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Kholodilin, Konstantin A.; Meerovich, Mark G. - 2014

, housing policy was carried out in different countries differently. This is particularly true for Germany and Russia. Even … Germany and Russia, identifying the similarities and differences. …

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FTR allocations to ease transition to nodal pricing: An application to the German power system

Kunz, Friedrich; Neuhoff, Karsten; Rosellón, Juan - 2014

A shift from zonal pricing to smaller zones and nodal pricing improves efficiency and security of system operation. Resulting price changes do however also shift profits and surplus between and across generation and load. As individual actorscan lose, they might oppose any reform. We explore how...

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Do entrepreneurs really earn less?

Sorgner, Alina; Fritsch, Michael; Kritikos, Alexander - 2014

Based on representative micro data for Germany, we compare the incomes of self-employed with those of wage workers. Our …

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Technical efficiency and CO2 reduction potentials: An analysis of the German electricity generating sector

Seifert, Stefan; Cullmann, Astrid; von Hirschhausen, … - 2014

In this paper, we analyze the technical efficiency of CO2 reduction potentials of German power and heat plants, using a non-parametric sequential Data Envelopment Analysis. We apply a metafrontier framework to evaluate plant-level efficiencies in the transformation of inputs into desirable...

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Why did self-employment increase so strongly in Germany?

Fritsch, Michael; Kritikos, Alexander; Sorgner, Alina - 2015

Germany experienced a unique rise in the level of self-employment in the first two decades following unification … employees and the overall level of self-employment in West Germany, their explanatory power is much lower for the stronger … increase of solo self-employment and of self-employment in former socialist East Germany. …

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The partisan effects of voter turnout: How conservatives profit from rainy election days

Arnold, Felix; Freier, Ronny - 2015

In this short note, we use data from different elections in the German state of North-Rhine Westphalia between 1975 and 2010 to show that the social democrats generally profit from higher voter turnout at the expense of the conservatives. We deal with the endogeneity of voter turnout by using...

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A welfare analysis of the electricity transmission regulatory regime in Germany

Kemfert, Claudia; Kunz, Friedrich; Rosellón, Juan - 2015

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

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The pros and cons of sick pay schemes: Testing for contagious presenteeism and shirking behavior

Pichler, Stefan; Ziebarth, Nicolas R. - 2015

This paper proposes a test for the existence and degree of contagious presenteeism and negative externalities in sickness insurance schemes. First, we theoretically decompose moral hazard into shirking and contagious presenteeism behavior and derive testable conditions. Then, we implement the...

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When low market values are no bad news: On the coordination of renewable support and real-time pricing

Pahle, Michael; Schill, Wolf-Peter; Gambardella, Christian - 2015

We analyze the interactions between different renewable support schemes and the benefits of real-time pricing (RTP) using a stylized economic model with a detailed demand-side representation calibrated to the German market. We find that there are considerable differences between a market premium...

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Regulation and investment incentives in electricity distribution: An empirical assessment

Cullmann, Astrid; Nieswand, Maria - 2015

decisions of 109 electricity distribution companies operating in Germany in 2006-2012. We hypothesize that Germany … comprehensive assessment of Germany's electricity distribution companies' investment decisions and behaviors should account for firm …

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