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In the debate on the premature phase-out of nuclear power generation in Germany, there is an intense dispute on the …-out regulations affect both the magnitude of total economic costs and the distribution of these costs across nuclear power plants and … competing companies. Based on a dynamic partial equilibrium analysis of power supply options, we quantify the excess costs of …
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In a long-run social experiment, personal budgets have been tested as an alternative to the home care programs of the German long-term care insurance (LTCI). Due to extending the coverage beyond LTCI approved services and agencies, personal budgets may improve care outcomes compared to the...
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costs (hedging costs) for firm values and exposure. Based on time series data of German DAX companies, DM/ dollar rates and … finding can be explained by higher exchange rate adjustment costs in case of substantial deviations from the long-run median … level. Furthermore, there is indication of asymmetric adjustment costs as effects from appreciations of domestic currency …
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This paper is concerned with the question as to what extent population size and density affect the cost of providing public services at the subnational level. Empirical estimates of cost functions are obtained from an analysis of the expenditures of German states disaggregated into about 40...
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deutlich, dass die laufenden Kosten von aufgeschobenen Leibrentenversicherungen zum Teil deutlich unter den Kosten für … Ansparen in Investmentfonds mit gleicher durchschnittlicher Renditeerwartung vor Kosten, wie sie private Rentenversicherungen … bieten, und den hier unterstellten Kosten für aktienorientierte Investmentfonds aus Kostensicht nicht immer effizient ist …
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Energy and resource efficiency innovations (EREIs) are often seen as win-win opportunities for both the economic and the environmental performance of firms. It is thus worth asking how the innovation activities and performance of firms with regard to energy and resource efficiency look like: Do...
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reduction from nuclear power operation given additional constraints on back-up technologies. Costs of accelerating the phase …, adjustment costs would increase to 230 CHF under SOA and 110 CHF under MOP. …
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This paper analyzes which factors are driving the ZEW Indicator of Economic Sentiment. Using the results of a poll among survey participants as well as Granger causality tests we identify three groups of influence factors: other sentiment indicators, financial variables and real economy data. In...
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Die Untersuchung analysiert das Sparverhalten der über 30- bis unter 50jährigen Personen bzw. Haushalte mit Haushaltsvorständen in dieser Altersgruppe in Reaktion auf erhaltene Erbschaften bzw. Transfers zu Lebzeiten. Zugrunde liegen aktuelle Daten des Sozio-oekonomischen Panels. Mittels...
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With the establishment of the Bundesanstalt für Finanzdienstleistungsaufsicht (BaFin) in May 2002 Germany followed the … authority in Germany. Moreover, BaFin?s tasks and structure are discussed. …
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