Biokraftstoffe galten einst als grüner Hoffnungsträger für eine nachhaltigere Automobilität. Mit verstärktem Einsatz gerieten sie jedoch zunehmend in die Kritik. Dennoch bleiben Biokraftstoffe die wichtigste Alternative zu fossilen Kraftstoffen. Die Autoren diskutieren die Rolle der...

Biofuels have been the only alternative fuel which has substantially contributed to supplying transport with energy. Biofuels enjoyed broad support, but now they have come under criticism. In order to obtain answers to the question of what role biofuels could play in the future fuel mix, the...

Based on annual data for growth and inflation forecasts for Germany covering the time span from 1970 to 2007 and up to 17 different forecasts per year, we test for a possible asymmetry of the forecasters' loss function and estimate the degree of asymmetry for each forecasting institution using...