1. ZEW policy brief Nr. 14-02 // 2014

    Analyse abgestimmten Verhaltens in Tankstellenmärkten – Auswirkungen höherer Markttransparenz auf den Wettbewerb

    Die Bundesregierung hat am 8. November 2012 die Einführung einer Markttransparenzstelle für Kraftstoffe beschlossen. Diese wurde im Herbst/Winter des Jahres 2013 vom Bundeskartellamt eingerichtet. Zahlreiche…

  2. Discussion und Working Paper // 2014

    The Long-Term Impact of Matching and Rebate Subsidies when Public Goods are Impure: Field Experimental Evidence from the Carbon Offsetting Market

    In this paper, we investigate both short- and long-term impacts of financial stimuli on public goods provision when contributions are tied to individual harm-related behavior. We conduct a large-scaled field…

  3. ZEW Discussion Paper Nr. 14-100 // 2014

    The Effects of Corporate and Country Sustainability Characteristics on the Cost of Debt: An International Investigation

    We investigate the relationship between corporate and country sustainability on the cost of bank loans. We look into 470 loan agreements signed between 2005 and 2012 with borrowers based on 28 different…

  4. ZEW Discussion Paper Nr. 14-099 // 2014

    Overlapping Political Budget Cycles in the Legislative and the Executive

    We advance the literature on political budget cycles by testing separately for cycles in expenditures for elections in the legislative and the executive. Using municipal data, we can separately identify these…

  5. M&A-Report // 2014

    April 2014

    • ZEW-ZEPHYR M&A Index Deutschland: Leichter Anstieg der M&A Transaktionen
    • Einfluss der neuen AIFMD-Richtlinie auf die Unternehmensbewertungen
    • Facebook kauft WhatsApp
    • Konzentration auf Mobilfunkmärkten
    • Mehr…
  6. ZEW-Newsletter // 2014

    2014-11

    1. Aktuell
    2. Call for Papers
      • Internationale Konferenz zum deutschen Arbeitsmarkt in einer globalisierten Welt - Handel, Technologie und Demographie
      • Jahreskonferenz des Leibniz-WissenschaftsCampus MaCCI - Mannheim Centre…
  7. ZEW Discussion Paper Nr. 14-098 // 2014

    The Long-Term Impact of Matching and Rebate Subsidies when Public Goods are Impure: Field Experimental Evidence from the Carbon Offsetting Market

    In this paper, we investigate both short- and long-term impacts of financial stimuli on public goods provision when contributions are tied to individual harm-related behavior. We conduct a large-scaled field…