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Determinants of residential space heating expenditures in Great Britain
Meier, Helena; Rehdanz, Katrin - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2008
carbon emissions. In the domestic sector, these targets can be achieved by improving space heating efficiency and, hence …, decrease heating expenditures. However, before implementing policy measures it is necessary to better understand determinants … of heating expenditures. In this paper, we examine determinants of heating expenditures which include socio-economic and …
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DSGE Models and Central Banks
Tovar, Camilo Ernesto - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2008
Over the past 15 years there has been remarkable progress in the specification and estimation of dynamic stochastic general equilibrium (DSGE) models. Central banks in developed and emerging market economies have become increasingly interested in their usefulness for policy analysis and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005083409
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Macroeconomic Interval Forecasting: The Case of Assessing the Risk of Deflation in Germany
Borbély, Dora; Meier, Carsten-Patrick - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2003
This paper proposes an approach for estimating the uncertainty associated with model-based macroeconomic forecasts. We argue that estimated forecast intervals should account for the uncertainty arising from selecting the specification of an empirical forecasting model from the sample data. To...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005700569
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Sustainable Intensification of Pineapple Farming in Ghana: Training and Complexity
Wüpper, David; Sauer, Johannes; Kleemann, Linda - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2014
Sustainable intensification of Ghana’s smallholder farming is critical to mitigate rural poverty. Innovations for sustainable intensification include agro-ecological practices, which build up soil fertility, and mulching, which conserves soil moisture. To stimulate the adoption of these...
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Systematic Errors in Growth Expectations over the Business Cycle
Dovern, Jonas; Jannsen, Nils - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2015
Using real-time data, we analyze how the systematic expectation errors of professional forecasters in 19 advanced economies depend on the state of the business cycle. Our results indicate that the general result that forecasters systematically overestimate output growth (across all countries)...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011208173
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Multi-model analyses of the economic and energy implications for China and India in a post-Kyoto climate regime
Johansson, Daniel J.A.; Lucas, Paul L.; Weitzel, Matthias; … - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2012
This paper presents a modeling comparison project on how the 2°C climate target could affect economic and energy systems development in China and India. The analysis uses a framework that harmonizes baseline developments and soft-links seven national and global models being either economy wide...
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A Note on Human Capital and the Feldstein-Horioka Puzzle
Katsimi, Margarita; Moutos, Thomas - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2007
In this paper we reexamine the Feldstein-Horioka finding of limited international capital mobility by using a broader view (i.e., including human capital) of investment and saving. We find that the Feldstein-Horioka result is impervious to this change.
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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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009276289
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Liberalisierung und Re-Regulierung der Elektrizitätswirtschaft in Skandinavien
Kumkar, Lars - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 1998
This paper deals with the electricity reforms (1990-1996) in three Scandinavian Couiitries: Norway, Sweden and Finland …. Of Special importance for the efficiency in the sector is the question, whether the re-regulation of the electricity … transport business is accompanied by a comprehensive liberalisation of electricity trade. The extent of this liberalisation …
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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 … establish efflcient governance structures in the electricity sector. Furthermore, the welfare implications of the resulting …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009277651