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Survey of Models on Demand, Customer Base-Line and Demand Response and Their Relationships in the Power Market
Heshmati, Almas - 2012
The increasing use of demand-side management as a tool to reliably meet electricity demand at peak time has stimulated interest among researchers, consumers and producer organizations, managers, regulators and policymakers, This research reviews the growing literature on models used to study...
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Estimation of Productivity in Korean Electric Power Plants : A Semiparametric Smooth Coefficient Model
Heshmati, Almas - 2013
This paper analyzes the impact of load factor, facility and generator types on the productivity of Korean electric power plants. In order to capture important differences in the effect of load policy on power output, we use a semiparametric smooth coefficient (SPSC) model that allows us to model...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013084669
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Differential and Distributional Effects of Energy Efficiency Surveys : Evidence from Electricity Consumption
Kniesner, Thomas J. - 2016
Our research investigates the magnitude of the effect of residential energy efficiency audit programs on later household electricity consumption. These programs are designed to increase awareness of household energy consumption with personalized feedback that will eventually lead to behavioral...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013002449
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The Causal Effects of an Industrial Policy
Criscuolo, Chiara - 2012
positive program treatment effect on employment, investment and net entry but not on TFP. OLS underestimates program effects …,300 suggesting that in some respects investment subsidies can be cost effective …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013110849
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Cross-Border Mergers and National Champions in an Integrating Economy
Suedekum, Jens - 2006
We introduce a simple oligopolistic trade model with international transportation costs, and analyze the profitability and the social desirability of national vs. international mergers in relation to three different issues, (i) the level of trade freeness, (ii) the possibility of rent...
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The Causal Effects of an Industrial Policy
Criscuolo, Chiara; Martin, Ralf; Overman, Henry G.; Van … - Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2012
positiveprogram treatment effect on employment, investment and net entry but not on TFP. OLSunderestimates program effects because the … insome respects investment subsidies can be cost effective.... …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009486961
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Capital Prices and Eurozone Competitiveness Differentials
Askenazy, Philippe - 2013
Competitiveness differentials are blamed for the instability of the Eurozone. Most of the analyses focus on labour costs or labour-market institutions. This paper explores an additional source of differentials in competitiveness: land and building prices. European countries, especially France,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013086230
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The Effect of Employment Protection Legislation and Financial Market Imperfections on Investment : Evidence from a Firm-Level Panel of EU Countries
Cingano, Federico - 2009
This paper analyzes the joint effect of EPL and financial market imperfections on investment, capital … stronger in firms with lower levels of internal resources. We find that, on average, EPL reduces investment per worker, capital …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013159932
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On the Relationship between Public and Private Investment in the Euro Area
Dreger, Christian - 2014
This paper explores the long run relationship between public and private investment in the euro area in terms of … capital stocks and gross investment flows. Panel techniques ac-counting for international spillovers are employed. While … private and public capital stocks are cointegrated, the evidence is quite fragile for public and private investment flows …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013057463
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The Productivity Impact of R&D Investment : A Comparison between the EU and the US
Castellani, Davide - 2016
Using data on the US and EU top R&D spenders from 2004 until 2012, this paper investigates the sources of the US/EU productivity gap. We find robust evidence that US firms have a higher capacity to translate R&D into productivity gains (especially in the high-tech industries), and this...
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