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Designing emissions trading in practice general considerations and experiences from the EU Emissions Trading Scheme (EU ETS)
Heindl, Peter; Löschel, Andreas - 2012
This paper deals with designing emissions trading in practice. After a short introduction to the general idea of emissions trading, practical requirements for the introduction of an emissions trading scheme are considered, including the temporal and spatial dimension as well as administrative...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009509684
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An economic analysis of online streaming : how the music industry can generate revenues from cloud computing
Thomes, Tim Paul - 2011
This paper investigates the upcoming business model of online streaming services allowing music consumers either to subscribe to a service which provides free-of-charge access to streaming music and which is funded by advertising, or to pay a monthly flat fee in order to get ad-free access to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009159230
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An economic analysis of online streaming : how the music industry can generate revenues from cloud computing
Thomes, Tim Paul - 2011 - This version: July, 2011
This paper investigates the upcoming business model of online streaming services allowing music consumers either to subscribe to a service which provides free-of-charge access to streaming music and which is funded by advertising, or to pay a monthly flat fee in order to get ad-free access to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009266908
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Price indexes for PC database software and the value of code compatibility
Harhoff, Dietmar; Moch, Dietmar - 1996
matched-model price indexes for personal computer database software. Our database covers the price development in Germany from … 1986 to 1994. Quality-adjusted software prices decline by 7.4 percent according to our hedonic index. Surprisingly, a … software product. The estimation results also confirm the importance of network effects. Code compatibility, i.e. the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011440581
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Hydrogen in passenger transport : a macroeconomic analysis
Jokisch, Sabine (contributor); Mennel, Tim (contributor) - 2007
Hydrogen is often seen as a promising future energy carrier given the major reliance of today's transport sector on finite fossil fuels. This working paper assesses the macroeconomic effects of introducing hydrogen as fuel in passenger transport within the framework of the computable general...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003578393
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Efficiency, compensation, and discrimination : what is at stake when implementing the EU emissions trading scheme?
Böhringer, Christoph (contributor);  … - 2003
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10001911609
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Earnings losses after non-employment increase with age
Zwick, Thomas (contributor) - 2008
This paper shows that earnings losses after unemployment increase with age. First, older employees start out with relatively high earnings in comparison to employees without employment interruptions several years before the non-employment spell. This earnings advantage turns into a strong...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003728393
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Heterogeneous labour markets in a microsimulation-AGE model : application to welfare reform in Germany
Boeters, Stefan (contributor); Feil, Michael (contributor) - 2008
Labour market reforms that are designed to stimulate labour supply at the lower end of the wage distribution can never be precisely restricted to affect only the target group. Spillovers to and feedback from other segments of the labour market are unavoidable and may counteract the direct...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003728424
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Noncognitive skills, Internet use and educational dropout
Coneus, Katja (contributor); Gernandt, Johannes (contributor) - 2008
Using data from the German Socio-Economic Panel for the years 2000 to 2006 we analyze the determinants and labor market effects of educational dropout. In addition to classical variables like family background and occupation, we examine noncognitive skills and Internet use. Noncognitive skills...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003728547
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The adoption of new technologies and the age structure of the workforce
Meyer, Jenny (contributor) - 2008
This paper provides firm-level evidence for the relationship between the age structure of the workforce and the adoption of new or significantly improved technologies in service sector firms. Furthermore, it closes a research gap by analyzing the joint impact of the age of the workforce and the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003728572