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A New Global Index of Infrastructure: Construction, Rankings and Applications
Donaubauer, Julian; Meyer, Birgit; Nunnenkamp, Peter - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2014
We construct comprehensive and comparable indices on the most relevant components of economic infrastructure. An unobserved components model is employed to cover the largest possible number of developing and developed countries over the period 1990-2010. We map major findings from the new...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010886848
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Carbon Emissions and Economic Growth: Homogeneous Causality in Heterogeneous Panels
Maddison, David; Rehdanz, Katrin - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2008
This paper introduces the concept of homogeneous non-causality in heterogeneous panels. This concept is used to examine a panel of data for evidence of a causal relationship between GDP and carbon emissions. The technique is compared to the standard test for homogeneous non-causality in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005076093
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Economic Optimality of CCS Use: A Resource-Economic Model
Narita, Daiju - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2009
attractive than renewable energy due to CCS’s reliance on scarce reservoirs and the resultant shadow value. This serves as a … given to renewable energy in comparison to CCS …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005700594
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The Use of CCS in Global Carbon Management: Simulation with the DICE Model
Narita, Daiju - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2008
This study attempts a numerical simulation of potential CCS (carbon dioxide capture and storage) use by using a modified version of the DICE (Dynamic Integrated model on Climate and Economy) model (Nordhaus, 1994; Nordhaus and Boyer, 2000). In DICE, CO2 emissions are controlled to the extent in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005566183
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R&D-driven Biases in Energy-Saving Technical Change: A "Putty-Practically-Clay" Approach
Zon, Adriaan van; Lontzek, Thomas S. - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2008
development, energy security and to fight global warming. It became also clear, though, that bioenergy cannot be evaluated …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005755156
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Uncertainty and economic analysis of climate change : a survey of approaches and findings
Peterson, Sonja - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2006
frameworks and techniques for analyzing climate policy in the context of uncertainty. This paper will give an overview of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010955710
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Horizontal mergers and uncertainty
Le Pape, Nicolas; Zhao, Kai - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2013
. A key assumption is that mergers create uncertainty on productivity and informational asymmetry between firms. The paper …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010956064
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How might a central bank report uncertainty?
Fair, Ray C. - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2014
An important question for central banks is how they should report the uncertainty of their forecasts. This paper … discusses a way in which a central bank could report the uncertainty of its forecasts in a world in which it used a single …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010956134
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Discounting for Climate Change
Anthoff, David; Tol, Richard S. J.; Yohe, Gary W. - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2009
that the social cost of carbon, corrected for uncertainty and inequity, is 61 US dollar per metric tonne of carbon. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005083362
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Modeling the Effects of Financial Constraints on Firm´s Investment
Tomat, Gian Maria - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2007
The paper develops a model of firm´s investment under uncertainty with financial market imperfections and analyzes the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005083386