Squaring hourly demand and wind-solar production data for Germany and a number of neighbouring countries with the … results of the EU's ESTORAGE project, this paper studies the limits of Germany's energy revolution in view of the volatility …, Norwegian hydro-dam buffering and international diversification via grid expansion. If Germany operated in autarchy and tried to …

We examine the impact of Chinese import competition on patenting, IT, R&D and TFP using a panel of up to half a million …-specific quotas following China's entry into the World Trade Organization. Chinese import competition had two effects: first, it led … account for around 15% of European technology upgrading between 2000-2007. Rising Chinese import competition also led to falls …

role of an active market for corporate control and of competition in banking integration. European listed banks … profitability appears to converge to a common level. There is weak evidence that competition eliminates high profits for these banks …

This paper develops and simulates a dynamic model of strategic telecom competition. The goal is to understand how … regulatory policy, particularly relative to lease charges for local network elements, affects telecom competition, investment …

Using a general-equilibrium simulation model featuring nominal rigidities and monopolistic competition in product and … labor markets, this paper estimates the macroeconomic benefits and international spillovers of an increase in competition …, greater competition produces large effects on macroeconomic performance, as measured by standard indicators. In particular, we …

competition among large countries (US/EU) to negotiate preferential arrangements with smaller countries or regions will lower …