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Do wind turbines have adverse health impacts?

Krekel, Christian; Rode, Johannes; Roth, Alexander - 2023

While wind power is considered key in the transition towards net zero, there are concerns about adverse health impacts on nearby residents. Based on precise geographical coordinates, we link a representative longitudinal household panel to all wind turbines in Germany and exploit their staggered...

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The effect of renewable energy development on carbon emission reduction : an empirical analysis for the EU-15 countries

Abolhosseini, Shahrouz; Heshmati, Almas; Altmann, Jörn - 2014

The increased concerns about climate change have made renewable energy sources an important topic of research. Several scholars have applied different methodologies to examine the relationships between energy consumption and economic growth of individual and groups of countries and to analyze...

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Market design for trading commoditized renewable energy

Heshmati, Almas; Abolhosseini, Shahrouz - 2014

Information and communication technology plays an important role in achieving a higher level of energy efficiency. In particular, energy efficiency can be achieved by integrating information technology into electricity networks to enable the interaction between suppliers and customers (smart...

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A review of renewable energy supply and energy efficiency technologies

Abolhosseini, Shahrouz; Heshmati, Almas; Altmann, Jörn - 2014

Electricity consumption will comprise an increasing share of global energy demand during the next two decades. In recent years, the increasing prices of fossil fuels and concerns about the environmental consequences of greenhouse gas emissions have renewed the interest in the development of...

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The main support mechanisms to finance renewable energy development

Abolhosseini, Shahrouz; Heshmati, Almas - 2014

Considering that the major part of greenhouse gases is carbon dioxide, there is a global concern aimed at reducing carbon emissions. Additionally, major consumer countries are looking for alternative sources of energy to avoid the impact of higher fossil fuel prices and political instability in...

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The labor market effects of payroll taxes in a middle-income country : evidence from Colombia

Kugler, Adriana D. (contributor); … - 2003

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Regional income inequality in selected large countries

Heshmati, Almas (contributor) - 2004 - [Elektronische Ressource]

Income inequality can be measured at different levels of aggregation such as global, continental, international and national levels. Here we consider income inequality at the national level but the focus is on the within country regional inequality. Regional inequality in income distribution in...

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Factor adjustments after deregulation : panel evidence from Colombian plants

Eslava, Marcela; Haltiwanger, John C.; Kugler, Adriana D.; … - 2005

In this paper, we analyze employment and capital adjustments using a panel of plants from Colombia. We allow for … investment. Moreover, we find that the market oriented reforms introduced in Colombia after 1990 increased employment adjustments … efficiency, the reforms introduced in Colombia generated only modest improvements. -- joint factor adjustment ; irreversibilities …

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Signaling specific skills and the labor market of college graduates

Busso, Matias; Montaño, Sebastián; Muñoz-Morales, Juan - 2023

a government-sponsored award given to top-performing students on a nationwide college exit exam in Colombia. Students …

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Flooding the brains : natural disasters, student outcomes, and the urban-rural gap in human capital

Muñoz-Morales, Juan - 2024

unusual rainfall shock affecting over two million people in both urban and rural Colombia. The results show that these …

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