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Demand for off-grid solar electricity : experimental evidence from Rwanda
Grimm, Michael; Lenz, Luciane; Peters, Jörg; Sievert, … - 2016
Providing electricity to the unconnected 1.1 billion people in developing countries is one of the top political priorities of the international community, yet the costs of reaching this objective are very high. The present paper examines whether the objective and the associated costs are...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011595177
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The local economic impact of wind power deployment
May, Nils G.; Nilsen, Øivind Anti - 2015
benefits. The theoretical analysis is followed by an empirical analysis using German county-level panel data. After controlling …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010516463
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Urban resilience and social security uptake : New Zealand evidence from the global financial crisis and the COVID-19 pandemic
Cochrane, William; Poot, Jacques; Roskruge, Matthew - 2022
construct a two-period panel of 66 Territorial Authorities (TAs) of New Zealand (NZ) observed in 2008-09 and 2020-21. We find … spatial panel regression models. Additionally, we use machine learning techniques. We find that the most resilient TAs had two …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013347147
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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010356799
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An empirical survey of the ramifications of a green economy
Heshmati, Almas - 2014
The unprecedented deterioration of our global environment has increased the necessity of relying upon Green Economic policies as critical and effective environmental management tools. The current situation has stimulated extensive research and debate among global interest groups. This has...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010339613
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Aggregation in large dynamic panels
Pesaran, M. Hashem; Chudik, Alexander - 2011
This paper considers the problem of aggregation in the case of large linear dynamic panels, where each micro unit is … Pesaran (2003), an optimal aggregate function is derived, and the limiting behavior of the aggregation error is investigated … which "observed" inflation persistence at the aggregate level is due to aggregation and/or common unobserved factors. Our …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009130496
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A first step up the energy ladder? : low cost solar kits and household's welfare in rural Rwanda
Grimm, Michael; Munyehirwe, Anicet; Peters, Jörg; … - 2014
More than 1.3 billion people lack access to electricity. The UN have proclaimed the goal of providing electricity to all by 2030. In recent years, Pico-Photovoltaic kits have become a lower cost alternative to investment intensive grid electrification. Using a randomized controlled trial we...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010423764
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Household entrepreneurship and social networks : panel data evidence from Vietnam
Nguyen Huu Chi; Nordman, Christophe J. - 2017
Using a unique panel of household businesses for Vietnam, this paper sheds light on the links between households' and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011596173
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Does class size matter for school tracking outcomes after elementary school? : quasi-experimental evidence using administrative panel data from Germany
Argaw, Bethlehem A.; Puhani, Patrick A. - 2017
We use administrative panel data on about a quarter of a million students in the German state of Hesse to estimate the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011775947
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Air pollution and infant mortality : evidence from the expansion of natural gas infrastructure
Cesur, Resul; Tekin, Erdal; Ulker, Aydogan - 2013
One of the consequences of rapid economic growth and industrialization in the developing world has been deterioration in environmental conditions and air quality. While air pollution is a serious threat to health in most developing countries, environmental regulations are rare and the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009699317