The relationship between urbanization, the brain, and human mental health is subject to intensive debate in the current scientific literature. Particularly, since mood and anxiety disorders as well as schizophrenia are known to be more frequent in urban compared to rural regions.Here, we investigated the association between cerebral signatures, mental health and land use indicators (Urban Fabric and ...
This paper studies regional economic development on the municipality-level in Poland and Germany along the Oder–Neisse border. We use high-quality satellite night-time light intensity data as an innovative and comparable measure to proxy for overall economic activity on both sides of the border consistently over a long period of time (1992–2012). We use descriptive heat maps as well as regression analysis ...
Climate change and biodiversity loss trigger policies worldwide, many of which target or impact local communities. Although research, international development, and policy implementation (and, thus, success in fighting both threats) require thoughtful consideration and communication of the underlying concepts, field work encounters a cascade of tangible barriers. Technoscientific representations of ...
As part of the 2019 frequency allocation process for mobile communications, the Federal Network Agency required network providers to achieve a certain level of mobile network coverage for the population. Cooperation between different network providers was also permitted for the first time, although it was not specified what forms of cooperation are permitted. Using a model, this report shows that providers ...
US-Präsident Trump wollte mit protektionistischer Handelspolitik Arbeitsplätze schaffen und Handelsdefizite senken – Effekt von zahlreichen gekündigten Handelsabkommen und erhöhten Zöllen verpufft: Nur Handelsdefizit mit China ging 2019 leicht zurück – Zölle verteuern Produkte in den USA – EU sollte sich für USA unter Biden als Handelspartner ...
770 Millionen Menschen weltweit ohne Zugang zu Strom – Vor allem Afrika und ländliche Gebiete betroffen – Dezentrale Solarsysteme ermöglichen kostengünstige und unkomplizierte Elektrifizierung – Erfolg hängt von passender Regulierung und erschwinglichen Finanzierungsmodellen ab Erneuerbare Energien haben die Elektrifizierung der Entwicklungs- und Schwellenländer ...
On 2 June 2020 DG Competition of the European Commission published several support studies on the retrospective evaluation of State aid rules. This “Fitness check” will serve as a basis for future Commission’s decisions about whether to further prolong or update the rules expiring in 2020. The consortium of DIW Berlin, Lear, Sheppard Mullin and UEA Consulting under the leadership ...
Am 2. Juni 2020 veröffentlichte die GD Wettbewerb der Europäischen Kommission mehrere Studien zur Evaluierung der Regeln für staatlichen Beihilfen. Dieser “Fitness check” dient der Kommission als Grundlage für künftige Entscheidungen darüber, ob die im Jahr 2020 auslaufenden Vorschriften verlängert oder aktualisiert werden sollten.Das Konsortium von DIW ...