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"Investment in Energy Transition Has Unequivocally Positive Impact on Economy". Six Questions to Claudia Kemfert

in: DIW Economic Bulletin 09/2013"Investment in Energy Transition Has Unequivocally Positive Impact on Economy": Six Questions to Claudia Kemfert

European Electricity Generation Post-2020: Renewable Energy Not To Be Underestimated

by Christian von Hirschhausen, Claudia Kemfert, Friedrich Kunz, Roman Mendelevitch in: DIW Economic Bulletin 09/2013.In its Green Paper on a 2030 framework for climate and energy policies, the European Commission calls for a framework for the future development of environment and energy policy beyond 2020. However, much like the Energy Roadmap 2050 adopted by the Commission in December 2011, the Green ...

Long-Term Effects of Diabetes Prevention: Evaluation of the M.O.B.I.L.I.S. Program for Obese Persons

In response to the growing burden of obesity, public primary prevention programs against obesity have been widely recommended. Several studies estimated the cost effects of diabetes prevention trials for different countries and found that diabetes prevention can be costeffective. Nevertheless, it is still controversial if prevention conducted in more real-world settings and among people with increased ...

Management of Bureaucrats and Public Service Delivery: Evidence from the Nigerian Civil Service

BAMS is a joint seminar by the DIW Berlin, the Hertie School of Governance, the HU Berlin and the WZB.

Giving Academic Presentations

The Graduate Center will offer a workshop on giving academic presentations. It is designed for all researchers at DIW who would like to improve their skills in talking in front of an audience. The course covers topics like targeting the audience, choosing content, designing slides, commanding body language and voice, refining rhetorical skills, managing stress, and conveying messages authentically...

Energy Transition Calls for High Investment

Achieving the objectives of the German governments 2010 Energy Concept and the accelerated phase-out of nuclear energy will require significant investment in restructuring energy supply. In particular, this includes investment in installations for the use of renewable energy sources in the power and heating sector, as well as in the infrastructure, such as power grids. In addition, substantial investment ...

Investment in Energy Transition Has Unequivocally Positive Impact on Economy: Six Questions to Claudia Kemfert

European Electricity Generation Post-2020: Renewable Energy Not To Be Underestimated

In its Green Paper on a 2030 framework for climate and energy policies, the European Commission calls for a framework for the future development of environment and energy policy beyond 2020. However, much like the Energy Roadmap 2050 adopted by the Commission in December 2011, the Green Paper is based on scenario assumptions that are, to a great extent, not up-to-date. The European Commission would ...

Can the banking union save the Eurozone?

Open seminar organized by the ESMT European School of Management and Technology, German Institute for Economic Research (DIW Berlin) and the Hertie School of Governance.Prof. Dr. Henrik Enderlein, Professor of Political Economy, Hertie School of Governance Prof. Marcel Fratzscher, PhD, President, German Institute for Economic Research (DIW Berlin)Prof. Jörg Rocholl, PhD, President and EY...

Personality Characteristics and the Decisions to Become and Stay Self-Employed

Based on a large, representative German household panel, we investigate to what extent the personality of individuals influences the entry decision into and the exit decision from self-employment. We reveal that some traits, such as openness to experience, extraversion, and risk tolerance affect entry, but different ones, such as agreeableness or different parameter values of risk tolerance, affect ...