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The GTAP-W model: accounting for water use in agriculture

Calzadilla, Alvaro; Rehdanz, Katrin; Tol, Richard S.J. - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2011

agriculture. Moreover, the new production structure accounts for substitution possibilities between irrigation and other primary … factors. The new model has been used to study a variety of topics including: irrigation efficiency, sustainable water use …

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Water scarcity and the impact of improved irrigation management: A CGE analysis

Calzadilla, Alvaro; Rehdanz, Katrin; Tol, Richard S.J. - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2008

We use the new version of the GTAP-W model to analyze the economy-wide impacts of enhanced irrigation efficiency. The … to improvements in irrigation efficiency in water-stressed regions is not beneficial for all. For water-stressed regions … and mostly negative. Global water savings are achieved. Not only regions where irrigation efficiency changes are able to …

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An enabling mechanism for the creation, adjustment, and dissolution of states and governmental units

Hausken, Kjell; Knutsen, John F. - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2010

The article proposes an enabling mechanism for the creation, adjustment and dissolution of governmental units, giving autonomy to each individual as in a direct democracy. The mechanism is designed such that Pareto optimality is possible, in contrast to earlier models which make various...

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Die deutsche Energierechtsnovelle: Über Alleinabnehmer, zugelassene Kunden und die Auswirkungen auf Umweltschutzziele

Kumkar, Lars - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 1997

This paper deals with the German government's proposal to Iiberalize the domestic electricity supply industry. The government bill aims to establish a retail wheeling model in the electricity transmission and distribution System. The Opposition against this model mainly comes from the publicly...

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Institutional change in search of the market: The case of Slovenia

Glismann, Hans H.; Horn, Ernst-Jürgen; Stanovnik, Peter - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 1995

Six main characteristics of an economic order are discussed and empirically evaluated for the case of Slovenia. All of them pertain to the institutional setting ab urbe condita; they comprise the legal and jurisdictional situation, the role of private property, the institutionalised strive at...

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Privatization and local government reform in Germany: A slow train

Schmidt, Klaus-Dieter - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 1998

The paper investigates the recent trends in privatization by local government organizations in Germany. It comes to the conclusion that the privatization policy has been two-directional: on the one hand, municipalities have reduced their economic activities, mainly by different forms of...

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Privatwirtschaftliche Koordinierungsstrukturen in vertikal strukturierten Industrien: Eine Analyse der Stromwirtschaft auf Grundlage der neuen Institutionenökonomik

Kumkar, Lars - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 1998

This paper deals with the efficiency characteristics of alternative governance structures in the electricity sector. The analysis begins with the description of some technical aspects of the electricity supply industry. The goal is to identify the main co-ordination tasks within, and between the...

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Die Stromversorger in den Startlöchern zum Strom-Binnenmarkt: Eine Bestandsaufnahme der nationalen Markstrukturen

Kumkar, Lars - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 1996

This year legal activities were started which are meant to lead to a higher integration of the electricity supply industry in the European Union. It is intended to liberalize the national markets simultaneously restraining the influence of the national governments. This article provides an...

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Regulierung vertikal strukturierter Industrien: Eine Analyse der Stromwirtschaftschaft auf Grundlage der neuen Institutionenökonomik

Kumkar, Lars - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 1998

This paper deals with the efficiency characteristics of alternative regulatory policies in the electricity sector. The analysis begins with the presentation of the analytical concept of the ?regulatory contract, which is based on the New Institutional Economics. The main part of the paper deals...

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Oil revenues for public investment in Africa: targeting urban or rural areas?

Böhme, Marcus; Breisinger, Clemens; Schweickert, Rainer; … - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2010

This paper investigates the effects of oil financed public investment on poverty using a dynamic multisectoral general equilibrium model featuring inter-temporal productivity spillovers, which may exhibit a sector-specific and regional bias. In general, the results bear out the expectation that...

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