vom DIW Berlin durchgeführter Vergleich aktueller Schätzungen zeigt, dass von Seiten der Kommission die Kosten von … Atomenergie und CO2-Abscheidung systematisch unterschätzt werden, während die Kosten von erneuerbaren Energien überschätzt werden … vertretbaren Kosten eine tragende Rolle im künftigen europäischen Strommix spielen. Es ist daher unerlässlich, dass Europa …

probability of a decrease in firm-level costs, prices and profits. Exchange rate movements are passed through to import prices … prices as given. Exchange rate shocks are absorbed through a reduction in both costs and prices, however, these adjustments …

There are few studies investigating the consequences of osteoporotic (low bone density) fractures in terms of costs and … health outcomes. The purpose of this Swedish pilot study is to assess the costs and quality of life related to fractures of … in this area. Data were collected using a questionnaire administered by a nurse at Malmö University Hospital. The costs …

Ocean. Globally, failing states inflict very large costs on their neighbours and this both justifies and requires regional … are islands, the neighbourhood spillovers that normally generate these costs do not apply. Due to the lack of spillovers …

impacts on maternal health care costs, either of a physical or of a mental in nature, as measured by physicians? fee …-for-service billing costs, prescription drug costs, or the number of hospitalizations. The second expansion has given rise to large fiscal … costs over time as well as socioeconomic inequities. …

This study assesses possible costs and benefits resulting from Brazil's accession into the World Trade Organization … transparency in procurement processes and consequent gains in efficiency in the public sector. There would certainly be costs … costs, in terms of loss of employment and welfare in the Brazilian economy, resulting from the entry into the GPA, could be …

savings and, if necessary, by borrowing from banks. I find that in this framework intermediation costs are not equivalent to a … accumulation decision but also the occupational choice decision. I show that intermediation costs have important effects on per …

when trade costs fall. This seems to conflict with the experience of the 1990s, when trade liberalisation and technological … change led to dramatic reductions in trade costs yet FDI grew much faster than trade. Two possible resolutions to this … are quantitatively more important than greenfield FDI, are encouraged rather than discouraged by falling trade costs. …

and the trend rate of productivity growth is small, a rise in firing costs affects mainly the hiring decision. Thus there … growth is large, firing costs affect mainly the firing decision. Then, as a result, average employment is increased. Our …