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Alternative Liberalisierungsmodelle für die Stromwirtschaft : eine komparative Institutionenanalyse
Kumkar, Lars - 1999
Ein Jahr nach Inkrafttreten der deutschen Energierechtsnovelle sind die Konturen der zukünftigen Strommarktregulierung noch zu weiten Teilen ungeklärt. Vor diesem aktuellen wirtschaftspolitischem Hintergrund wird in diesem Papier die Frage nach einer sachgerechten Ausrichtung der...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011475164
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Why economic growth trends differ so much across developing countries : the globalization debate and its relevance to Pakistan
Nunnenkamp, Peter - 2002
The claim of globalization critics that the income gap to industrial countries is bound to widen for essentially all … developing countries as a consequence of economic globalization is in conflict with empirical evidence. Economic performance … and foreign indebtedness which may explain the varying experience with globalization in regard to per capita income growth …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011495392
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Are unfair import laws unfair to developing countries : evidence from US antidumping actions 1990 - 2004
Morkre, Morris E. (contributor); Spinanger, Dean (contributor) - 2008
This paper investigates the effects of U.S. AD actions on DCs. It first considers administrative actions by the U.S. Department of Commerce, which decides AD margins for countries. It then considers decision making by the U.S. International Trade Commission, which determines injury to domestic...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003745154
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Relative forecasting performance of volatility models : Monte Carlo evidence
Lux, Thomas; Morales-Arias, Leonardo - 2010
A Monte Carlo (MC) experiment is conducted to study the forecasting performance of a variety of volatility models under alternative data generating processes (DGPs). The models included in the MC study are the (Fractionally Integrated) Generalized Autoregressive Conditional Heteroskedasticity...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003932329
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Distribution matters : taxes vs. emissions trading in post Kyoto climate regimes
Peterson, Sonja (contributor); Klepper, Gernot (contributor) - 2007
The policy instruments for emissions reductions will be an integral part of a Post Kyoto Climate Regime. In this paper we compare a harmonized international carbon tax to a cap and trade system with different allocation rules for the emission caps. The caps are based either on the requirement...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003550445
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Second thoughts on development accounting
Gundlach, Erich; Rudman, Desmond; Woessmann, Ludger - 1998
We estimate the relative roles of factor inputs and productivity in explaining the level of economic development, which is measured as output per worker. For a large sample of countries, we show that alternative identifying productivity assumptions and alternative measures of human capital have...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011472182
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Benchmarking the future : a dynamic, multi-regional, multi-sectoral trade model for the analysis of climate policies
Klepper, Gernot; Springer, Katrin - 2000
For analyzing the impact of climate change and of international climate policies on the international division of labor and on regional welfare the use of a disaggregated multi–sectoral, multi–regional dynamic computable general equilibrium model is appropriate. This paper discusses the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011495313
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Why do preferences for redistribution differ across countries? : an experimental analysis
Grimalda, Gianluca; Farina, Francesco; Conte, Anna; … - 2022
and Germany, regardless of whether self-interest is relevant. When self-interest matters, differences across countries are … letting rich people keep their earnings - in the US and Italy than in Germany and Norway. Those earning (or expecting to earn …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013336228
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Why do preferences for redistribution differ across countries? : an experimental analysis
Grimalda, Gianluca; Farina, Francesco; Conte, Anna; … - 2022 - This draft: January 2023
frequently in the US and Italy than in Germany and Norway. Above-the-median earners behave similarly across countries. Higher …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013488838
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Do labour market institutions matter? : Micro-level wage effects of international outsourcing in three European countries
Geishecker, Ingo (contributor); Görg, Holger (contributor);  … - 2008
labour market institutions: Germany, the UK and Denmark. To do so we use individual level data sets for the three countries …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003640083