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Measuring energy security : a conceptual note
Frondel, Manuel (contributor);  … - 2008
parameter. Applying the proposed concept to empirical energy data on Germany and the U.S. (1980-2004), we find that there is an … inter-temporally increasing gap in the energy supply risk between both countries, with Germany suffering much more from a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003729090
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Inflation forecasting with inflation sentiment indicators
Döhrn, Roland (contributor);  … - 2008
indicators for the US and Germany, we demonstrate that our inflation sentiment indicators improve forecast accuracy in comparison …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003785071
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Men, women, and the ballot : woman suffrage in the United States
Braun, Sebastian; Kvasnicka, Michael - 2009
Woman suffrage led to the greatest enfranchisement in the history of the United States. Before World War I, however, suffrage states remained almost exclusively confined to the American West. The reasons for this pioneering role of the West are still unclear. Studying the timing of woman...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003824710
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Evaluating real world income distributions behind the veil of ignorance : how risk averse do you have to be to prefer Europe over the US?
Weichenrieder, Alfons J.; Zafar, Tasneem - 2011
The paper uses a veil of ignorance approach and income distribution data of developed countries to arrive at inequality corrected income rankings. While a risk neutral individual (based on year 2000 data) would have preferred to be born into the US rather than any European country in our sample...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009375066
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Is gasoline price elasticity in the United States increasing? : evidence from the 2009 and 2017 national household travel surveys
Goetzke, Frank; Vance, Colin - 2018
Drawing on the 2009 and 2017 waves of the National Household Transportation Survey, this paper models the determinants of vehicle miles traveled, with the aim of parameterizing the magnitude of the fuel price elasticity. To capture changes in this magnitude over the two years of the survey, our...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011903641
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Social norms and energy conservation beyond the US
Andor, Mark Andreas; Gerster, Andreas; Peters, Jörg; … - 2017
Studie) in Deutschland nahe, dass die Einspareffekte tatsächlich deutlich geringer sind als in den USA. … Germany suggests that effect sizes are actually much lower than in the US. … zeigen, dass außerhalb der USA die Höhe der Stromverbräuche und die Kohlenstoffintensität der Stromerzeugung typischerweise …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011734802
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Germany's solar cell promotion : dark clouds on the horizon
Frondel, Manuel (contributor); Ritter, Nolan (contributor);  … - 2008
This article demonstrates that the large feed-in tariffs currently guaranteed for solar electricity in Germany …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003725733
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Willingness-to-pay for energy conservation and free-ridership on subsidization : evidence from Germany
Grösche, Peter (contributor); Vance, Colin (contributor) - 2008
unique data set merging a nationwide household survey from Germany with regional data on wages and construction costs. To …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003740222
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Labour market outcomes of second generation immigrants : how heterogeneous are they really?
Schurer, Stefanie (contributor); Vance, Colin (contributor) - 2008
portray the labour market outcomes of second generation immigrants in Germany. Special attention is attributed to observable …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003740243
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Smoking in Germany : stylized facts, behavioral models, and health policy
Göhlmann, Silja (contributor);  … - 2008
distinct focus on Germany, the three most important and still largely open questions in the design and implementation of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003745074