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Implications of Mandatory Registration of Mobile Phone Users in Africa

Sub-Saharan Africa ranks among the top regions in terms of growth in the number of mobile phone users. The success of mobile telephony is attributed to the opening of markets for private players and lenient regulatory policy. However, markets may be increasingly saturated and new regulations introduced across Africa could also have a negative impact on future growth. Since 2006, the majority of countries ...

One-Stop Shopping as a Cause of Slotting Fees: A Rent-Shifting Mechanism

Consumers increasingly prefer to bundle their purchases into a single shopping trip, inducing complementaries between initially independent or substitutable goods. Taking this one-stop shopping behavior into account, we show that slotting fees may emerge as a result of a rent-shifting mechanism in a three-party negotiation framework, where a monopolistic retailer negotiates sequentially with two suppliers ...

"Jenseits des BIP"? Zur Organisation der Politikberatung zur Nachhaltigkeitspolitik in Deutschland

Linking National and International Efforts on Carbon Pricing

AgendaDr. Camilla Bausch, Ecologic, returning from secondment to Ed Markey's office, will report on the discussions of US Waxman-Markey Climate Bill.Professor Toru Morotomi, Kyoto University Graduate School of Economics, a member of the experts committee on ETS in the Japanese Ministry of Environment.Professor Thomas Heller, Stanford University, is an expert in legal institutions, energy law, and...

Electricity Policy Modeling

Agenda and PresentationsBen Hobbs, John Hopkins University: Fun in Electricity Policy Modeling

International Technology Cooperation to Achieve Climate Objectives

Agenda and PresentationsUlf Moslener, KfW Development Bank, Energy Sector and Policy Division Asia: Tech Transfer and Climate Change: A Development-Cooperation-PerspectiveDominic Marcellino, Ecologic Institute in Washington DC: An Assessment of Current Technology Transfer Proposals and Key Mechanisms for Diffusion

DESERTEC – the Scientific Assessment

Agenda and PresentationsHani El Nokraschy, DESERTEC Foundation, Member of the Supervisory Board: The Deserts as Everlasting Power Houses for Security of Electricity and WaterChristian von Hirschhausen and Florian Leuthold, TU Berlin/TU Dresden: The Economics of DESERTEC

Emission Trading, Linking, Offsetting…How Do They Interact with Complementary Policies and Support Mechanisms?

Agenda and PresentationsOttmar Edenhofer, Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research: Emission trading, linking, and offsettingFelix Matthes, Öko-Institute for Applied Ecology: Emission trading, linking, and offsetting

Low Carbon Development Plans – What Can We Learn from Economics and Energy System Modeling?

Agenda and PresentationsDr. Christian Hey, German Advisory Council on the Environment (SRU) / European Environment and Sustainable Development Councils (EEAC): 100% Renewable Electricity by 2050Dr. Felix Chr. Matthes, Öko-Institute for Applied Ecology: Blueprint Germany

CO2 Storage – European Storage Capacity, Monitoring of Leakage, and the Legal Framework

Agenda and PresentationsNico Bauer, Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research: Projected Needs for CCSMathias Hellriegel, Eggers-Malmendier: Carbon Capture and StoragePeter Gerlin, German Federal Institute for Geosciences and Natural Resources: CCS - German and International PerspectiveMichael Kühn, German Research Centre for Geosciences