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Mitigation of Methane Emissions: A Rapid and Cost-Effective Response to Climate Change
Kemfert, Claudia; Schill, Wolf-Peter - DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung) - 2009
Methane is a major anthropogenic greenhouse gas, second only to carbon dioxide (CO2) in its impact on climate change. Methane (CH4) has a high global warming potential that is 25 times as large as the one of CO2 on a 100 year time horizon according to the latest IPCC report. Thus, CH4...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005026832
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Costs and Benefits of Euro Adoption in Bulgaria
Ganev, Georgy - DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung) - 2009
This study presents a cost-benefit analysis of euro adoption for the case of Bulgaria. Based on a review of existing similar studies for other East European EU member states, it outlines the basic types of potential costs and benefits of euro adoption, and applies them to the specific Bulgarian...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010661274
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Long-Term Effects of Diabetes Prevention: Evaluation of the M.O.B.I.L.I.S. Program for Obese Persons
Häußler, Jan; Breyer, Friedrich - DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung) - 2013
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,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011128858
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Costs and Benefits of Euro Adoption in Bulgaria
Ganev, Georgy - DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung) - 2009
This study presents a cost-benefit analysis of euro adoption for the case of Bulgaria. Based on a review of existing similar studies for other East European EU member states, it outlines the basic types of potential costs and benefits of euro adoption, and applies them to the specific Bulgarian...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010783952
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The Impact of Introducing an Interest Barrier: Evidence from the German Corporation Tax Reform 2008
Buslei, Hermann; Simmler, Martin - DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung) - 2012
' capital structure, investment and profitability. The identification of the causal effects is based on the escape clauses in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010552491
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Exports, International Investment, and Plant Performance: Evidence from a Non-Parametric Test
Girma, Sourafel; Görg, Holger; Strobl, Eric - DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung) - 2003
This paper compares the performance of purely domestic plants, domestic exporters and domestic multinationals. For our empirical analysis we utilise a non-parametric approach based on the principle of first order stochastic dominance. We find that the distributions for multinationals dominate...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005068656
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The Effects of Short-Term Liabilities on Profitability: The Case of Germany
Baum, Christopher F.; Schäfer, Dorothea; Talavera, … - DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung) - 2006
-term liabilities. We develop a structural model of a firm's value maximization problem that predicts that profitability of the firm …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005068970
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Equity Markets, Financial Integration and Competitive Convergence
Chen, Gongyu; Higson, Chris; Holly, Sean; Petrella, Ivan - DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung) - 2010
the process of competitive convergence in profitability of listed companies in 7 countries of the European Union. We cast … observe convergence in profitability through time. The second question is whether there are national differences in the extent … whether there is evidence that convergence in profitability has become more rapid, by which we mean above average or below …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010661279
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Equity Markets, Financial Integration and Competitive Convergence
Chen, Gongyu; Higson, Chris; Holly, Sean; Petrella, Ivan - DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung) - 2010
the process of competitive convergence in profitability of listed companies in 7 countries of the European Union. We cast … observe convergence in profitability through time. The second question is whether there are national differences in the extent … whether there is evidence that convergence in profitability has become more rapid, by which we mean above average or below …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010783948