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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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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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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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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 analyses the macroeconomic costs of environmental regulation in European energy markets on the basis of …. From a macroeconomic point of view, however, the costs of environmental regulation appear to be modest. The underlying …
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Who does, and who should initiate costly certification by a third party under asymmetric quality information, the buyer or the seller? Our answer - the seller - follows from a nontrivial analysis revealing a clear intuition. Buyer-induced certification acts as an inspection device,...
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, however, constitutes a lasting obstacle to integration. The aim of this paper is to assess these costs of supervisory …
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