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The diverse structures of passenger car taxation in Europe and the EU Commissions proposal for reform

Kunert, Uwe (contributor); Kuhfeld, Hartmut (contributor) - 2006

registration, ownership and use of cars are assessed differently across Europe, and their rates vary significantly. We find that … Europe, because it is crucial that the traffic sector contribute more to climate protection, and because motor vehicles …

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Women in managerial positions in Europe

Holst, Elke (contributor) - 2006

Prejudices and stereotypical beliefs about the role of women in society often limit their chances of reaching top leadership positions. This paper presents a detailed analysis of the socioeconomic structure and the gender pay gap in managerial positions in Germany building on a review from a...

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Female labor market transitions in Europe

Kaiser, Lutz C. (contributor) - 2006

Using micro panel data, labor market transitions are analyzed for the EU-member states by cumulative year-by-year transition probabilities. As female (non-)employment patterns changed more dramatically than male employment in past decades, the analyses mainly refer to female labor supply. In...

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Russian natural gas exports to Europe effects of Russian gas market reforms and the rising market power of Gazprom

Sagen, Eirik Lund (contributor); … - 2006

Gazprom, the dominant gas company in Russia, is widely believed to be the key supplier of gas to Europe in the … prices and sufficient production capacities are vital to maintain Gazpromś market share in Europe over the next decade. At … spot trades in Europe may encourage Gazprom to exercise market power in its export markets. …

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European electricity grid infrastructure expansion in a 2050 context

Egerer, Jonas; Gerbaulet, Clemens; Lorenz, Casimir - 2013

The European climate targets until 2050 require an adaptation of the generation portfolio in terms of renewable and fossil based generation. Assumptions on the timeline of the targets and the availability and costs of generation technologies are used in energy system models to optimize the cost...

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The role of natural gas in a low-carbon Europe : infrastructure and regional supply security in the global gas model

Holz, Franziska; Richter, Philipp M.; Egging, Ruud - 2013

gas market until 2050. Three pathways of natural gas consumption in a future low-carbon energy system in Europe are … from Russia, Europe has to increasingly rely on pipeline exports from Africa and the Caspian region from where new …

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Self-employment and economic performance : a geographically weighted regression approach for European regions

Pijnenburg, Katharina - 2013

The self-employment rate includes entrepreneurs out of opportunity and entrepreneurs out of necessity. While the effect of opportunity entrepreneurs on economic development should be positive, there should be no or a negative effect of necessity entrepreneurship. We use a geographically weighted...

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All quiet on the Eastern front? : disruption scenarios of Russian natural gas supply to Europe

Richter, Philipp M.; Holz, Franziska - 2014

natural gas within Europe. We use the Global Gas Model (GGM), a large-scale mixed complementarity representation of the …

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Coordinating cross-country congestion management

Kunz, Friedrich; Zerrahn, Alexander - 2016

We employ a detailed two-stage model to simulate the operation of the Central Eastern European electricity market and network. Implementing different cases of coordination in congestion management between national transmission system operators, numerical results show the beneficial impact of...

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Shaking Dutch grounds won't shatter the European gas market

Holz, Franziska; Brauers, Hanna; Richter, Philipp M.; … - 2015

demand reduction effect. Even if Russia fails to supply Europe, the additional impact of the lower Dutch production is …

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