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Fossil natural gas exit : a new narrative for European energy transformation towards decarbonization
Hirschhausen, Christian R. von; Kemfert, Claudia; … - 2020
transformation in Europe on its way to complete decarbonization. Mainstream conventional wisdom has it that natural gas, perhaps in … corresponding infrastructure is the next logical step of the transformation process in Europe. The lack of an economic perspective … phasing out of natural gas in Europe has already started, and will continue until its complete phase-out, most likely in the …
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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009722294
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Productivity differences in the European Union : national, regional and spatial effects
Geppert, Kurt; Gornig, Martin; Stephan, Andreas - 2003
Using panel data on European regions and applying Analysis of Covariance, our study provides an empirical assessment of the relative importance of national, regional and spatial factors for explaining variations of productivity. Our analysis shows that initial economic conditions or...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011439298
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Is there increasing regional specialisation within the general process of deindustrialisation?
Geppert, Kurt (contributor); Gornig, Martin (contributor);  … - 2008
Trade theory and economic geography suggest that the removal of trade barriers is likely to bring about more economic specialisation and potentially more diverse development paths between countries and regions. Thus, the deepening and extending European integration should be accompanied by an...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003726173
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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011436037
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The war in Europe : economic costs of the Ukrainian conflict
Bluszcz, Julia; Valente, Marica - 2019
With more than ten thousand casualties, the 2014 Ukrainian war between pro-Russian separatists and the government in the Donbass region, Ukraine's productive core, has taken a severe toll on the country. Using cross-country panel data over the period 1995-2017, this paper quantifies the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012005303
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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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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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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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010358860
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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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