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The Value of Transmission in Electricity Markets : Evidence from a Nuclear Power Plant Closure
Davis, Lucas W. - 2014
Reliable estimates of the value of electricity transmission are critical if these heavily-regulated investments are to be made cost-effectively. In this paper, we exploit the abrupt closure of the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station (SONGS) in February 2012. During the previous decade, SONGS...
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The Private and External Costs of Germany's Nuclear Phase-Out
Jarvis, Stephen - 2019
Many countries have phased out nuclear electricity production in response to concerns about nuclear waste and the risk of nuclear accidents. This paper examines the impact of the shutdown of roughly half of the nuclear production capacity in Germany after the Fukushima accident in 2011. We use...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012857668
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What Would it Take to Reduce Us Greenhouse Gas Emissions 80% by 2050?
Heal, Geoffrey M. - 2016
I investigate the cost and feasibility of reducing US GHG emissions by 80% from 2005 levels by 2050. The US has stated in its Paris COP 21 submission that this is its aspiration. I suggest that this goal can be reached at a cost in the range of $37 to $135 bn/year. I assume that the goal is to...
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Chernobyl'S Subclinical Legacy : Prenatal Exposure to Radioactive Fallout and School Outcomes in Sweden
Almond, Douglas; Edlund, Lena; Palme, Marten - 2021
Japanese atomic bomb survivors irradiated 8-25 weeks after ovulation subsequently suffered reduced IQ [Otake and Schull, 1998]. Whether these findings generalize to low doses (less than 10 mGy) has not been established. This paper exploits the natural experiment generated by the Chernobyl...
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Prospects for Nuclear Power
Davis, Lucas W. - 2011
The prospects for a revival of nuclear power were dim even before the partial reactor meltdowns at the Fukushima nuclear plant. Nuclear power has long been controversial because of concerns about nuclear accidents, proliferation risk, and the storage of spent fuel. These concerns are real and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013117387
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The Global History of Corporate Governance : An Introduction
Steier, Lloyd - 2013
, Germany, Japan, India, Italy, the Netherlands, Sweden, the United Kingdom, and the United States. Together, the studies …
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Investor Sentiment in Japanese and U.S. Daily Mutual Fund Flows
Brown, Stephen J. - 2013
using data from both the United States and Japan. In both markets exposure to this factor is priced, and in the Japanese … in Japan display some evidence of negative correlation to domestic and foreign equity funds, suggesting that there is a … foreign vs. domestic sentiment factor in Japan that does not appear in the contemporaneous U.S. data. By contrast, U.S. mutual …
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An Exploration of the Japanese Slowdown During the 1990s
Comin, Diego A. - 2012
their endogenous technology mechanisms can amplify and propagate the wage markup fluctuations observed in Japan over the … output, consumption, investment, TFP and hours worked in Japan during the quot;lost decadequot;, specially up to 1998. During …
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Productivity Growth in the Automobile Industry, 1970-1980 : a Comparisonof Canada, Japan and the United States
Fuss, Melvyn - 2012
Canada, the U.S.and Japan. Utilizing an econometric cost function methodology, we are able to isolate the major source of …
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Wage Structures and Labor Turnover in the U.S. And in Japan
Mincer, Jacob - 2011
proximate reason for the strong degree of worker attachment to the firm in Japan. The greater emphasis on training and …. Using productivity growth indexes for industries in the U.S. and in Japan we test the hypothesis that rapid technical change … to Japan than to the U.S …
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