1. Gutachten // 2017

    Analysis of US Corporate Tax Reform Proposals and their Effects for Europe and Germany

    Das Projekt befasst sich mit dem aktuellen Vorhaben zur Reform der Unternehmensbesteuerung in den USA. Wenngleich Details noch offen sind, zeichnen sich eine deutliche Steuersenkung sowie eine Abkehr der…

  2. ZEW Discussion Paper Nr. 17-074 // 2017

    The Organizational Design of High-Tech Startups and Product Innovation

    We investigate whether appointing a middle management level   affects startups’ innovation  performance. Additional hierarchical levels are often   suspected to restrict innovative activities.  However,…

  3. ZEW Discussion Paper Nr. 17-073 // 2017

    Intermediation in Peer-to-Peer Markets: Evidence from Auctions for Personal Loans

    I examine the role of intermediaries on the world's largest peer-to-peer online lending platform. This marketplace as well as other recently opened lending websites allow people to auction microcredit over the…

  4. ZEW-Newsletter // 2017

    2017-12

    1. Aktuelles
    2. Call for Papers
      • ZEW-Konferenz Public Finance 2018: The Future of Fiscal Coordination in Europe
    3. Personalia
      • Berufungen/Ernennungen
      • Gäste am ZEW
    4. Presse
    5. Neue Publikationen
      • ZEWne…
  5. ZEW Discussion Paper Nr. 17-072 // 2017

    Credit Constraints, Energy Management Practices, and Investments in Energy Saving Technologies: German Manufacturing in Close-up

    We analyze the drivers and barriers that influence investments increasing the energy efficiency of firms' production processes or buildings in the German manufacturing sector based on microdata. In particular,…