Historical estimates of productivity growth in India's iron and steel sector vary from indicating an improvement to a decline in the sector's productivity. The variance may be traced to the time period of study, source of data for analysis, and type of indices and econometric specifications used...

With the end of the Cold War and the election of President Clinton, the Department of Energy (DOE) set a new course which began with the publication of its first departmental strategic plan in April 1994. Entitled ``Fueling a Competitive Economy, it provided the framework and shared vision for...

The Iranian economy and political situation have undergone radical changes since the 1979 Islamic revolution. The excesses of the early years of the revolution have gradually given way to moderation and a more pragmatic economic policy--based on the principles of the free market. The petroleum...

The conservation paradigm is described here as: (1) reflecting the policy goal of energy efficiency, (2) the investment model that market barrier inhibit energy efficiency investments and (3) the emphasis of engineering estimates of market efficiency. In contrast, the economics paradigm...

Die vorliegende Dissertation zu makroökonomischen Themen beinhaltet einen einleitenden Literaturüberblick, drei eigenständige und voneinander unabhängige Kapitel sowie einen technischen Anhang. In Kapitel zwei wird ein Zwei-Länder Modell einer Währungsunion betrachtet, in dem die...

In ihrer nunmehr über 125-jährigen Unternehmensgeschichte besaß die Sicherung der Rohstoffversorgung einen hohen Stellenwert innerhalb der strategischen Unternehmensführung der Henkel-Gruppe. Die größten strategischen Aufwendungen zur Rohstoffsicherung unternahm die Henkel-Gruppe auf dem...

Die Dissertation versucht, durch eine Synthese aus Entwicklungs- und Systemtheorie in Kombination mit Umselt?konomie einen alternativen Ansatz f?r die Erkl?rung von wirtschaftlicher Entwicklung allgemein und den Aufstieg der japanischen Umweltindustrie im besonderen zu finden. Neben einem...

Energy forecasts are widely used by the U.S. government, politicians, think tanks,and utility companies. While short-term forecasts were reasonably accurate, medium andlong-range forecasts have almost always been highly erroneous. In the U.S. many energypolicy decisions are driven by Annual...