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Berlin Seminar
PresentationsDr. Hannah Förster, Dr. Felix Christian Matthes, Öko-Institut Institute for Applied Ecology: Energy Roadmap 2050: Introduction and OverviewDr. Oliver Geden, Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik German Institute for International and Security Affairs: Die „Energy Roadmap 2050" der EU: Ziele ohne SteuerungDr. Silke Karcher, Federal Ministry of the Environment, Nature...
09.02.2012
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Berlin Seminar
Presentations:Ravi Srikandam, Paul Kreutzkamp, Jan Decker, arepo consult: A Selection of Results: Offshore GridAndy Balkwill, National Grid: Offshore Electricity Transmission in the UK - Theory and PracticeProf. Dr. Christian von Hirschhausen, Berlin University of Technology, Workgroup for Infrastructure Policy (WIP): Offshore Grids in the North Sea: Long-Term Hopes and Short-Term Reality
01.03.2012
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Berlin Seminar
Presentations: Günter Stark, ABB AG: Hochspannungsnetzausbau in Deutschland: The challenge of combining technical forecast and longer term energy system planning Peter Barth, Amprion: Transportnetz der Zukunft: langfristig und europäisch denken? Barbie Kornelia Haller, Bundesnetzagentur: Netzentwicklungsplan Strom - Wo wir stehen, was wir wollen... Aspekte eines Groß...
03.05.2012
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Berlin Seminar
A recent study by Vivid Economics on "Carbon taxation and fiscal consolidation in Europe" analyses the macro-economic impacts of different taxes in tackling the fiscal deficit. The study shows that carbon pricing is less detrimental than other tax options, as it encourages the substitution of fuel imports with local investment. Building on experience with the implementation of emissions...
06.07.2012| John Ward, Vivid Economics
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Workshop
Presentations:Will Blyth, Oxford Enery Associates: Role of Carbon Price for InvestmentRalf Martin, Imperial College/LSE: Impact of EU ETS on Capturing Awereness, Strategic Choices, Project ImplementationChris Beauman, EBRD: Experience in Steel Sector - and the Role of Complementing Policy SupportDaria Kulczycka, PKPP Lewiatan: EU ETS: Success or FailureAnne Schopp, DIW: Current SituationRobert...
11.07.2012
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Report
Abstract: Following the natural and nuclear disaster, the Japanese economy is showing clear signs of recovery with GDP rising strongly again. Public spending programs bolstering domestic demand made a significant contribution to this development. However, this has led to an increase in public debt, which is currently over 230 percent of GDP and predicted to rise further. For some decades now, tax revenues ...
08.08.2012
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Report
Abstract: Sub-Saharan Africa is seen as a model region in terms of high growth rates in mobile phone use. The International Telecommunication Union (ITU) estimates that between 2000 and 2011 more than 500 million people in the region subscribed to mobile phone networks. According to the ITU, between 2005 and 2010, mobile cellular subscriptions in 47 countries in the region increased by an average of ...
08.08.2012
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Refereed essays Web of Science
This study utilizes the dynamic factor model of Giannone et al. (2008) in order to make now-/ forecasts of GDP quarter-on-quarter growth rate in Switzerland. It also assesses the informational content of macroeconomic data releases for forecasting of the Swiss GDP. We find that the factor model offers a substantial improvement in forecast accuracy of GDP growth rate compared to a benchmark naive constant-growth ...
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Jahrbücher für Nationalökonomie und Statistik
232 (2012), 4, S. 429-444
| Boriss Siliverstovs, Konstantin A. Kholodilin
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SOEP Brown Bag Seminar
This study aims to explore the relationship between sibling number, birth order and maternal time investments in preschool children. Using the GSOEP and "Familien in Deutschland", we investigate maternal time investments in children aged 2-3 and 5-6. The dependent variables consist of two dimensions extracted from the mother's self-reported frequencies in various activities with...
08.08.2012| Magdalena Osmanowski and Andrés Cardona (Universität Bielefeld)
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DIW Discussion Papers 1242 / 2012
This paper argues that counter-cyclical liquidity hoarding by financial intermediaries may strongly amplify business cycles. It develops a dynamic stochastic general equilibrium model in which banks operate subject to financial frictions and idiosyncratic funding liquidity risk in their intermediation activity. Importantly, the amount of liquidity reserves held in the financial sector is determined ...
2012| Sören Radde