1. Referierte Fachzeitschrift // 2020

    Web Mining for Innovation Ecosystem Mapping: A Framework and a Large-scale Pilot Study

    Bestehende Ansätze zur Modellierung von Innovations- Ökosystemen waren meist auf qualitative und kleinräumige Ebenen beschränkt oder litten, wenn sie sich auf traditionelle Innovationsindikatoren wie…

  2. ZEW Discussion Paper Nr. 20-049 // 2020

    Transitions from Lower Track Secondary Schools into Vocational Training: Does a Detour Pay Off?

    This paper analyzes the effect of alternative transition paths after grade 9 of German lower secondary school on vocational training. Using a selection-on-observables approach I show that a delayed…

  3. ZEW Discussion Paper Nr. 20-048 // 2020

    Are there Rebound Effects from Electric Vehicle Adoption? Evidence from German Household Data

    Widespread electric vehicle adoption is considered a major policy goal in order to decarbonize the transport sector. However, potential rebound effects both in terms of vehicle ownership and distance traveled…

  4. ZEW Discussion Paper Nr. 20-047 // 2020

    How Do Taxes Affect the Trading Behavior of Private Investors? Evidence from Individual Portfolio Data

    We exploit a large reform of capital-gains taxation in Germany combined with portfolio-level daily panel data to study the causal effect of taxes on individual stock-trading behavior and the disposition effect.…

  5. Referierte Fachzeitschrift // 2020

    Charitable Asymmetric Bidders

  6. ZEW Discussion Paper Nr. 20-046 // 2020

    Intangible Capital Indicators Based on Web Scraping of Social Media

    Knowledge-based capital is a key factor for productivity growth. Over the past 15 years, it has been increasingly recognised that knowledge-based capital comprises much more than technological knowledge and that…

  7. Referierte Fachzeitschrift // 2020

    A zero-risk weight channel of sovereign risk spillovers

    European banks are exposed to a substantial amount of risky sovereign debt. “Missing capital” in the banking system resulting from the zero-risk weight exemption for European sovereign debt amplifies the…