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Efficient electricity portfolios for the United States and Switzerland: An investor view
Krey, Boris; Zweifel, Peter - 2008
This study applies financial portfolio theory to determine efficient electricity-generating technology portfolios for … (MER) electricity portfolio for the United States contains more Coal, Nuclear, and Wind than actual but markedly less Gas … electricity markets. …
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Inflation/unemployment regimes and the instability of the Phillips curve
Ormerod, Paul; Rosewell, Bridget; Phelps, Peter - 2009
Using the statistical technique of fuzzy clustering, regimes of inflation and unemployment are explored for the United States, the United Kingdom and Germany between 1871 and 2009. We identify for each country three distinct regimes in inflation/unemployment space. There is considerable...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010299186
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The farm, the city, and the emergence of social security
Caucutt, Elizabeth M.; Cooley, Thomas F.; Guner, Nezih - 2008
In this paper we study the social, demographic and economic origins of social security. The data for the U.S. and for a cross section of countries make it clear that urbanization and industrialization are strongly associated with the rise of social insurance. We describe a model economy in which...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010268612
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Structural change out of agriculture: labor push versus labor pull
Alvarez-Cuadrado, Francisco; Poschke, Markus - 2009
The process of economic development is characterized by substantial rural-urban migrations and a decreasing share of agriculture in output and employment. The literature highlights two main engines behind this process of structural change: (i) improvements in agricultural technology combined...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010269344
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Arbeitslosigkeit in Europa und den USA unter Covid-19: Besser im Korsett einer Versicherungslogik eingeengt oder den Launen eines Präsidialsystems ausgeliefert?
Fischer, Georg; Schmid, Günther - 2020
sein als in den USA und Europa. Das gilt auch für die politischen Reaktionen: Während die EU-27 die Arbeitslosigkeit bisher … weitgehend durch massiven Einsatz von Kurzarbeit in Schach halten konnte, herrscht in den USA eine Massenarbeitslosigkeit, die an … die Große Weltwirtschaftskrise 1929/30 erinnert. Statt mit Kurzarbeit reagierten die USA u.a. mit massiven Sozialtransfers …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012254815
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Unemployment in Europe and the United States under COVID-19: Better constrained in the corset of an insurance logic or at the whim of a liberal presidential system?
Fischer, Georg; Schmid, Günther - 2021
sein als in den USA und Europa. Das gilt auch für die politischen Reaktionen: Während die 27 Mitgliedstaaten der … Schach halten konnte, herrschte in den USA zeitweilig eine Massenarbeits-losigkeit, die an die Große Weltwirtschaftskrise … 1929/1930 erinnerte. Statt mit Kurzarbeit reagierten die USA u.a. mit massiven Sozialtransfers für bestimmte Gruppen von …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012482909
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Die Analyse der Materialintensität von Infrastrukturen zur Unterstützung eines integrierten Ressourcenmanagements
Bringezu, Stefan - 2000
Die Wirkungen von Stoffströmen sind abhängig von der umgesetzten Menge und denspezifischen Auswirkungen pro Mengeneinheit. Die Menge der Extraktion an Primärmaterialaus der Umwelt kann als vorsorgeorientierter Indikator für ein unspezifisches Umweltbelastungspotential herangezogen werden....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010306162
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Modelling the Load Curve of Aggregate Electricity Consumption Using Principal Components
Manera, Matteo; Marzullo, Angelo - 2003
combustibles for electricity, reliable methods for modelling electricity consumption can contribute to a more rational employment … Italy, France and Greece on hourly data of aggregate electricity consumption. The empirical results obtained with the PC … a much simpler and attractive alternative to modelling electricity consumption since it is extremely easy to compute, it …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011325113
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Ownership in the electricity market: Property, the firm, and the climate crisis
Ferguson-Cradler, Gregory - 2020
Electricity is a key area in climate mitigation. The sector needs to significantly expand while transitioning to … renewable production, all in an extremely short timeframe. This paper focuses on ownership and control in the electricity sector … possible futures of electricity sectors. A short discussion of the recent history of the German electricity sector …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012218953
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Empowering electricity consumers through demand response: Why and how
Weiss, Mariana; Chueca, Enrique; Jacob, Jorge; … - 2022
consider demand response programs as a tool to increase the affordability of electricity services for residential consumers. It …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014518193