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German nuclear phase-out policy : effects on European electricity wholesale prices, emission prices, conventional power plant investments and eletricity trade
Traber, Thure; Kemfert, Claudia - 2012
The German decision to finally phase-out nuclear electricity has led to a debate on its effects on electricity prices, emission prices in the European emission trading system, as well as on international electricity trade. We investigate these effects with a Electricity market model for Europe...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009579310
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The unemployment impact of product and labour market regulation : evidence from European countries
Piton, Céline; Rycx, François - 2018
This paper provides robust estimates of the impact of both product and labour market regulations on unemployment using data for 24 European countries over the period 1998-2013. Controlling for country-fixed effects, endogeneity and a large set of covariates, results show that product market...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011871988
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Do auctions and forced divestitures increase competition?
Soetevent, Adriaan R.; Haan, Marco; Heijnen, Pim - 2011
Where markets are insufficiently competitive, governments can intervene by auctioninglicenses to operate or by forcing divestitures. The Dutch government has doneexactly that, organizing auctions to redistribute tenancy rights for highway gasolinestations and forcing the divestiture of outlets...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011377389
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The impact of policy measures on future power generation portfolio and infrastructure : a combined electricity and CCTS investment and dispatch model (ELCO)
Mendelevitch, Roman; Oei, Pao-Yu - 2015
This paper presents a general electricity-CO2 (ELCO) modeling framework that is able to simulate interactions of the energy-only market with different forms for national policy measures. We set up a two sector model where players can invest into various types of generation technologies including...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011392062
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Privatisation in developing countries : what are the lessons of recent experience?
Estrin, Saul; Pelletier, Adeline - 2016
This paper reviews recent empirical evidence on privatisation in developing countries. Particular emphasis is placed on new areas of research such as the distributional impacts of privatisation. Overall, the literature now reflects a more cautious and nuanced evaluation of privatisation. Thus it...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011571943
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The impact of regulation on innovation
Aghion, Philippe; Bergeaud, Antonin; Van Reenen, John - 2021
Does regulation affect the pace and nature of innovation and if so, by how much? We build a tractable and quantifiable ….4% lower due to the regulation, a 2.2% consumption equivalent welfare loss. Four-fifths of this loss is due to lower innovation … changes in the direction of R&D, and find that regulation's negative effects only matter for incremental innovation (as …
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Impacts of the German support for renewable energy on electricity prices, emissions and profits : an analysis based on a European electricity market model
Traber, Thure (contributor); Kemfert, Claudia (contributor) - 2007
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003577403
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The impact of tobacco control policies on smoking initiation in Europe
Ours, Jan C. van; Palali, Ali - 2017
, smoke-free air regulation, health warnings on packages of cigarettes and treatment programs to help smokers quitting. We …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011699517
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Nuclear decommissioning after the German nuclear phase-out : an integrated view on new regulations and nuclear logistics
Scherwath, Tim; Wealer, Ben; Mendelevitch, Roman - 2019
transferred to the public. This paper assesses whether the new regulation will ultimately be to the benefit of the public. It …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011956417
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Employment protection reforms, employment and the incidence of temporary jobs in Europe: 1995 - 2001
Kahn, Lawrence M. (contributor) - 2007
Using European Community Household Panel data for nine countries for 1996-2001, I investigate the impact of reforms of employment protection systems on employment and on temporary jobs for wage and salary workers. Individual fixed effects models are estimated, with the inclusion of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003652681