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Working Papers of the Center of Economic Research at ETH Zurich

Year of publication: 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004, 2003, 2002, 2001, 2000, 1999, 1998, 1997, 1996

2012

12/161		A. Lange and A. Ziegler Offsetting versus Mitigation Activities to Reduce CO2 Emissions: A Theoretical and Empirical Analysis for the U.S. and Germany (PDF 944KB)
12/160		L. Bretschger and F. Lechthaler Common Risk Factors and the Macroeconomy: New Evidence from the Japanese Stock Market (PDF 906KB)
12/159		H. Gersbach and Q. Oberpriller Rules vs. Targets: Climate Treaties under Uncertainty (PDF 1290KB)
12/158		H. Gersbach and O. Ponta Unraveling Short- and Farsightedness in Politics (PDF 849KB)
12/157		A. Bommier and F. Le Grand Too Risk Averse to Purchase Insurance? A Theoretical Glance at the Annuity Puzzle (PDF 1220KB)
12/156		I. A. MacKenzie and M. Ohndorf Restricted Coasean Bargaining (PDF 808KB)

2011

11/155		A. Bommier Life-Cycle Preferences Revisited (PDF 939KB)
11/154		C. N. Brunnschweiler and S. Valente International Partnerships, Foreign Control and Income Levels: Theory and Evidence (PDF 1120KB)
11/153		R. Ramer Dynamic Effects and Structural Change under Environmental Regulation in a CGE Model with Endogenous Growth (PDF 1430KB)
11/152		I. A. MacKenzie and M. Ohndorf Optimal monitoring of credit-based emissions trading under asymmetric information (PDF 1250KB)
11/151		J. Daubanes and P. Lasserre Optimum Commodity Taxation with a Non-Renewable Resource (PDF 1040KB)
11/150		A. Schäfer and M. T. Schneider Endogenous Enforcement of Intellectual Property, North-South Trade, and Growth (PDF 1287KB)
11/149		H. Gersbach and V. Hahn Inflation Forecast Contracts (PDF 866KB)
11/148		D. Schiess and R. Wehrli Long-Term Growth Driven by a Sequence of General Purpose Technologies (PDF 1170KB)
11/147		P. F. Peretto and S. Valente Growth on a Finite Planet: Resources, Technology and Population in the Long Run (PDF 951KB)
11/146		H. Gersbach, N. Hummel and R. Winkler Sustainable Climate Treaties (PDF 1170KB)
11/145		H. Gersbach and H. Haller A Human Relations Paradox (PDF 1166KB)
11/144		L. Bretschger and S. Valente International Trade and Net Investment: Theory and Evidence (PDF 832KB)
11/143		H. Gersbach Campaigns, Political Mobility, and Communication (PDF 985KB)
11/142		J. G. Becker On the Number of alpha-Pivotal Players (PDF 878KB)
11/141		P. S. Schmidt, U. von Arx, A. Schrimpf, A. F. Wagner and A. Ziegler On the Construction of Common Size, Value and Momentum Factors in International Stock Markets: A Guide with Applications (PDF 980KB)

2010

10/140		L. Leinert How do unanticipated discoveries of oil fields affect the oil price? (PDF 800KB)
10/139		H. Gersbach, M.T. Schneider and O. Schneller Basic Research, Openness, and Convergence (PDF 1300KB)
10/138		L. Bretschger and V. Kappel Market concentration and the likelihood of financial crises (PDF 877KB)
10/137		M. T. Schneider and R. Winkler Growth and Welfare under Endogenous Lifetime (PDF 1140KB)
10/136		V. Hahn Sequential Aggregation of Verifiable Information (PDF 1060KB)
10/135		A. Bommier, M.-L. Leroux and J.-M. Lozachmeur On the Public Economics of Annuities with Differential Mortality (PDF 885KB)
10/134		A. Bommier, A. Chassagnon and F. Le Grand Comparative Risk Aversion: A Formal Approach with Applications to Saving Behaviors (PDF 1100KB)
10/133		A. Bommier and B. Villeneuve Risk Aversion and the Value of Risk to Life (PDF 1020KB)
10/132		L. Bretschger and S. Valente Endogenous Growth, Asymmetric Trade and Resource Taxation (PDF 917KB)
10/131		H. Gersbach and N. Surulescu Default Risk in Stochastic Volatility Models (PDF 640KB)
10/130		F. Schwark Economics of Endogenous Technical Change in CGE Models - The Role of Gains from Specialization (PDF 912KB)
10/129		L. Bretschger, R. Ramer and F. Schwark Long-Run Effects of Post-Kyoto Policies: Applying a Fully Dynamic CGE model with Heterogeneous Capital (PDF 3,1MB)
10/128		M. T. Schneider, C. Traeger and R. Winkler Trading Off Generations: Infinitely-Lived Agent Versus OLG (PDF 880KB)
10/127		V. Kappel The Effects of Financial Development on Income Inequality and Poverty (PDF 708KB)
10/126		M. T. Schneider The Larger the Better? The Role of Interest-Group Size in Legislative Lobbying (PDF 940KB)
10/125		A. Ziegler Individual Characteristics and Stated Preferences for Alternative Energy Sources and Propulsion Technologies in Vehicles: A Discrete Choice Analysis (PDF 692KB)
10/124		P. F. Peretto and S. Valente Resource Wealth, Innovation and Growth in the Global Economy (PDF 808KB)

2009

09/123		H. Gersbach and M. T. Schneider Tax Contracts and Elections (PDF 832KB)
09/122		V. Hahn Why the Publication of Socially Harmful Information May Be Socially Desirable (PDF 752KB)
09/121		A. Ziegler Is it Beneficial to be Included in a Sustainability Stock Index? A Panel Data Study for European Firms (PDF 676KB)
09/120		K. Pittel and L. Bretschger The Implications of Heterogeneous Resource Intensities on Technical Change and Growth (PDF 752KB)
09/119		E. J. Balistreri, R. H. Hillberry and T. F. Rutherford Trade and Welfare: Does Industrial Organization Matter? (PDF 660KB)
09/118		H. Gersbach, G. Sorger and C. Amon Hierarchical Growth: Basic and Applied Research (PDF 820KB)
09/117		C. N. Brunnschweiler Finance for Renewable Energy: An Empirical Analysis of Developing and Transition Economies (PDF 828KB)
09/116		S. Valente Optimal Policy and Non-Scale Growth with R&D Externalities (PDF 712KB)
09/115		T. Fahrenberger Short-term Deviations from Simple Majority Voting (PDF 804KB)
09/114		M. Müller Vote-Share Contracts and Learning-by-Doing (PDF 784KB)
09/113		C. Palmer, M. Ohndorf and I. A. MacKenzie Life's a Breach! Ensuring 'Permanence' in Forest Carbon Sinks under Incomplete Contract Enforcement (PDF 0.5 MB)
09/112		N. Hanley and I. A. MacKenzie The Effects of Rent Seeking over Tradable Pollution Permits (PDF 0.4 MB)
09/111		I. A. MacKenzie Controlling Externalities in the Presence of Rent Seeking (PDF 0.4 MB)
09/110		H. Gersbach and H. Haller Club Theory and Household Formation (PDF 0.6 MB)
09/109		H. Gersbach, V. Hahn and S. Imhof Constitutional Design: Separation of Financing and Project Decision (PDF 0.2 MB)
09/108		C. N. Brunnschweiler Oil and Growth in Transition Countries (PDF 0.5 MB)
09/107		H. Gersbach and V. Hahn Banking-on-the-Average Rules (PDF 0.4 MB)
09/106		K. Pittel and D.T.G. Rübbelke Decision Processes of a Suicide Bomber - Integrating Economics and Psychology (PDF 0.5 MB)
09/105		A. Ziegler, T. Busch and V.H. Hoffmann Corporate Responses to Climate Change and Financial Performance: The Impact of Climate Policy (PDF 0.4 MB)
09/104		S. Valente Endogenous Growth, Backstop Technology Adoption and Optimal Jumps (PDF 0.5 MB)
09/103		K. Pittel and D. Rübbelke Characteristics of Terrorism (PDF 1.3 MB)
09/102		J. Daubanes Taxation of Oil Products and GDP Dynamics of Oil-rich Countries (PDF 0.6 MB)
09/101		S. Valente Accumulation Regimes in Dynastic Economies with Resource Dependence and Habit Formation (PDF 0.7 MB)

2008

08/100		A. Ziegler Disentangling Specific Subsets of Innovations: A Micro-Econometric Analysis of their Determinants (PDF 0.6 MB)
08/99		M. Bambi and A. Saïdi Increasing Returns to Scale and Welfare: Ranking the Multiple Deterministic Equilibria (PDF 0.6 MB)
08/98		M. Bambi Unifying time-to-build theory (PDF 0.5 MB)
08/97		H. Gersbach and R. Winkler International Emission Permit Markets with Refunding (PDF 0.5 MB)
08/96		K. Pittel and L. Bretschger Sectoral Heterogeneity, Resource Depletion, and Directed Technical Change: Theory and Policy (PDF 0.5 MB)
08/95		M.D. König, S. Battiston, M. Napoletano and F. Schweitzer The Efficiency and Evolution of R&D Networks (PDF 0.9 MB)
08/94		H. Gersbach and F. Mühe Vote-Buying and Growth (PDF 0.5 MB)
08/93		H. Gersbach Banking with Contingent Contracts, Macroeconomic Risks, and Banking Crises (PDF 0.9 MB)
08/92		J. Daubanes Optimal taxation of a monopolistic extractor: Are subsidies necessary? (PDF 0.5 MB)
08/91		R. Winkler Optimal control of pollutants with delayed stock accumulation (PDF 0.5 MB)
08/90		S. Rausch and T. F. Rutherford Computation of Equilibria in OLG Models with Many Heterogeneous Households (PDF 1.6 MB)
08/89		E.J. Balistreri, R.H. Hillberry and T.F. Rutherford Structural Estimation and Solution of International Trade Models with Heterogeneous Firms (PDF 0.5 MB)
08/88		E. Mayer and O. Grimm Countercyclical Taxation and Price Dispersion (PDF 0.6 MB)
08/87		L. Bretschger Population growth and natural resource scarcity: long-run development under seemingly unfavourable conditions (PDF 0.5 MB) Revised Version: March 2009 (PDF 0.3 MB) Mathematical Supplement (PDF 0.1 MB)
08/86		M.J. Baker, C.N. Brunnschweiler and E.H. Bulte Did History Breed Inequality? Colonial Factor Endowments and Modern Income Distribution (PDF 0.6 MB)
08/85		U. von Arx and A. Ziegler The Effect of CSR on Stock Performance: New Evidence for the USA and Europe (PDF 0.4 MB)
08/84		H. Gersbach and V. Hahn Forward Guidance for Monetary Policy: Is It Desirable? (PDF 0.4 MB)
08/83		I.A. MacKenzie On the Sequential Choice of Tradable Permit Allocations (PDF 0.5 MB)
08/82		I.A. MacKenzie, N. Hanley and T. Kornienko A Permit Allocation Contest for a Tradable Pollution Permit Market (PDF 0.5 MB)
08/81		D. Schiess and R. Wehrli The Calm Before the Storm? - Anticipating the Arrival of General Purpose Technologies (PDF 0.5 MB) Revised Version: November 2008 (PDF 0.3 MB)
08/80		D.S. Damianov and J.G. Becker Auctions with Variable Supply: Uniform Price versus Discriminatory (PDF 0.6 MB)
08/79		H. Gersbach, M.T. Schneider and O. Schneller On the Design of Basic-Research Policy (PDF 0.6 MB)
08/78		C.N. Brunnschweiler and E.H. Bulte Natural Resources and Violent Conflict: Resource Abundance, Dependence and the Onset of Civil Wars (PDF 0.4 MB)

2007

07/77		A. Schäfer and S. Valente Habit Formation, Dynastic Altruism, and Population Dynamics (PDF 0.6 MB)
07/76		R. Winkler Why do ICDPs fail? The relationship between subsistence farming, poaching and ecotourism in wildlife and habitat conservation (PDF 0.5 MB)
07/75		S. Valente International Status Seeking, Trade, and Growth Leadership (PDF 0.6 MB)
07/74		J. Durieu, H. Haller, N. Querou and P. Solal Ordinal Games (PDF 0.6 MB)
07/73		V. Hahn Information Acquisition by Price-Setters and Monetary Policy (PDF 0.5 MB)
07/72		H. Gersbach and H. Haller Hierarchical Trade and Endogenous Price Distortions (PDF 0.5 MB)
07/71		C. Heinzel and R. Winkler The Role of Environmental and Technology Policies in the Transition to a Low-carbon Energy Industry (PDF 0.6 MB)
07/70		T. Fahrenberger and H. Gersbach Minority Voting and Long-term Decisions (PDF 0.6 MB)
07/69		H. Gersbach and R. Winkler On the Design of Gloabl Refunding and Climate Change (PDF 0.5 MB)
07/68		S. Valente Human Capital, Resource Constraints and Intergenerational Fairness (PDF 0.5 MB)
07/67		O. Grimm and S. Ried Macroeconomic Policy in a Heterogeneous Monetary Union (PDF 0.7 MB)
07/66		O. Grimm Fiscal Disipline and Stability under Currency Board Systems (PDF 1.0 MB)
07/65		M.T. Schneider Knowledge Codification and Endogenous Growth (PDF 0.6 MB)
07/64		T. Fahrenberger and H. Gersbach Legislative Process and Open Rules (PDF 0.5 MB)
07/63		U. von Arx and A. Schäfer The Influence of Pension Funds on Corporate Governance (PDF 0.5 MB)
07/62		H. Gersbach The Global Refunding System and Climate Change (PDF 0.4 MB)

2006

06/61		C.N. Brunnschweiler and E.H. Bulte The Resource Curse Revisited and Revised: A Tale of Paradoxes and Red Herrings (PDF 0.8 MB)
06/60		R. Winkler Now or Never: Environmental Protection under Hyperbolic Discounting (PDF 0.5 MB)
06/59		U. Brandt-Pollmann, R. Winkler, S. Sager, U. Moslener and J.P. Schlöder Numerical Solution of Optimal Control Problems with Constant Control Delays (PDF 1.2 MB)
06/58		F. Mühe Vote Buying and the Education of a Society (new version available upon request)
06/57		C. Bell and H. Gersbach Growth and Enduring Epidemic Diseases (PDF 0.5 MB)
06/56		H. Gersbach and M. Müller Elections, Contracts and Markets (PDF 0.5 MB)
06/55		S. Valente Intergenerational Transfers, Lifetime Welfare and Resource Preservation (PDF 0.6 MB)
06/54		H. Fehr-Duda, M. Schürer and R. Schubert What Determines the Shape of the Probability Weighting Function? (PDF 0.7 MB)
06/53		S. Valente Trade, Envy and Growth: International Status Seeking in a Two-Country World (PDF 0.6 MB)
06/52		K. Pittel A Kuznets Curve for Recycling (PDF 0.7 MB)
06/51		C.N. Brunnschweiler Cursing the blessings? Natural resource abundance, institutions, and economic growth (PDF 0.6 MB)
06/50		C. Di Maria and S. Valente The Direction of Technical Change in Capital-Resource Economics (PDF 0.3 MB)
06/49		C.N. Brunnschweiler Financing the alternative: renewable energy in developing and transition countries (PDF 0.5 MB)
06/48		S. Valente Notes on Habit Formation and Socially Optimal Growth (PDF 0.3 MB)
06/47		L. Bretschger Energy Prices, Growth, and the Channels in Between: Theory and Evidence (PDF 0.3 MB) Revised Version: December 2007 (PDF 0.2 MB) Mathematical Supplement (PDF 0.1 MB)
06/46		M. Schularick and T.M. Steger Does Financial Integration Spur Economic Growth? New Evidence from the First Era of Financial Globalization (PDF 0.5 MB)

2005

05/45		U. von Arx Principle guided investing: The use of negative screens and its implications for green investors (PDF 0.3 MB)
05/44		Ch. Bjørnskov, A. Dreher and J.A.V. Fischer The bigger the better? Evidence of the effect of government size on life satisfaction around the world (PDF 0.4 MB)
05/43		L. Bretschger Taxes, Mobile Capital, and Economic Dynamics in a Globalising World (PDF 0.3 MB) Revised Version: June 2008 (PDF 0.3 MB)
05/42		S. Smulders, L. Bretschger and H. Egli Economic Growth and the Diffusion of Clean Technologies: Explaining Environmental Kuznets Curves (PDF 0.6 MB)
05/41		S. Valente Tax Policy and Human Capital Formation with Public Investment in Education (PDF 0.4 MB)
05/40		T.M. Steger and L. Bretschger Globalization, the Volatility of Intermediate Goods Prices and Economic Growth (PDF 0.6 MB)
05/39		H. Egli A New Approach to Pollution Modelling in Models of the Environmental Kuznets Curve (PDF 0.3 MB)
05/38		S. Valente Genuine Dissaving and Optimal Growth (PDF 0.5 MB)
05/37		K. Pittel, J.-P. Amigues and T. Kuhn Endogenous Growth and Recycling: A Material Balance Approach (PDF 0.4 MB)
05/36		L. Bretschger and K. Pittel Innovative investments, natural resources, and intergenerational fairness: Are pension funds good for sustainable development? (PDF 0.3 MB)

2004

04/35		T. Trimborn, K.-J. Koch and T.M. Steger Multi-Dimensional Transitional Dynamics: A Simple Numerical Procedure (PDF 0.6 MB)
04/34		K. Pittel and D.T.G. Rübbelke Private Provision of Public Goods: Incentives for Donations (PDF 0.4 MB)
04/33		H. Egli and T.M. Steger A Simple Dynamic Model of the Environmental Kuznets Curve (PDF 0.4 MB)
04/32		L. Bretschger and T.M. Steger The Dynamics of Economic Integration: Theory and Policy (PDF 0.22 MB)
04/31		H. Fehr-Duda, M. de Gennaro, R. Schubert, Gender, Financial Risk, and Probability Weights (PDF 1.9 MB)

2003

03/30		T.M. Steger Economic Growth and Sectoral Change under Resource Reallocation Costs (PDF 1.0 MB)
03/29		L. Bretschger Natural resource scarcity and long-run development: central mechanisms when conditions are seemingly unfavourable (PDF 0.4 MB)
03/28		H. Egli The Environmental Kuznets Curve - Evidence from Time Series Data for Germany (PDF 0.4 MB)
03/27		L. Bretschger Economics of technological change and the natural environment: how effective are innovations as a remedy for resource scarcity? (PDF 0.4 MB)
03/26		L. Bretschger, S. Smulders Sustainability and substitution of exhaustible natural resources. How resource prices affect long-term R&D-investments (PDF 0.4 MB)
03/25		T.M. Steger On the Mechanics of Economic Convergence (PDF 0.4 MB)
03/24		L. Bretschger Growth in a Globalised Economy: The Effects of Capital Taxes and Tax Competition (PDF 0.5 MB)

2002

02/23

M. Gysler, J.Kruse and R. Schubert
"Ambiguity and Gender Differences in Financial Decision Making: An Experimental Examination of Competence and Confidence Effects", 1. paper (PDF 82 KB); 2. figures and tables (PDF 40 KB); 3. appendix (PDF 83 KB)

2001

01/22		S. Rutz "Minimum Participation Rules and the Effectiveness of Multilateral Environmental Agremments". (PDF 0.3 MB)
01/21		M. Gysler, M. Powell, R. Schubert "How to Predict Gender-Differences in Choice Under Risk: A Case for the Use of Formalized Models". (PDF 0.1 MB)

2000

00/20		S.Rutz, T. Borek International Environmental Negotiation: Does Coalition Size Matter? (PDF 0.2 MB)
00/19		S. Dietz Does an environmental Kuznets curve exist for biodiversity? (PDF 50 KB)
00/18		R. Senti Handelsverhandlungen mit der EU aus der Sicht eines Drittstaates
00/17		R. Schubert, M. Brown, M. Gysler, H.W. Brachinger Gender Specific Attitudes Towards Risk and Ambiguity: An Experimental Investigation (PDF 28 KB)

1999

99/16		R. Senti Die Wettbewerbspolitik im Rahmen des GATT
99/15		R. Senti Ordnungspolitisches Konzept einer kohärenten Wirtschaftspolitik

1998

1997

97/14		R. Senti WTO, The World Trade Organization (A survey)
97/13		R. Senti NAFTA as a Model for Free Trade Areas between Economies in different Stages of Development
97/12		M. Graber, R. Schubert Risiko aus ökonomischer Perspektive: Einführende Überlegungen für Nicht-Ökonomen

1996

96/11		R. Schubert Finanzielle Entscheidungen und die Risikowahrnehmung von Frauen - Neue Forschungsergebnisse
96/10		R. Senti Der Umweltschutz als Chance und Gefahr der WTO-Welthandelsordnung

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