1. ZEW Discussion Paper Nr. 15-014 // 2015

    Taxing Investments in the Asia-Pacific Region: The Importance of Cross-Border Taxation and Tax Incentives

    This paper investigates the taxation of investments in the Asia-Pacific region. Our analysis is based on the methodology of Devereux and Griffith (1999, 2003) for determining effective average tax rates. This…

  2. ZEW Discussion Paper Nr. 15-013 // 2015

    The Effect of Electricity Taxation on the German Manufacturing Sector: A Regression Discontinuity Approach

    Germany taxes electricity use since 1999. The government granted reduced rates to energy intensive firms in the industrial sector for addressing potentially adverse effects on firms' competitiveness. Firms that…

  3. ZEW Discussion Paper Nr. 15-012 // 2015

    Social Implications of Green Growth Policies from the Perspective of Energy Sector Reform and its Impact on Households

    This paper reviews the literature on distributional effects of energy and carbon taxation with focus on microsimulation models. Most studies find that direct energy and carbon taxation tends to be regressive.…

  4. ZEW Discussion Paper Nr. 15-011 // 2015

    Peeling the Onion: Analyzing Aggregate, National and Sectoral Energy Intensity in the European Union

    One of the most promising ways of meeting climate policy targets is improving energy efficiency, i.e. reducing the amount of scarce and polluting resources needed to produce a given quantity of output. This…

  5. ZEW-Finanzmarktreport // 2015

    März 2015

    • Leichter Anstieg der Konjunkturerwartungen
    • EZB: Anstieg der Inflationsrate erwartet
    • USA: Konjunkturlage weiter auf hohem Niveau
    • Japan: Lageeinschätzung deutlich verbessert
    • Großbritannien: Konjunkturerwartungen…
  6. Finanzmarktreport Schweiz // 2015

    März 2015

    • Massiver Rückgang der Konjunkturerwartungen für die Schweiz
    • Frankenaufwertung lässt Inflationserwartungen fallen
    • Keine Änderung der kurzfristigen Zinsen erwartet
    • Unsicherheit beim EUR/CHF-Wechselkurs
    • Dämpfer bei…
  7. Referierte Fachzeitschrift // 2015

    Finding Starting-Values for the Estimation of Vector STAR Models

    This paper focuses on finding starting-values for the estimation of Vector STAR models. Based on a Monte Carlo study, different procedures are evaluated. Their performance is assessed with respect to model fit…

  8. ZEW-Dokumentation Nr. 15-02 // 2015

    Dokumentation zur Innovationserhebung 2014 - Innovationen mit Bezug zur Energiewende, Finanzierung von Innovationen

    Dieser Bericht präsentiert Ergebnisse zu zwei Schwerpunktfragen der Innovationserhebung 2014 im Rahmen des Mannheimer Innovationspanels (MIP). Eine Schwerpunktfrage widmete sich Innovationen im Zusammenhang mit…