In this thesis it is analyzed if promoting product market competition can help to to fight unemployment in Europe. We have used a general equilibrium model in order to study how reducing mark-ups and increasing productivity in one sector affect aggregate unemployment for an exogenously given...

1. Introduction2. Problem Background3. Privatization and regulation for Distribution network and case of privatization4. Economic and Demand Growth5. Technical and Commercial Losses6. Global Finance for investments in Electricity Distribution7. Distribution technologies and infrastructure8....

This article documents seasonal patterns and other characteristics of electricity spot prices in the Australian National Electricity Market (NEM), over a 7-year sample period. The goal is to investigate more specifically the influence of seasonalities and outliers noted in the body of literature...

Die vorliegende Arbeit beinhaltet im deskriptiven Teil Erläuterungen der wesentlichen netzentgeltrelevanten Regulierungskonzepte, eine Aufarbeitung der Marktgegebenheiten sowie eine ausführliche Beschreibung der deutschen Anreizregulierung von Energieversorgungsnetzen. Regulierte Erlöse...

The aim of this master thesis was the provision of a theoretical foundation for a GermanCentre. The crucial question was how to approach a subject of such recent nature. Thetheory of the multinational enterprise with special emphasis on the role of the govern-mentopened up a possible solution....

Based on collaboration rather than competition, Open Source Software provides a new dynamic in the development and use of software systems. As such it has the potential to make a significant legal, social and economic impact on the industry. While its origins trace back to the start of the...