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Is there really a Green Paradox?
van der Ploeg, Frederick; Withagen, Cees - 2010
of renewables, stock-dependent oil extraction costs and convex climate damages. Weconcentrate on economies with an … plus scarcity rent and social cost of carbon) below thatof renewables. There are then two regimes. If the oil stock is … small, the social optimum path consists of aninitial oil-only phase followed by a renewables-only phase. With a lower cost …
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On the Effectiveness of Feed-in Tariffs in the Development of Photovoltaic Solar
Dijkgraaf, Elbert; van Dorp, Tom; Maasland, Emiel - 2014
development of renewables. This paper empirically tests whether feed-in tariff (FIT) policies have been effective in the … development of photovoltaic solar (PV), explicitly taking into account structure and consistency of FITs. Panel data estimations …
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Turbulence, Flexibility and Performance of the Long-lived Small Firm
Power, Bernadette; Reid, Gavin C - 2003
This paper focuses on a new concern in the small firm’s literature, namely what makes a small firm stay in business for a long time. It reflects a change in economic policy, away from an emphasis on volume of start-ups to an emphasis on quality of start-ups. The basic hypothesis is that...
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Procurement: The Transaction Costs Perspective in a Globalising World
den Butter, Frank A.G. - 2007
Fragmentation of production into more and more complex supply chains is a prominent feature of globalisation. It implies that transaction costs as part of total costs of ownership carry a large weight in procurement decisions. An analysis of the various types of transaction costs is also...
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Radical Innovation and Network Evolution
Phlippen, Sandra; Riccaboni, Massimo - 2007
This paper examines how a radical technological innovation affects alliance formation of firms and subsequent network structures. We use longitudinal data of interfirm R&D collaborations in the biopharmaceutical industry in which a new technological regime is established. Our findings suggest...
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In Search of Creative Champions in High-Tech Spaces
Kourtit, Karima; Nijkamp, Peter - 2013
The business performance of firms in the creative high-tech sector shows much variation. This paper examines whether the geographical location of such business firms influences the performance of these firms. The overarching analysis framework of this paper emerges from the recently developed...
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Complementary Alliances with Endogenous Fleets and Load Factors
Czerny, Achim I.; van den Berg, Vincent A.C.; Verhoef, … - 2015
This paper analyzes the effect of carrier collaboration on fleet capacity, fleet structures in terms of the number and the size of vehicles, and load factors. The model features complementary networks, scheduling, price elastic demands, and demand uncertainty. For the case of a given number of...
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Volatility Spillovers between Energy and Agricultural Markets: A Critical Appraisal of Theory and Practice
Chang, Chia-Lin; Li, Yiying; McAleer, Michael - 2015
Energy and agricultural commodities and markets have been examined extensively, albeit separately, for a number of years. In the energy literature, the returns, volatility and volatility spillovers (namely, the delayed effect of a returns shock in one asset on the subsequent volatility or...
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Consumer Valuation of Driving Range: A Meta-Analysis
Dimitropoulos, Alexandros; Rietveld, Piet; van Ommeren, … - 2011
We perform a meta-analysis of studies investigating consumers' preferences for electric and other alternative fuel vehicles to provide insights into the way consumers trade off driving range for capital costs. We find that consumers are willing to pay, on average, between 47 and 64 USD for a...
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Limit Pricing, Climate Policies, and Imperfect Substitution
van der Meijden, Gerard; Withagen, Cees - 2016
from the beginning, a renewables subsidy increases initial extraction, whereas a carbon tax leaves initial extraction … unaffected. However, if the initially fossil fuels are cheaper than renewables, a renewables subsidy and a carbon tax lower … fossil fuels and renewables are imperfect but good substitutes, the monopolist will exhibit `limit pricing resembling …
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