1. ZEW Discussion Paper Nr. 02-17 // 2002

    The Impact of Taxes and Public Spending on the Location of FDI: Evidence from FDI-flows within Europe

    In a place to place analysis of bilateral FDI flows the average company tax burden, the statutory corporation tax rate, as well as the cost of capital are used to capture the tax incentives. In addition,…

  2. ZEW Discussion Paper Nr. 02-16 // 2002

    Weiterbildungsmaßnahmen in Ostdeutschland Ein Misserfolg der Arbeitsmarktpolitik?

    Über die Wirkung der Förderung der beruflichen Weiterbildung in Ostdeutschland sind in den letzten Jahren zahlreiche empirische Studien durchgeführt worden, die auf den methodischen Fortschritten der…

  3. ZEW Discussion Paper Nr. 02-12 // 2002

    Family Background, Cohort and Education - A French-German Comparison

    This paper analyses the impact of family background, gender and cohort on educational attainment in France and Germany, relying on a theoretical model imbedded in the human capital theory. In a second step,…

  4. ZEW Discussion Paper Nr. 02-10 // 2002

    Asset Prices and Alternative Characterizations of the Pricing Kernel

    In a continuous-time representative investor economy with an exogenously given information process, asset prices are derived for alternative characterizations of the pricing kernel. In addition to the…

  5. ZEW Discussion Paper Nr. 02-09 // 2002

    Rio - 10 Years After: A Critical Appraisal of Climate Policy

    Ten years after the initial Climate Change Convention from Rio in 1992, the developed world is likely to ratify the Kyoto Protocol which has been celebrated as a milestone in climate protection. Standard…

  6. ZEW Discussion Paper Nr. 02-06 // 2002

    A Model of Educational Attainment Application to the German Case

    This paper aims at formulating a theoretical model of educational attainment which is directly implementable empirically. The conceptual frame-work relies on the human capital theory, where individuals weigh…

  7. ZEW-Dokumentation Nr. 02-01 // 2002

    Aufbereitung und Angebot der ZEW Gründungsindikatoren

    Seit seiner Gründung arbeitet das Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung GmbH (ZEW) in Kooperation mit CREDITREFORM, der größten deutschen Kreditauskunftei, am Aufbau, der Erweiterung und der Pflege…