but Different?

    The emergence of online labor markets calls the validity of traditional career models into question. Given the volatility and digital nature of this environment, short-term employment relationships and…

  3. ZEW Discussion Paper Nr. 20-089 // 2020

    ‘Pay-Later’ vs. ‘Pay-as-You-Go’: Experimental Evidence on Present-Biased Overconsumption and the Importance of Timing

    When consuming goods provided by public utilities, such as telecommunication, water, gas or electricity, the predominant payment scheme is pay-later billing. This paper identifies one potential consequence…

  4. ZEW Discussion Paper Nr. 20-088 // 2020

    Public R&D Investment in Economic Crises

    We study the cyclicality of public R&D in 28 OECD countries (1995 – 2017). While procyclical on average, public R&D reacts asymmetrically over different phases of the business cycle and becomes acyclical…

  5. ZEW Discussion Paper Nr. 20-087 // 2020

    Consumer Salience and Quality Provision in (Un)Regulated Public Service Markets

    This paper examines the publication of quality indicators in service markets with public finance systems, such as education and healthcare markets. We provide a spatial model of product differentiation in…

  6. Analysen und Standpunkte // 2020

    2020

    • Wirtschaftspolitik in Corona-Zeiten
    • Europäische Wettbewerbspolitik
    • Klimapolitik
    • Wirtschaftswissenschaften

    COVID-19 hat dieses Jahr geprägt. Im Dezember 2019 kamen erste Meldungen zu Erkrankungen aus Wuhan,…

  7. ZEW Discussion Paper Nr. 20-086 // 2020

    Public Subsidies and the Sources of Venture Capital

    Research suggests that public subsidies for newly founded firms have a positive effect on follow-on financing, in particular, Venture Capital (VC). This study differentiates between Government VC,…

  8. ZEW Discussion Paper Nr. 20-085 // 2020

    Earnings of University Dropouts Across Europe

    This paper investigates relative earnings of individuals leaving tertiary education without a degree across 18 European countries employing survey data on adult workers. We find that, on average,…

  9. ZEW Discussion Paper Nr. 20-084 // 2020

    Returns to Higher Education and Dropouts: A Double Machine Learning Approach

    This paper provides estimates of the short-term individual returns to Higher Education (HE) in the United Kingdom, focusing on the effects of attending HE on the labour market outcomes for dropouts.…

  10. ZEW Discussion Paper Nr. 20-083 // 2020

    Are Firms Withdrawing From Basic Research? An Analysis of Firm-Level Publication Behaviour in Germany

    Previous research has expressed concerns about firms engaging less in basic research. We contribute to this debate by studying trends in the scientific publishing activities of firms located in Germany. Our…

  11. ZEW Discussion Paper Nr. 20-082 // 2020

    Split-Award Auctions and Supply Disruptions

    Problem Definition: We consider a buyer that needs to source a fixed quantity. She faces several potential suppliers that might fail to deliver. The buyer conducts a procurement auction to determine contract…