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Refunding ETS-Proceeds to Spur the Diffusion of Renewable Energies : An Analysis Based on the Dynamic Oligopolistic Electricity Market Model Emelie

Traber, Thure - 2012

We use a quantitative electricity market model to analyze the welfare effects of refunding a share of the emission trading proceeds to support renewable energy technologies that are subject to experience effects. We compare effects of supporting renewable energies under both perfect and...

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Does Quality Make a Difference? Employment Effects of High- and Low-Quality Start-Ups

Fritsch, Michael - 2011

This paper investigates the impact of new firms' quality on the magnitude of their employment effects. Our results clearly show that the quality of start-ups, measured by their affiliation with sectors and innovative industries, strongly influences the direct and the overall employment...

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The Evolution of Income Inequality in Germany and Switzerland Since the Turn of the Millennium

Grabka, Markus - 2012

This paper presents and compares trends in income inequality in Switzerland and Germany from 2000 to 2009 using … harmonized data from the Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP) and the Swiss Household Panel (SHP). Whereas in Germany inequality has … inequality reveals the effects of Germany's slightly older population and smaller household sizes, as well as the impact of …

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Self-Employment after Socialism : Intergenerational Links, Entrepreneurial Values, and Human Capital

Fritsch, Michael - 2012

post-unified Germany. The findings suggest that the socialist regime significantly damaged this mechanism of an …

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Stepping Forward : Personality Traits, Choice of Profession, and the Decision to Become Self-Employed

Fritsch, Michael - 2013

We argue that entrepreneurial choice proceeds in at least in two steps, with vocational choice nearly always preceding choice of employment status, whether that be self-employment or dependent employment. Since the two decisions are interrelated, analysis of entrepreneurial choice as a single...

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Examining the Gender Wealth Gap in Germany

Sierminska, Eva - 2009

evidence for a significant gender wealth gap of about 30,000 euros in Germany, which amounts to almost 50,000 euros for married …

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A Head-To-Head Comparison of Augmented Wealth in Germany and the United States

Boenke, Timm - 2017

and pension wealth – for two countries: the United States and Germany. Pension wealth makes up a considerable portion of … household wealth: about 48% in the United States and 61% in Germany. The higher share in Germany narrows the wealth gap between … Germany, augmented wealth (US$651,000) is only 1.4 times higher. Further, the inclusion of pension wealth in household wealth …

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Hydrothermal Carbonization (HTC) of Green Waste : An Environmental and Economic Assessment of HTC Coal in the Metropolitan Region of Berlin, Germany

Medick, Jakob - 2017

greenhouse-gas emission reductions and costs if green waste in the metropolitan region of Berlin, Germany, is diverted from …

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A Welfare Analysis of the Electricity Transmission Regulatory Regime in Germany

Kemfert, Claudia - 2015

We analyze the current regulatory regime for electricity transmission in Germany, which combines network planning with …

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Renewable Energy Support in Germany : Surcharge Development and the Impact of a Decentralized Capacity Mechanism

Traber, Thure - 2015

The German support for renewable energies in the electricity sector is based on the feed-in tariff for investors that grants guaranteed revenues for their renewable energy supply. Corresponding to differences of granted tariffs and respective market values, a surcharge on consumption covers...

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