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A burgeoning literature has emerged during the last two decades to assess the economic impacts of immigration on host countries. In recent years much research has been at the national level under the assumption that impacts in open regions may dissipate through adjustment processes such as...
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Vor dem kommenden UN-Klimagipfel in Kopenhagen blickt die Welt vor allem auf die USA. Sie sind neben China mit Abstand … Kopf in den USA immer noch etwa doppelt so hoch wie in Europa. Der Blick auf die aktuelle energie- und klimapolitische … Ausgangslage in den USA ist aber ernüchternd: Die bisherigen Maßnahmen auf nationaler Ebene und in den Bundesstaaten sind insgesamt …
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Recent studies suggest a considerable amount of horizontal strategic interaction amongst governments exists. The empirical approach in these studies typically relies on estimating reaction functions in a uni-dimensional policy framework, where a nonzero slope estimate suggests strategic...
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Under most U.S. environmental regulations, the federal government shares responsibility with the states by authorizing them to implement and enforce federal policies. Authorization provides states with considerable discretion over the effects of regulation and is perhaps the most significant...
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This research project quantifies the impact of renewable energy policy co-ordination in the Single Electricity Market of Ireland. Renewable energy targets are determined independently by both jurisdictions on the island. To date, renewable electricity targets have been similar in each...
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This Wuppertal Paper analyses the energy transition models of Colombia and Germany. The emphasis of the exercise is on an analysis of options for the complete decarbonization of the energy system in Colombia as a Global South country. To this end, it analyses the current situation, projections,...
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When it comes to energy policy, EU countries go their own way with little regard for other member states. What strategies exist in the EU Commission to coordinate and integrate energy markets? Are these strategies consistent with national plans currently in action? Is it too late to establish a...
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This volume was prepared by Luise Röpke while she was working at the Ifo Institute. It was completed in December 2013 and accepted as a doctoral thesis by the Department of Economics at the University of Munich. It includes three self-contained chapters about aspects of the integration of new...
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Eine aktuelle Untersuchung der Entwicklung der erneuerbaren Energien in Deutschland unterstreicht ihre Bedeutung als wichtiger Wirtschaftsfaktor. Im Jahr 2009 wurden gut 20 Milliarden Euro in erneuerbare Energien investiert. Die Umsätze der in Deutschland ansässigen Hersteller belaufen sich...
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