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This paper analyses different policies that may promote the transition towards a low-carbon economy. We present a dynamic simulation model where three different strategies are identified: improvements in energy efficiency, the development of the renewable energy sector, and carbon capture and...
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Transformation of energy systems is influencing economic policy agendas all over the world, particularly so in industrialized countries. In this process, Germany has taken a pioneering role. Technical innovations, institutional frameworks, and business models established there are of interest...
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With liberalization in 1998, numerous firms have entered the German retail electricity market, including newly formed cooperatives. Based on Transaction Cost Economics, we develop a theoretical framework seeking to explain preferences for electricity supplied by cooperatives from a consumer...
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In this paper we examine the mobility of Polish households with regard to saving rates during the years 2007-2010 and … compare it with the households’ saving mobility during the years 1997-2000. The analysis for 2007-2010 is based on the …-2009 and 2009-2010 from the Household Budget Surveys. We use the Markov mobility matrix and estimate the long-term ergodic …
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labour market. Thirdly, we propose a measure of mobility based on our similarity measure, and estimate a regression model … that relates mobility to worker and job characteristics and to the economic cycle. Finally, these tools are included in an …
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We propose a dynamic general equilibrium model to address the effects of technological progress on immigrant skill composition. Our results from this positive model suggest that neutral and skill-biased technological change imply essentially different immigration policies. On the one hand,...
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management of transport management and mobility, thought from the welfare and urban competitiveness, as part of a process of … territories in Medellín, through the development of mobility, seeking to generate a positive effect on access to downtown, saving …
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This study analyzes determinants of business relocation and identifies regional characteristics which attract relocating firms. Results indicate that the relocation decisions of firms are sector-dependent, and the migratory behavior of firms in knowledge-intensive sectors notably differs from...
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Variations between the diverse pension systems in the member states of the European Union hamper labour market mobility … accounts. This would have macroeconomic benefits and provide a solid pension provision that can enhance mobility, instead of …
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construction, or on the design, or even on the mobility systems. How one can face these problems, and how it can be so decisivelly …
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