Narrow search
Showing 1 - 10 of 15,373
Cover Image
Nuclear power in the twenty-first century (Part II) - The economic value of plutonium
von Hirschhausen, Christian R. - 2022
Although plutonium has been studied by different disciplines (such as technology and innovation studies, political … literature is still relatively scarce; neither does the energy economic literature on nuclear power consider plutonium … resource and environmental economic issues related to plutonium, and presents insights from ongoing research. In particular, we …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013347284
Cover Image
Energie- und Klimaszenarien gehen paradoxerweise von einem starken Ausbau der Atomenergie aus
von Hirschhausen, Christian R.; Steigerwald, Björn; … - In: DIW Wochenbericht 90 (2023) 44, pp. 609-617
Die meisten Klimaszenarien internationaler Organisationen und der Forschung beinhalten einen erheblichen Ausbau der Atomenergie. Beispielsweise steigt die Stromerzeugung aus Atomenergie im Durchschnitt der im Sechsten Sachstandbericht des Weltklimarates (IPCC) erhobenen Szenarien von derzeit...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014440502
Cover Image
Energy and climate scenarios paradoxically assume considerable nuclear energy growth
von Hirschhausen, Christian R.; Steigerwald, Björn; … - In: DIW Weekly Report 13 (2023) 45/49, pp. 293-301
Most climate and energy scenarios created by international organizations and researchers include a considerable expansion of nuclear energy. In the IPCC Sixth Assessment Report, for example, nuclear energy increases from a current 3,000 terawatt hours on average to over 6,000 terawatt hours in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014447244
Cover Image
Public and private health insurance in Germany: The ignored risk selection problem
Grunow, Martina; Nuscheler, Robert - 2010
While risk selection within the German public health insurance system has received considerable attention, risk selection between public and private health insurers has largely been ignored. This is surprising since - given the institutional structure - risk selection between systems is likely...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010291747
Cover Image
Financial risk aversion and household asset diversification
Barasinska, Nataliya; Schäfer, Dorothea; Stephan, Andreas - 2008
This paper explores the relationship between risk attitude and asset diversification in household portfolios. We first examine the impact of manifested risk aversion on the total number of distinct assets held in a portfolio (naive diversification). The second part of the paper focuses on a more...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010291769
Cover Image
Bad bank(s) and recapitalization of the banking sector
Schäfer, Dorothea; Zimmermann, Klaus F. - 2009
With banking sectors worldwide still suffering from the effects of the financial crisis, public discussion of plans to place toxic assets in one or more bad banks has gained steam in recent weeks. The following paper presents a plan how governments can efficiently relieve ailing banks from toxic...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010291776
Cover Image
The long-term care system in Germany
Schulz, Erika - 2010
This document provides an overview of the long-term care system, the number and develop-ment of beneficiaries and the long-term care policy in Germany. The report is part of the first stage of the European project ANCIEN (Assessing Needs of Care in European Nations), commissioned by the European...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010291787
Cover Image
Pflegeheim Rating Report 2009: Konsolidierung voraus!
Augurzky, Boris; Krolop, Sebastian; Mennicken, Roman; … - 2009
Bei dem vorliegenden Pflegeheim Rating Report 2009 handelt es sich um den zweiten seit 2007. Hauptziel ist die Verbesserung der Transparenz im deutschen Pflegemarkt - mit Fokus auf der stationären Pflege. Daraus abgeleitet ergibt sich der Anspruch, den Entscheidungsträgern auf den...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010291793
Cover Image
Lasso-type and heuristic strategies in model selection and forecasting
Savin, Ivan; Winker, Peter - 2012
Several approaches for subset recovery and improved forecasting accuracy have been proposed and studied. One way is to apply a regularization strategy and solve the model selection task as a continuous optimization problem. One of the most popular approaches in this research field is given by...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010291802
Cover Image
Commercializing inventions from public research: Does speed matter?
Schacht, Alexander - 2012
This study addresses the determinants of time-to-licensing, defined as the elapsed time between the disclosure of an invention and the signed licensing contract, and its impact on the commercial success of the licensed inventions from public research. Using a dataset containing detailed...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010291804