This paper assesses whether disparities in regional public infrastructure endowments can explain regional disparities in labor productivity among European regions. Using a large sample of European regions, I distinguish the effects of overall infrastructure endowment from the effect of three...

In the last decade or so, the EU has adopted a number of legislation aimed at liberalising network industries and developing an EU-level regulatory framework for those industries. Against this background, we examine the extent of liberalisation and the nature of market performance in a group of...

This paper assesses whether disparities in regional public infrastructure endowments can explain regional disparities in labor productivity among European regions. Using a large sample of European regions, I distinguish the effects of overall infrastructure endowment from the effect of three...

In the last decade or so, the EU has adopted a number of legislation aimed at liberalising network industries and developing an EU-level regulatory framework for those industries. Against this background, we examine the extent of liberalisation and the nature of market performance in a group of...

Ziel der Diplomarbeit ist es, die Vorschriften und Auswirkungen der ersten Teilphase des IFRS 9 darzustellen. Der Teilstandard wurde im Rahmen des Ersatzprojektes des IAS 39 entwickelt und regelt die Kategorisierung und Bewertung finanzieller Vermögenswerte in der internationalen...

Technology to recover uranium from seawater may act as a potential backstop on the production cost of uranium in a growing international nuclear industry. Convincing proof of the existence of an effective expected upper limit on the resource price would have a strong effect on decisions relating...

Die Arbeit analysiert die Relevanz einer Ökonomischen Theorie der politischen Medienwirkung mit Beispielen aus der Energie- und Klimapolitik. Das Ziel ist zu zeigen, dass die These: 'der Public Choice Theorie fehlt eine Teiltheorie des politischen Medieneinflusses' nicht verworfen werden kann....

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...

Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicles (PHEVs) will soon start to be introduced into the transportation sector, thereby raising a host of issues related to their use, adoption and effects on the electricity sector. Their introduction has the potential to significantly reduce carbon emissions from the...