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Auch wenn die Telearbeit noch in den Kinderschuhen steckt, ihre Anwendung verbreitet sich in hohem Tempo. Dies bestätigen auch die neuesten Umfragen. Die Technik für die Einführung der Telearbeit ist zu niedrigen Preisen vorhanden, die Telekommunikationsinfrastruktur wird laufend ausgebaut,...
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We examine the effect of school traffic pollution on student outcomes by leveraging variation in wind patterns for …
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We develop a spatial model of energy exploitation where energy sources are differentiated by their geographic location and energy density. The spatial setting creates a scaling law that magnifies the importance of differences across energy sources. As a result, renewable sources twice as dense,...
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The United States consumed more petroleum-based liquid fuel per capita than any other OECD-high-income country - 30 percent more than the second-highest country (Canada) and 40 percent more than the third-highest (Luxemburg). This paper examines the main channels through which reductions in U.S....
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's traffic police agency is to manage traffic and to enforce the traffic code. We first document that, in the capital's branch …, Kinshasa, traffic violation fines account for only 22% of the revenue of the branch. The remaining 78%, unofficial, comes from … first mandate, while not improving its ability to fulfill the second. First, the quota causes 65% of all traffic jams and …
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Replacing fossil fuels in the name of decarbonization is necessary but will be particularly difficult due to their as-yet unrivaled bundle of attributes: abundance, ubiquity, energy density, transportability and cost. There is a growing commitment to electrification as the dominant...
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We examine a statewide program that identifies police departments with large racial disparities in traffic stops and … months) reductions in the number of minorities involved in traffic stops, with no impact on stops of white drivers …. Reductions in traffic stops involving minority drivers primarily result from fewer pretextual stops (85%) for lighting violations …
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in Germany after the Fukushima accident in 2011. We use hourly data on power plant operations and a novel machine …
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The paper comments on the economic effects of the German unification. Apart from discussing the unification in an international perspective, analyzing the distributional consequences, and pointing to structural adjustment problems, it emphasizes the distinction between the frequently cited money...
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