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Catching the rebound : economy-wide implications of an efficiency shock in the provision of transport services by households

Koesler, Simon - 2013

We investigate the rebound effect of a 10% energy cefficiency improvement in the provision of private transport services by German households. In the process, we take into account that household behaviour may be influenced by habits, build on a detailed representation of the provision of private...

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Do first mover advantages for producers of energy efficient appliances exist? : the case of refrigerators

Cleff, Thomas; Rennings, Klaus - 2013

Energy efficiency regulation is an important driver for innovations in environmental technologies. Improvements of energy efficiency do not only contribute to reach envi-ronmental policy targets, they can be furthermore economically profitable. E.g. private households can reduce their costs in...

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Invention in energy technologies : comparing energy efficiency and renewable energy inventions at the firm level

Rexhäuser, Sascha; Löschel, Andreas - 2014

Many countries, especially in Europe, have ambitious goals to transform their national energy systems towards renewable energies. Technological change in both renewable production and efficient use of energy can help to make these targets come true. Using a panel of German firms linked to the...

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ICT and the demand for energy : evidence from OECD countries

Rexhaeuser, Sascha; Schulte, Patrick; Welsch, Heinz - 2013

This paper analyzes the relationship between information and communication technology (ICT) and energy demand. We construct a comprehensive cross-country cross-industry panel data set covering 13 years, 10 OECD countries, and 27 industries. Using up to 2889 country-industry observations, we find...

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Determinants of eco-innovations by type of environmental impact : the role of regulatory push/pull, technology push and market pull

Horbach, Jens; Rammer, Christian; Rennings, Klaus - 2011

Empirical analyses of the determinants of environmental innovations were rarely able to distinguish between different areas of environmental impacts. The paper tries to close this gap by employing a new and unique dataset based on the German Community Innovation Survey conducted in 2009. The...

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Do environmental benefits matter? : A choice experiment among house owners in Germany

Achtnicht, Martin - 2010

Residential buildings strongly contribute to global CO2 emissions due to the high energy demand for electricity and heating, particularly in industrialised countries. Within the EU, decentralised heat generation is of particular relevance for future climate policy, as its emissions are not...

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Energieeffizienz : eine neue Aufgabe für staatliche Regulierung?

Mennel, Tim (contributor); Sturm, Bodo (contributor) - 2008

Hinter der Forderung nach höherer Energieeffizienz stehen üblicherweise konkrete umwelt- und energiepolitische Ziele wie Klimaschutz, Versorgungssicherheit und Ressourcenschonung. Das vorliegende Papier analysiert diese Argumente und diskutiert mögliche Politikinstrumente zur Zielerreichung....

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Inequality of educational opportunities and the role of learning intensity : evidence from a quasi-experiment in Germany

Camarero Garcia, Sebastian - 2018

Over the 2000s, many federal states in Germany shortened the duration of secondary school by one year while keeping the …

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Violence in European schools : victimization and consequences

Ammermüller, Andreas (contributor) - 2007

Violence at schools is a well-known problem in many societies. This paper assesses the degree of school violence in 11 … the international TIMSS 2003 and the British longitudinal NCDS data. The level of school violence is high in most …

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Double standards - are disadvantaged students being graded more leniently?

Himmler, Oliver (contributor); Schwager, Robert (contributor) - 2007

A simple model of decentralised graduation standards is presented. It is shown that a school whose students are … model's predictions are tested using Dutch school-level data. Since students in the Netherlands have to participate both in … a central and in a school specific examination, we can identify the grading policy of individual schools. We find that …

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