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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 1232 / 2012
In this paper we examine the role of mortgage equity withdrawal in explaining the decline of the US saving rate, since when house prices rise and mortgage rates are low, homeowners have an incentive to withdraw housing equity and this may affect the saving rate. We estimate a Vector Error Correction (VEC) model including the saving rate, asset prices, equity withdrawal and interest rates and find that ...
2012| Guglielmo Maria Caporale, Mauro Costantini, Antonio Paradiso
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Economic Bulletin
Capital Levies : A Step Towards Improving Public Finances in EuropeBy: Stefan Bach in: DIW Economic Bulletin 8/2012.Ever since the financial and economic crisis of 2008/2009, public debt in almost all OECD countries has increased significantly. The European debt crisis has further intensified over the past few weeks. Private households with high levels of wealth and income could be enlisted to help ...
03.08.2012