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The impact of the North Atlantic Oscillation on electricity markets: A case study on Ireland
Curtis, John A.; Lynch, Muireann Á.; Zubiate, Laura - 2015
The North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO) is a large-scale circulation pattern driving climate variability in north-western Europe. As the deployment of wind-powered generation expands on electricity networks across Europe the impacts of the NAO on the electricity system will be amplified. This study...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011440363
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Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from electricity: The influence of the North Atlantic Oscillation
Curtis, John A.; Lynch, Muireann Á.; Zubiate, Laura - 2015
The North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO) is a large-scale circulation pattern driving climate variability in north-western Europe. In recent years there has been an increasing deployment of wind-powered generation technology, i.e. wind farms, on electricity networks across Europe. As this deployment...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011440382
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Poland – Economic Development Level in Comparative Perspective, 1950-2005
Rapacki, Ryszard - 2006
The aim of the present paper is to show the most aggregate quantitative results of systemic transformation in Poland to … shed more light on the present comparative position of Poland on world development ladder, a historical perspective is … provided. Between 1990 and 1989, i.e. during the period of command economy, Poland witnessed a real divergence trend. widening …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011448739
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The Contribution of Rapid Financial Development to Asymmetric Growth of Manufacturing Industries: Common Claims vs. Evidence for Poland
von Furstenberg, George M. - 2004
CEE countries such as Poland started to experience a very high rate of financial development within a few years after … industry growth in Poland. This negative finding held for 1990-2001 as a whole and for two distinct sub-periods that differed …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010295661
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Economic integration across borders : the Polish interwar economy 1921-1937
Trenkler, Carsten; Wolf, Nikolaus - 2004
In this paper we study the issue of economic integration across borders for the case of Poland's reunification after … suggests that the integration policy after the reunification of Poland in 1919 was surprisingly successful. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010296432
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All Quiet on the Wage Front? Gender, Public-Private Sector Issues, and Rigidities in the Polish Wage Structure
Puhani, Patrick A. - 1997
We analyse the Polish wage and unemployment structure between 1992 and 1995 on the basis of the Polish Labour Force Survey. It is shown that within this period wage inequality has stabilised. Surprisingly, wage inequality is lower in the private than in the public sector. Our test results show...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010297549
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Advantage through training? A microeconometric evaluation of the employment effects of active labour market programmes in Poland
Puhani, Patrick A. - 1998
in Poland. The analysis is based on retrospective monthly calendar information on the labour force state and active …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010297590
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On the identification of relative wage rigidity dynamics: a proposal for a methodology on cross-section data and empirical evidence for Poland in transition
Puhani, Patrick A. - 2000
We present a new and simple empirical methodology to identify relative wage rigidity dynamics. The methodology is applied to data from the Polish Labour Force Survey for the period 1994 to 1998. We estimate ceteris paribus changes in relative wage and unemployment differentials for various...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010297721
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Endogenous initiatives as a chance to improve rural livelihood? Results of a case study in Bal­tow, South-Eastern Poland
Gramzow, Andreas - 2006
job opportunities in other rural economic sectors. In particular, in South eastern Poland the shut down of heavy industry … communeBa?tów (South-eastern Poland) in order to counteract these developments, local development associations and a regional …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010299314
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Modeling heterogeneity in production models: empirical evidence from individual farming in Poland
Hockmann, Heinrich; Pieniadz, Agata; Goraj, Lech - 2007
This discussion paper deals with the estimation of a random coefficient model. The virtue of this approach is that it considers firm heterogeneity, which conventional SFA models do not. Applying the model to Polish farms, the results indicate that the conventional random and fixed effect models...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010299339