The increasing role of intermittent renewable generation demands for an efficient spatial exchange of electricity. However, the technical characteristics of electricity transmission reduce the available cross-border capacity due to unscheduled flows in a zonal pricing framework. Using the detailed unit commitment and dispatch model stELMOD for the European system, we analyze the development of unscheduled ...
Die EU-Kommission hat im Mai ihren Entwurf zu den EU-Finanzen für die Jahre 2021 bis 2027 vorgestellt – also für eine Zeit, in der nicht nur aufgrund des Austritts von Großbritannien erhebliche Beitragseinnahmen wegfallen, sondern in der die EU auch enormen zusätzlichen Anforderungen genügen muss: Aktuelle weltpolitische Entwicklungen fordern die EU als Gemeinschaft, und das Projekt Europa impliziert ...
The Capital Markets Union (CMU) – an initiative of the European Commission – aims to unify and deepen capital markets across EU Member States by removing existing barriers to cross-border investment and, in particular, harmonizing financial and business regulations. However, harmonizing institutional frameworks across the EU Member States that historically have different legal traditions is difficult ...
We analyze the welfare effects of the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) between the United States (US) and the European Union (EU). Earlier TTIP studies analyze welfare effects in a framework where output and welfare coincide. We believe that the utility function of households, which depends on consumption and employment, is the best criterion for assessing TTIP. We measure the ...
