Changing political conditions in Mexico threatens the future of clean energy inthe country. A competitive electricity market and ambitious environmental goalswere among the priorities of the previous administration, but the current administrationaims to increase revenues from the national power company and acquirecontrol of the electricity market at the expense of consumer welfare and the environment.In ...
Die stark gestiegenen Energiepreise bringen auch viele Unternehmen in die Bredouille. Die Bundesregierung will die schlimmsten Auswüchse mit milliardenschweren Hilfsprogrammen abfedern. Doch das sind bislang nur teure Trostpflaster, schreibt Prof. Claudia Kemfert im Gastbeitrag. Um Einsparpotentiale zu heben, sollte der Bund die Auszahlung an Auflagen koppeln, fordert die Energieökonomin. ...
The objective of this paper is to better understand the evolution and institutional roots of Hong Kong's growing economic inequality and political cleavages. By combining multiple sources of data (household surveys, fiscal data, wealth rankings, national accounts) and methodological innovations, two main findings are obtained. First, he evidence suggests a very large rise in income and wealth inequality ...
Das DIW Berlin berechnet jährlich auf Basis von Daten des Immobiliendienstleisters ista den temperaturbereinigten Heizenergiebedarf, die Heizenergiepreise und die Heizausgaben in privaten Zwei- und Mehrparteienhäusern in Deutschland. Grundlage der Berechnungen sind gebäudespezifische Heizkostenabrechnungen von etwa 250 000 Gebäuden (1,8 Millionen Wohnungen), klimabezogene Gewichtungsfaktoren des Deutschen ...
Do politically administered mass layoffs undermine trust and political interest? During the German reunification, formerly state-owned socialist firms in East Germany were privatized by the Treuhand, which came at the cost of massive job losses and public protest. I demonstrate that these activities had a detrimental effect on attitudes and political behavior of the affected individuals. Using survey ...
