1. ZEW Discussion Paper Nr. 15-090 // 2015

    Mobile and More Productive? Firm-Level Evidence on the Productivity Effects of Mobile Internet Use

    Mobile internet access allows for flexibility with respect to working time and working place. We analyse whether employees’ use of mobile internet access improves firms’ labour productivity. Our data set…

  2. ZEW Discussion Paper Nr. 15-089 // 2015

    Does Wikipedia Matter? The Effect of Wikipedia on Tourist Choices

    We document a causal influence of online user-generated information on realworld economic outcomes. In particular, we conduct a randomized field experiment to test whether additional information on Wikipedia…

  3. Discussion und Working Paper // 2015

    Carbon Price and Wind Power in Denmark

    This paper aims at characterizing the conditions of wind power deployment in order to infer a carbon price level that would provide wind power with comparable advantage over fossil fuel technologies as effective…

  4. Discussion und Working Paper // 2015

    Flexibility in the Market for International Carbon Credits and Price Dynamics Difference with European Allowances

    We analyze the price dynamics of European allowances and international carbon credits in the second phase of the European carbon market. We develop and use a model combining fundamental drivers associated with…

  5. ZEW Discussion Paper Nr. 15-088 // 2015

    Does Skill-Biased Technical Change Diffuse Internationally?

    This paper studies the question whether skill-biased technical change diffuses internationally and that way contributes to the increasing relative skill demand in other countries. So far, the role of…