Nuria Boot has successfully defended her dissertation at the KU Leuven. The dissertation with the title "Essays on Common Ownership and Financial Benchmark Rates" was supervised by Professor Dr. Jo Seldeslachts (KU Leuven and DIW Berlin). Nuria was a PhD student in the Firms and Markets Department and GC class of 2016. We congratulate Nuria on her success and wish her all the best for her future ...
"Die Ampel im Aufbrauch - ist Rot-Grün-Gelb finanzierbar?", lautete das Thema der Anne-Will-Sendung vom 24.10.2021. Zu Gast war Claudia Kemfert, die unter anderem mit Olaf Scholz und Robert Habeck diskutierte. Die Sendung kann in der ARD-Mediathek angesehen werden.
Session#4: Es diskutieren Prof. Dr. Claudia Kemfert (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung Berlin), Barbara Metz (Deutsche Umwelthilfe), Carla Reemtsma (Fridays for Future), Dr. Kurt-Christian Scheel (Verband der Automobilindustrie) und Tilman Schwencke (Bundesverband der Energie- und Wasserwirtschaft). Moderation von Prof. Dr. Pao-Yu Oei. Abschlussworkshop des BMBF Forschungsprojektes ...
Session #3: With contributions from Dr. Michael Pahle and Dr. Sebastian Osorio. Final workshop of the BMBF Research Project "Future of Fossil Fuels in the Wake of Greenhouse Gas Neutrality (FFF)”
Session #2 by DIW Berlin: With contributions from Dr. Wolf-Peter Schill, Martin Kittel and Carlos David Gaete Morales, Ph.D. Final workshop of the BMBF Research Project "Future of Fossil Fuels in the Wake of Greenhouse Gas Neutrality (FFF)”
Session #1 by TU Berlin: With contributions from Christian Hauenstein, Karlo Hainsch und Paula Walk. Final workshop of the BMBF Research Project "Future of Fossil Fuels in the Wake of Greenhouse Gas Neutrality (FFF)”
The power sector needs to ensure a rapid transition towards a low-carbon energy system to avoid the dangerous consequences of greenhouse gas emissions. Storage technologies are a promising option to provide the power system with the flexibility required when intermittent renewables are present in the electricity generation mix. This paper focuses on the role of electricity storage in energy systems ...
Air pollution’s influence on cognitive productivity is a highly relevant and not fully understood economic issue. This study provides evidence of an adverse effect of exposure on the productivity of Mexican judicial workers. The empirical strategy approximates productivity with the length of the hearing and infers causality through instrumental variable panel models. Results show that nitrogen dioxides ...
