efficiency effects of a form of affirmative action used by governments: set-aside programs. Employing a machine learning …. Our findings illustrate how the dynamic capabilities of a federal agency can simultaneously enhance equity and efficiency. …

The manufacturing sector accounts for a substantial share of German GDP, employment and carbon emissions. Therefore …, the manufacturing sector's energy use and carbon emissions are of crucial importance for reaching Germany's climate goals …. In this paper, we analyse energy use patterns in German manufacturing between 2003 and 2014, using rich administrative …

emissions from German manufacturing have actually increased between 2005 and 2017. In this paper, we provide evidence of how the … policy mix overall has affected the German manufacturing sector in its entirety. Using detailed administrative micro-data at … carbon emissions is due to an increase in manufacturing’s production scale. Relative to the strong output growth, our …