1. ZEW Discussion Paper Nr. 00-61 // 2000

    Surprises in Scheduled Releases: Why do They Move the Bond Market?

    This paper analyzes the type of information contained in U.S. macroeconomic news releases in order to explain their relative impact on intraday T-bond futures prices quoted at the Chicago Board of Trade. It is…

  2. ZEW Discussion Paper Nr. 00-59 // 2000

    Enrolments in Higher Education in West Germany

    This paper analyses the determinants of participation in higher education in West Germany. In particular, the role of social origin as well as of expectations regarding the labour market outcome of a higher…

  3. ZEW Discussion Paper Nr. 00-58 // 2000

    Quantification of Qualitative Data Using Ordered Probit Models with an Application to a Business Survey in the German Service Sector

    This paper aims at providing business survey analysts with simple econometric tools to quantify qualitative survey data. We extend the traditional and commonly applied method proposed by Carlson and Parkin…

  4. ZEW Discussion Paper Nr. 00-54 // 2000

    Loosening Hours Constraints on the Supply of Labor - What if Germans Had a Dutch Labor Market?

    The lack of working hours flexibility is regarded as an important hindrance for work-sharing in Germany. Surveys show that employees often work more hours than they actually desire to. Given these indications…

  5. ZEW Discussion Paper Nr. 00-46 // 2000

    Industry-level Emission Trading Between Power Producers in the EU

    In this paper we investigate how restrictions for emission trading to the energy-intensive power sector will affect the magnitude and distribution of abatement costs across EU countries vis-à-vis a comprehensive…

  6. ZEW-Dokumentation Nr. 00-15 // 2000

    Internetangebote zum Wissens- und Technologietransfer in Deutschland - Bestandsaufnahme, Funktionalität und Alternativen

    In der hier vorliegenden Expertise wird die Qualität der wichtigsten deutschen Ange-bote zum Wissens- und Technologietransfer (WTT) im Internet (Stand: Herbst 2000) erhoben und bewertet. Auf der Basis von…