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The power of mandatory quality disclosure : evidence from the German housing market

Frondel, Manuel; Gerster, Andreas; Vance, Colin - 2017

Many countries have introduced Energy Performance Certificates to mitigate the information asymmetry with respect to the thermal quality of houses. Drawing on a stylized theoretical model that is coupled with comprehensive data on real estate advertisements in the German housing market, this...

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Heterogeneity in residential electricity consumption : a quantile regression approach

Frondel, Manuel; Sommer, Stephan; Vance, Colin - 2017

Drawing on the most recent wave of the German Residential Energy Survey (GRECS), this paper estimates the contribution of individual appliances to household electricity consumption. Moving beyond the standard focus of estimating mean effects, we combine the conditional demand approach with...

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Does financial compensation increase the acceptance of power lines? : evidence from Germany

Simora, Michael; Frondel, Manuel; Vance, Colin - 2018

Although public support for renewable energy promotion in Germany is strong, the required power line construction has …

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Cycling on the extensive and intensive margin : the role of paths and prices

Frondel, Manuel; Vance, Colin - 2016

Drawing on a panel of German survey data spanning 1997-2013, this paper identifi es the correlates of non-recreational bicycling, focusing specifically on the roles of bicycle paths and fuel prices. Our approach conceptualizes ridership as a two stage decision process comprising the discrete...

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Rental prices in Germany : a comparison between migrants and natives

Eilers, Lea; Paloyo, Alfredo R.; Vance, Colin - 2017

This paper deals with the question of whether migrants in Germany pay a rent premium for apartments of comparable …

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The German productivity paradox : facts and explanations

Elstner, Steffen; Feld, Lars P.; Schmidt, Christoph M. - 2018

Despite massive digitization efforts, the German economy has experienced a marked slowdown in its productivity growth. This paper analyzes the reasons behind this disconcerting development. A major factor is the turnaround of the labor market that commenced around 2005. The successful...

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Time lags in the pass-through of crude-oil prices : big data evidence from the German gasoline market

Frondel, Manuel; Vance, Colin; Kihm, Alex - 2015

majors in Germany. We assemble a high-frequency panel data set that encompasses millions of price observations and allows us …

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The burden of Germany’s energy transition : an empirical analysis of distributional effects

Frondel, Manuel; Sommer, Stephan; Vance, Colin - 2015

Germany’s energy transition has been accompanied by a near doubling of power prices for private households since the … implications of Germany’s energy transition by investigating their electricity cost burden between 2006 and 2012, using data from … consumption as for heating purposes. Given Germany’s ambitious targets to expand the share of costly renewable technologies in …

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Identifying free-riding in energy-conservation programs using revealed preference data

Grösche, Peter; Schmidt, Christoph M.; Vance, Colin - 2009

the free-rider share using revealed preference data on home renovations from Germany's residential sector. We employ a …

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Driving for fun? : a comparison of weekdays and weekend travel

Frondel, Manuel; Vance, Colin - 2009

Focusing on individual motorists in car-owning households in Germany, this paper econometrically investigates the …

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