A real choice exists today on a number of discoveries between platform-based or subsea development solutions. Statistics from the Norwegian continental shelf (NCS) show that fields developed with fixed platforms have a substantially higher recovery factor. The potential for a later commitment to...

The decline in oil prices, combined with high costs which are slow to deflate, has brought forward the date when some fields on the Norwegian continental shelf (NCS) will cease production. Measures are therefore urgently required to extend the producing life of these fields and to improve their...

Drilling expenses has increased sharply in recent years. The productivity of drilling operations - in terms of meters drilled per day - significantly influences exploration costs. This study analyzes the effect of different types of learning on offshore drilling productivity. The econometric...

What would be the effect of CO2 pricing on global oil supply and demand? This paper introduces a model describing the interaction between conventional and non-conventional oil supply in a Hotelling framework and under CO2 constraints. The model assumes that non-conventional crude oil enters the...

Germany is one of the top business locations in Europe. First, thecountry is one of the most important markets in Europe in itself.Its more than 80m inhabitants make a huge number of consumers.And with a GDP constantly on the rise, there is quite somemoney to spend. At the same time, the gap...

Mit dem Umstieg von Rundfunk und Fernsehen von der Analog- auf die Digitaltechnik werden große Teile des bislang für die terrestrische Verbreitung von Rundfunk und Fernsehen benötigten und benutzten Frequenzspektrums frei. Der Rundfunk nutzt bislang 56 MHz im VHF-Band1 und 392 MHz im...

Trotz des säkularen Trends zur wettbewerblichenÖffnung monopolisierterMärkte und der Abschaffung administrativer/gesetzlicher Marktzutrittsschrankenhat sich der Kernbereichdes Postmarktes, der Briefmarkt, alsmonopolistische Nische erhalten. Beider Trennung von Post und Telekommunikationund...

The theory of endogenous technical change has deeply contributed to our understanding ofthe fundamental sources of economic growth and development. In this chapter we surveyimportant contributions in the field by focussing on the basic structure of endogenous growthmodels with horizontal as well...

International vergleichende Daten zur Abschätzung des Einflusses von Bildung für Wachstum und Beschäftigung basieren oft mangels besserer Alternativen auf Bildungsvariablen, deren Vergleichbarkeit und Qualität zweifelhaft ist. Daher wurden in dieser Studie Daten zu Bildung verwendet, um die...