Die Europäische Zentralbank steht vor einem schwierigen Spagat: Einerseits muss sie die Märkte auf einen Ausstieg aus der expansiven Geldpolitik vorbereiten, andererseits sich jedoch die Option offen halten, notfalls weiterhin Anleihen zu kaufen. Die größte Herausforderung für die EZB ist jedoch nach wie vor, dass sie ihrem Mandat entsprechend die Preisstabilität gewährleistet. ...
BAMS is a joint seminar by the DIW Berlin, the Hertie School of Governance, the HU Berlin and the WZB.
We present an approach to simulate climate and energy policy for the EU, using a flexible and modular agent-based modelling approach and a toolbox, called the Energy Modelling Laboratory (EMLab). The paper shortly reviews core challenges and approaches for modelling climate and energy policy in light of the energy transition. Afterwards, we present an agent-based model of investment in power generation ...
This paper presents evidence about how research and development (R&D) expenditures affect corporate cash holdings in European country groups that differ in their innovation capacity. In theory, one can expect intangible investments such as R&D to result in higher cash stocks than fixed investments, particularly because intangible capital is less suitable as collateral for obtaining external funds. ...
