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On the relevance of exports for regional output growth in China
Dreger, Christian; Zhang, Yanqun - 2013
Despite high economic growth during the last decades, China is still vulnerable to shocks arising from industrial states. The advanced economies determine Chinese export performance, with subsequent effects on output growth. Using a production function approach, this paper examines to which...
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Does euro area membership affect the relation between GDP growth and public debt?
Dreger, Christian; Reimers, Hans-Eggert - 2012
We analyse the relationship between the debt to GDP ratio and real per capita GDP growth for the euro area members by distinguishing between periods of sustainable and non-sustainable debt. Thresholds are theory-based and depend on the macroeconomic framework. If the interest rate exceeds...
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A further examination of the export-led growth hypothesis
Dreger, Christian; Herzer, Dierk - 2011
This paper challenges the common view that exports generally contribute more to GDP growth than a pure change in export volume, as the export-led growth hypothesis predicts. Applying panel cointegration techniques to a production function with non-export GDP as the dependent variable, we find...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009515008
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Gone with the wind? : electricity market prices and incentives to invest in thermal power plants under increasing wind energy supply
Traber, Thure (contributor); Kemfert, Claudia (contributor) - 2009
The increased wind energy supplied to many electricity markets around the world has to be balanced by reliable back up units or other complementary measures when wind conditions are low. At the same time wind energy impacts both, the utilization of thermal power plants and the market prices....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003793111
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Power-to-heat for renewable energy integration : technologies, modeling approaches, and flexibility potentials
Bloess, Andreas; Schill, Wolf-Peter; Zerrahn, Alexander - 2017
Flexibly coupling power and heat sectors may contribute to both renewable energy integration and decarbonization. We … temporal research scopes and identify state-of-the-art analytical model formulations, particularly concerning heat pumps and … indicates that power-to-heat technologies can cost-effectively contribute to fossil fuel substitution, renewable integration …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011704383
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Europe's twenties : a study using the WIATEC model
Kemfert, Claudia; Kremers, Hans; Truong, Truong Phuoc - 2009
In this paper, we use a computable general equilibrium model (WIATEC) to study the potential impact of implementing Europe's 20-20-20 climate policy. The results show that the economic costs of implementing the policy are only moderate and within the range of recent empirical evidence....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003872890
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Energy consumption and economic growth : new insights into the cointegration relationship
Belke, Ansgar; Dreger, Christian; Haan, Frauke de - 2010
This paper examines the long-run relationship between energy consumption and real GDP, including energy prices, for 25 OECD countries from 1981 to 2007. The distinction between common factors and idiosyncratic components using principal component analysis allows to distinguish between...
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Facilitating low‐carbon investments : lessons from natural gas
Neumann, Anne; Neuhoff, Karsten - 2011
Decarbonisation of energy and transport infrastructure requires significant private sector investments. The natural gas industry has demonstrated such large scale private sector infrastructure investment over the last decades, typically using long-term contractual arrangements. Are therefore...
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Measuring productivity when technologies are heterogeneous : a semi-parametric approach for electricity generation
Seifert, Stefan - 2015
While productivity growth in electricity generation is associated with multiple positive effects from an economic and environmental perspective, measuring it is challenging. This paper proposes a framework to estimate and decompose productivity growth for a sector characterized by multiple...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011392214
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Land access, tenure and investment in post-war Northern Mozambique
Brück, Tilman - 2003
The relationship between land investment and tenure security is usually tested in land scarce but peaceful areas. This article examines instead the effects of land abundance and war for investment and tenure security. The paper demonstrates that war enhances land abundance. This implies that...
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