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Germany 2013 added to the LIS Database

One new dataset from Germany, DE13, (Wave IX), has been added to the Luxembourg Income Study Database (LIS). The dataset is from wave 31 of the German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP). In addition to releasing the Wave IX dataset, the 7 earlier German datasets based on the same survey (DE10/07/04/00/94/89/84) have been revised for consistency. See Revision notes for details. The LIS Database includes: Household- ...

Reminder: SOEP-IS deadline

Researchers interested in submitting questions to the SOEP-IS 2017 survey should contact SOEP Survey Management by November 30, 2016, to present their proposal. If the project is determined to be viable from a survey methodology perspective, an official application procedure will follow. The official application must be received by December 31, 2016. Send us your proposal! Applications should be submitted ...

SOEP People: Five Questions to Jennifer Hunt

Jennifer Hunt is a Professor of Economics at Rutgers University. Born in Australia and raised in Switzerland, she has held teaching and research posts in Germany, Italy, Spain, Canada, and the USA. She served in the Obama Administration as Chief Economist in the US Department of Labor from 2013-14 and as Deputy Assistant Secretary for Microeconomic Analysis in the US Department of the Treasury from ...

Wind variability and its impact on markets: Prof. Ross Baldick | The University of Texas at Austin

Academic keynote by Prof. Ross Baldick of the University of Texas at Austin at the Berlin Conference on Energy and Electricity Economics (BELEC 2016): "Towards a Lower Carbon Energy System in Germany, Europe, and world-wide - Market Design, Technologies, and Business Models"

Modeling trends of the European electricity sector with a focus on nuclear phase-outs in the UK and France: Dr. Pao-Yu Oei | TU Berlin

Panel discussion on Longer-term trends, sector coupling, and cross-border coordination. Presentation by Dr. Pao-Yu Oei, researcher at the workgroup for energy and infrastructure policy at TU Berlin, at the Berlin Conference on Energy and Electricity Economics (BELEC 2016): "Towards a Lower Carbon Energy System in Germany, Europe, and world-wide - Market Design, Technologies, and Business Models"

PRO-SUM-AGE: technological and economic perspectives: Dr. Kathrin Goldammer | Reiner Lemoine Institute

Policy keynote by Dr. Kathrin Goldammer, managing director of the Reiner Lemoine Institute, at the Berlin Conference on Energy and Electricity Economics (BELEC 2016): "Towards a Lower Carbon Energy System in Germany, Europe, and world-wide - Market Design, Technologies, and Business Models"

Self-consumption with solar power systems: Dr. Matthias Deutsch | Agora Energiewende

Panel discussion on Longer-term trends, sector coupling, and cross-border coordination. Presentation by Dr. Matthias Deutsch, project leader at Agora Energiewende, at the Berlin Conference on Energy and Electricity Economics (BELEC 2016): "Towards a Lower Carbon Energy System in Germany, Europe, and world-wide - Market Design, Technologies, and Business Models"

Political Economy of Dynamic Resource Wars

Assessing Risk Attitude: The Benefits of Pooling Measures

In Germany and many other countries, financial advisors are required by law to assess their clients’ risk preferences in order to help them make informed and appropriate investment decisions. Most institutions that provide financial advice - banks, for instance - carry out this assessment using just one type of risk measure. Financial advisors might ask clients to answer a question about their attitudes ...

Asking More Than One Question Is Key: Nine Questions to Lukas Menkhoff