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Ploeg, Frederick van der; Withagen, Cees - Tinbergen Instituut - 2010

in a Ramsey growth model with exhaustible oil reserves, an infinitelyelastic supply of renewables, stock-dependent oil …) below thatof renewables. There are then two regimes. If the oil stock is small, the social optimum path consists of … aninitial oil-only phase followed by a renewables-only phase. With a lower cost of renewables or a lowerdiscount rate, more oil …

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On the Effectiveness of Feed-in Tariffs in the Development of Photovoltaic Solar

Dijkgraaf, Elbert; Dorp, Tom van; Maasland, Emiel - Tinbergen Instituut - 2014

development of renewables. This paper empirically tests whether feed-in tariff (FIT) policies have been effective in the … development of photovoltaic solar (PV), explicitly taking into account structure and consistency of FITs. Panel data estimations …

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In Search of Creative Champions in High-Tech Spaces

Kourtit, Karima; Nijkamp, Peter - Tinbergen Instituut - 2013

The business performance of firms in the creative high-tech sector shows much variation. This paper examines whether the geographical location of such business firms influences the performance of these firms. The overarching analysis framework of this paper emerges from the recently developed...

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Radical Innovation and Network Evolution

Phlippen, Sandra; Riccaboni, Massimo - Tinbergen Instituut - 2007

This paper examines how a radical technological innovation affects alliance formation of firms and subsequent network structures. We use longitudinal data of interfirm R&D collaborations in the biopharmaceutical industry in which a new technological regime is established. Our findings suggest...

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Turbulence, Flexibility and Performance of the Long-lived Small Firm

Power, Bernadette; Reid, Gavin C - Tinbergen Instituut - 2003

This paper focuses on a new concern in the small firm’s literature, namely what makes a small firm stay in business for a long time. It reflects a change in economic policy, away from an emphasis on volume of start-ups to an emphasis on quality of start-ups. The basic hypothesis is that...

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Procurement: The Transaction Costs Perspective in a Globalising World

Butter, Frank A.G. den - Tinbergen Instituut - 2007

Fragmentation of production into more and more complex supply chains is a prominent feature of globalisation. It implies that transaction costs as part of total costs of ownership carry a large weight in procurement decisions. An analysis of the various types of transaction costs is also...

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Renewable Energy and Negative Externalities: The Effect of Wind Turbines on House Prices

Dröes, Martijn I.; Koster, Hans R.A. - Tinbergen Instituut - 2014

In many countries, wind turbines are constructed as part of a strategy to reduce dependence on fossil fuels. In this paper, we measure the external effect of wind turbines on the transaction prices of nearby houses. A unique house price dataset covering the period 1985-2011 is used, including...

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Technological Change during the Energy Transition

Meijden, Gerard van der; Smulders, Sjak - Tinbergen Instituut - 2014

The energy transition from fossil fuels to alternative energy sources has important consequences for technological change and resource extraction. We examine these consequences by incorporating a non-renewable resource and an alternative energy source in a market economy model of endogenous...

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Carbon Lock-In: The Role of Expectations

Meijden, Gerard van der; Smulders, Sjak - Tinbergen Instituut - 2014

We argue that expectations about future energy use affect the transition from fossil fuels to renewable substitutes, because of an interaction between innovation and resource scarcity. The paper presents a model of directed technical change to study this interaction. We find that resource-saving...

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Consumer Valuation of Driving Range: A Meta-Analysis

Dimitropoulos, Alexandros; Rietveld, Piet; Ommeren, Jos … - Tinbergen Instituut - 2011

We perform a meta-analysis of studies investigating consumers' preferences for electric and other alternative fuel vehicles to provide insights into the way consumers trade off driving range for capital costs. We find that consumers are willing to pay, on average, between 47 and 64 USD for a...

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