Renewable energies are a critical element in containing climate change while sustaining economic development. The expanded introduction of renewable energy policies changed electricity markets due to increasing renewable electricity capacity and generation. Although some are convinced that policies have worked in selected markets, conclusive evidence on the effect of renewable energy policies remains ...
Europe's Reluctant Hegemon, 14 June 2013, DIW BerlinA podcast (mp3) of the presentation by Zanny Minton Beddoes can be downloaded here. On June 15, 2013, the international affairs magazine The Economist published a Germany Special Report, analyzing Germany's economy, politics, and external image. In a remarkably short space of time, the country written off as the "sick man of Europe" only ...
On September 20, 2013 the SOEP wants to celebrate its 30th wave in the field with an 'Anniversary Colloquium on Happiness Research'.Internationally renown researchers have agreed to present their findings in keynote speeches at the colloquium. Please save the date!More information you will find on the event site, a form for application will be provided there soon.
Report about the colloquium The German Socio-Economic Panel Study (SOEP) is currently collecting its 30th wave of data. We would like to celebrate this milestone with a colloquium on "Happiness Research", which has become one of the central fields of research with the SOEP data over the last ten years. An increasing number of SOEP users are focusing on themes of satisfaction and...
in: DIW Economic Bulletin 06/2013"Separated Banking System Not Enough" Seven Questions to Dorothea Schäfer
By: Benjamin Klaus and Dorothea Schäfer in: DIW Economic Bulletin 06/2013. Many banks are now too big, complex, and closely interconnected to be liquidated. When they run into difficulties, they threaten the entire financial system of their economic area. Five years of financial crisis have not alleviated but exacerbated this problem. The cost of stabilizing banks is enormous, posing serious challenges ...
By: Christian Dreger and Konstantin A. Kholodilin in: DIW Economic Bulletin 06/2013. When speculative price bubbles on real estate markets burst, the effects for the real economy are often devastating taking the form of substantial losses in production and employment. This paper discusses the degree to which institutional frameworks can prevent speculative bubbles from emerging and expanding. Comparing ...
Abstract: This paper comprehensively assesses the joint effects of extreme weather conditions and pollution shocks on population health. We merge German censuses of hospital admissions and death records for 1999 to 2008 with rich weather and pollution data from more than 2,000 ambient monitors on a daily county level basis. Extreme heat significantly increases hospitalizations and deaths.
We study the impact of the Fukushima disaster on people's mental distress in another industrialized country, 5500 miles away. The meltdown significantly increased environmental concerns by 25% among the German population. Subsequent drastic policy action permanently shut down the oldest nuclear reactors, implemented the phase-out of the remaining ones, and proclaimed the transition to renewables....
