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Demand for Off-Grid Solar Electricity : Experimental Evidence from Rwanda
Grimm, Michael - 2017
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/10012966822
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The Local Economic Impact of Wind Power Deployment
May, Nils - 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/10013022997
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The Main Support Mechanisms to Finance Renewable Energy Development
Abolhosseini, Shahrouz - 2015
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/10013033499
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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/10013055566
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Endogenous Local Labour Markets, Regional Aggregation and Agglomeration Economies
Meekes, Jordy - 2019
This paper examines the role of regional aggregation in measuring agglomeration externalities. Using Dutch … effect of employment density on workers' wages increases in the level of regional aggregation, explained by larger … higher levels of regional aggregation …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012859286
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Aggregation in Large Dynamic Panels
Pesaran, M. Hashem - 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 ﾑobservedﾒ inflation persistence at the aggregate level is due to aggregation and/or common unobserved factors. Our …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013129942
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A First Step Up the Energy Ladder? Low Cost Solar Kits and Household's Welfare in Rural Rwanda
Grimm, Michael - 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/10013044417
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A Computationally Practical Simulation Estimation Algorithm for Dynamic Panel Data Models with Unobserved Endogenous State Variables
Keane, Michael P. - 2009
This paper develops a simulation estimation algorithm that is particularly useful for estimating dynamic panel data …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012764470
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Joining Panel Data with Cross-Sections for Efficiency Gains : An Application to a Consumption Equation For Nicaragua
Bruno, Randolph Luca - 2009
the bias in the unpaired sample. In a second step, corrected unpaired observations are used jointly with panel data. This …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012766730
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Does the Order and Timing of Active Labor Market Programs Matter?
Lechner, Michael - 2016
This paper extends the traditional focus of active labor market policy evaluation from a static comparison of participation in a program versus nonparticipation (or participation in another program) to the evaluation of the effects of program sequences, i.e. multiple participation or timing of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012747581