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Diskussionspapiere 716 / 2007
In this paper we test the hypothesis that the economic transition toward a market economy increases the efficiency of firms. We study 32 Polish electricity distribution companies between 1997-2002, by applying common benchmarking methods to the panel: the nonparametric data envelopment analysis (DEA), the free disposal hull (FDH), and, as a parametric approach, the stochastic frontier analysis (SFA). ...
2007| Astrid Cullmann, Christian von Hirschhausen
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Diskussionspapiere 708 / 2007
This paper applies the literature on asymmetric price transmission to the emerging commodity market for EU emissions allowances (EUA). We utilize an error correction model and an autoregressive distributed lag model to measure the relationship between CO2 price changes and the development of wholesale electricity prices. Using data from the German market for electricity and EUAs, we find that the rising ...
2007| Georg Zachmann, Christian von Hirschhausen
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Diskussionspapiere 597 / 2006
Gazprom, the dominant gas company in Russia, is widely believed to be the key supplier of gas to Europe in the foreseeable future. However, there are numerous uncertainties and challenges within the Russian and European gas industry that may alter the allocation of Gazprom´s gas sales between domestic and export markets. In this paper we use both theoretical and numerical models to study potential ...
2006| Eirik Lund Sagen, Marina Tsygankova
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Refereed essays Web of Science
This paper develops a static computational game theoretic model. Illustrative results for the liberalising European electricity market are given to demonstrate the type of economic and environmental results that can be generated with the model. The model is empirically calibrated to eight Northwestern European countries, namely Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, The Netherlands, Norway, and ...
In:
Energy Policy
34 (2006), 15, S. 2123-2136
| Wietze Lise, Vincent Linderhof, Onno Kuik, Claudia Kemfert, Robert Östling, Thomas Heinzow
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Diskussionspapiere 605 / 2006
Top-down computable general equilibrium (CGE) models are used extensively for analysis of energy and climate policies. Energy-intensive industries are usually represented in top-down economic models as abstract economic production functions, of the constantelasticity-of-substitution (CES) functional form. This study explores methods for improving the realism of energy-intensive industries in top-down ...
2006| Katja Schumacher, Ronald D. Sands
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Diskussionspapiere 618 / 2006
2006| Claudia Kemfert
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Nicht-referierte Aufsätze
In:
International Journal of Environment and Development
3 (2006), 1, S. 15-34
| Katja Schumacher, Joyashree Roy, Jayant Sathaye, Tae Y Jung, Hoesung Lee
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Weitere externe Aufsätze
In:
Pieter Valkering, Bas Amelung, Rutger van der Brugge, Jan Rotmans (Eds.) ,
More Puzzle-solving for Policy
Maastricht : ICIS
S. 25-41
| Claudia Kemfert
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Refereed essays Web of Science
Due to the size and structure of its economy, Germany is one of the largest carbon emitters in the European Union. However, Germany is facing a major renewal and restructuring process in electricity generation. Within the next two decades, up to 50% of current electricity generation capacity may retire because of end-of-plant lifetime and the nuclear phase-out pact of 1998. Substantial opportunities, ...
In:
Energy Policy
34 (2006), 18, S. 3929-3941
| Katja Schumacher, Ronald D. Sands
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Diskussionspapiere 632 / 2006
This paper investigates the impacts of the eastern enlargement of the European Union in 2004 and the liberalisation of European electricity markets on Germanys electricity exchange with neighbouring countries and on electricity prices. Thus, electricity imports from Czech Republic have increased sharply in the last few years and have dampened German wholesale prices for electricity. In this paper the ...
2006| Manfred Horn, Claudia Kemfert, Vitaly Kalashnikov