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Innovative Activity in Wind and Solar Technology: Empirical Evidence on Knowledge Spillovers Using Patent Data
Braun, Frauke G.; Schmidt-Ehmcke, Jens; Zloczysti, Petra - DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung) - 2010
technologies or sectors (inter-sectoral spillovers), or at the international level. We find that innovation is strongly driven by … knowledge spillovers, especially those occurring at the national level. Wind and solar technologies exhibit distinct innovation … only influential in the case of wind technology. We also find evidence that public R&D stimulates innovation, particularly …
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Impact Assessment of Emissions Stabilization Scenarios with and without Induced Technological Change
Kemfert, Claudia; Truong, Truong P. - DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung) - 2005
The main aim of this paper is to investigate quantitatively the economic impacts of emissions stabilization scenarios with and without the inclusion of induced technological change (ITC). Improved technological innovations are triggered by increased R&D expenditures that advance energy...
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Where Are the Industrial Technologies in Energy-Economy Models?: An Innovative CGE Approach for Steel Production in Germany
Schumacher, Katja; Sands, Ronald D. - DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung) - 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)...
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Downsizing in German Chemical Manufacturing Industry during the 1990s: Why Small Is Beautiful?
Badunenko, Oleg - DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung) - 2007
German chemical manufacturing industry is marked by two major structural changes during 1992-2004. Firstly, number of firms was ranging extensively: from 676 to 901, while only 96 firms represented balanced panel. Secondly, size of the firm dropped considerably-by 88%. This paper is intended to...
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Global Warming, Technological Change and Trade in Carbon Energy: Challenge or Threat?
Stephan, Gunter; Müller-Fürstenberger, Georg - DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung) - 2014
Is it possible to combat global climate change through North-to-South technology transfer even without a global climate treaty? Or do carbon leakage and the rebound effect imply that it is possible to take advantage of technological improvements under the umbrella of a global arrangement only?...
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WIATEC: A World Integrated Assessment Model of Global Trade Environment and Climate Change
Truong, Truong P.; Kemfert, Claudia - DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung) - 2010
This paper describes the structure of the World Integrated Assessment model of global Trade, Environmental, and Climate change (WIATEC).The model consists of a multi-regional multi-sectoral core CGE model linked to a climate model. The core CGE is based on an existing global trade and...
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Demand Side Analysis of Microlending Markets in Germany
Kritikos, Alexander S.; Kneiding, Christoph; … - DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung) - 2009
In developing and transition economies, microlending has become an effective instrument for providing micro businesses with the necessary financial resources to launch operations. In the industrialized countries, with their highly developed banking systems, however, there has been ongoing debate...
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Risk Attitudes and Private Business Equity
Fossen, Frank M. - DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung) - 2012
Why do people engage in entrepreneurship and commit large parts of their personal wealth to their business, despite … and exit decisions. Nonpecuniary benefits of entrepreneurship, such as being independent in the workplace, also contribute …
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Who Starts a Business and Who Is Self-Employed in Germany
Fritsch, Michael; Kritikos, Alexander S.; Rusakova, Alina - DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung) - 2012
entrepreneurship in Germany between 1991 and 2010, the first two decades after reunification. We investigate the socioeconomic …
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The Impact of Risk Attitudes on Entrepreneurial Survival
Caliendo, Marco; Fossen, Frank M.; Kritikos, Alexander S. - DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung) - 2008
Risk attitudes have an impact on not only the decision to become an entrepreneur but also the survival and failure rates of entrepreneurs. Whereas recent research underpins the theoretical proposition of a positive correlation between risk attitudes and the decision to become an entrepreneur,...
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