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Technological Change and Transition: Relative Contributions to Worldwide Growth during the 1990s
Badunenko, Oleg; Henderson, Daniel J.; Zelenyuk, Valentin - DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung) - 2007
In this paper we used the procedures developed in the Kumar and Russell (2002) growth-accounting study to examine cross …-country growth during the 1990's. Using a data set comprising developed, newly industrialized, developing and transitional economies …, we decomposed the growth of output per worker into components attributable to technological catch-up, technological …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005069101
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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 - DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung) - 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...
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Policy Efforts for the Development of Storage Technologies in the U.S. and Germany
Borden, Eric; Schill, Wolf-Peter - DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung) - 2013
Recent developments in electricity markets such as the increased deployment of variable renewable generation have prompted renewed interest over the role of energy storage. While storage technologies can in principle provide various benefits for the functioning of an electrical grid, many energy...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010697283
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Russian Natural Gas Exports to Europe: Effects of Russian Gas Market Reforms and the Rising Market Power of Gazprom
Sagen, Eirik Lund; Tsygankova, Marina - DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung) - 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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005068939
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Who Gives Aid to Whom and When?: Aid Accelerations, Shocks and Policies
Brück, Tilman; Xu, Guo - DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung) - 2011
increases in aid flows. Focusing on specific events, we test if aid accelerations correspond to policies and shocks in the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009220614
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Who Gives Aid to Whom and When?: Aid Accelerations, Shocks and Policies
Brück, Tilman; Xu, Guo - DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung) - 2011
increases in aid flows. Focusing on specific events, we test if aid accelerations correspond to policies and shocks in the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009147483
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Internet-Based Hedonic Indices of Rents and Prices for Flats: Example of Berlin
Kholodilin, Konstantin A.; Mense, Andreas - DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung) - 2012
In this paper, we suggest to estimate the home rents and prices in German regions/cities using the data from Internet ads offering the housing for rent and sale. Given the richness of information contained in the ads, we are able to construct the quality-adjusted rent and price indices using the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009651335
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Can Internet Ads Serve as an Indicator of Homeownership Rates?
Kholodilin, Konstantin A.; Mense, Andreas - DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung) - 2011
In this paper, we propose an indicator of the homeownership rate based on Internet ads offering the housing for rent and sale. We constructed the HOR estimate using the number of ads in four different markets (flats for rent, flats for sale, houses for rent, and houses for sale). Our HOR...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009360168
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Is Technical Progress Sectorally Concentrated?: An Empirical Analysis for Western European Countries
Schiersch, Alexander; Belitz, Heike; Gornig, Martin - DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung) - 2012
Previous research shows that technical progress at the industry level, measured by sectoral TFP growth, is more …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010896211
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Appropriate Technology, Human Capital and Development Accounting
Chanda, Areendam; Farkas, Beatrice - DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung) - 2012
Over the past decade, research explaining cross country income differences has increasingly pointed to the dominant role of total factor productivity (TFP) gaps as opposed to factor accumulation. Nevertheless, it is a widely held belief that a country's ability to absorb and implement...
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