1. ZEW Discussion Paper Nr. 08-073 // 2008

    The Intergenerational Transmission of Health in Early Childhood

    The prevalence and importance of children's physical health problems have been increasingly recognized in recent years. Physical health problems of children such as obesity, motor impairment and chronic diseases…

  2. Beiträge in Sammel- und Tagungsbänden // 2008

    French Oysters and German Cabbage – Demand- and Country-Specific Drivers and Barriers for Innovation in the European (EU-25) Food and Drink Industry

    Before being adopted internationally, successful innovation designs tend to have been preferred in one particular country or region. These countries or regions can subsequently be labelled as Lead Markets.…

  3. ZEW Discussion Paper Nr. 08-072 // 2008

    A Test of the Quality of Concentration Indices

    Theory predicts a positive relationship between market concentration and profitability in most scenarios. In empirical work, however, this relation is frequently not found or only a weak connection is observed.…

  4. ZEW Discussion Paper Nr. 08-071 // 2008

    Barriers to Entry and Profitability

    Barriers to entry are regarded as major impediments to the working of markets. Entry must not necessarily actually take place - the perceived threat of entry may encourage incumbent firms to behave as if they…

  5. ZEW Discussion Paper Nr. 08-070 // 2008

    Grade Inflation, Social Background, and Labour Market Matching

    A model is presented where workers of differing abilities and from different social backgrounds are assigned to jobs based on grades received at school. It is examined how this matching is affected if good…

  6. ZEW/Prognos-Transportmarktbarometer // 2008

    2. Quartal 2008

    Hoher Dieselpreis lässt Frachtkosten steigen

    Die Unternehmen in Deutschland können auch bei nachlassender Konjunkturdynamik und dadurch geringerem Frachtaufkommen im nächsten halben Jahr nicht mit sinkenden…

  7. ZEW Discussion Paper Nr. 08-069 // 2008

    Commercializing Academic Research: The Quality of Faculty Patenting

    The knowledge produced by academic scientists has been identified as a potential key driver of technological progress. Recent policies in Europe aim at increasing commercially orientated activities in academe.…

  8. ZEW Discussion Paper Nr. 08-068 // 2008

    Sensitivity Analysis in Economic Simulations - A Systematic Approach

    Sensitivity analysis studies how the variation in the numerical output of a model can be quantitatively apportioned to different sources of variation in basic input parameters. Thus, it serves to examine the…

  9. ZEW Discussion Paper Nr. 08-067 // 2008

    Self-Productivity and Complementarities in Human Development: Evidence from MARS

    This paper investigates the role of self-productivity and home resources in capability formation from infancy to adolescence. In addition, we study the complementarities between basic cognitive, motor and…