Leitthema der 55. Mitgliederversammlung der Arbeitsgemeinschaft deutscher wirtschaftswissenschaftlicher Forschungsinstitute waren die Wirtschaftsreformen in Mittel- und Osteuropa. In Ungarn, Polen und der CSFR wirft der Niedergang der großen Staatsbetriebe fast alle Budgetplanungen über den...

Die Probleme der osteuropäischen Länder und der DDR beim Übergang zu marktwirtschaftlichen Systemen waren das Thema eines wissenschaftlichen Kolloqiums am 5./6. April 1990. Der Aufsatz bringt eine Zusammenfassung der folgenden Beiträge: Staatsminister August Lang sprach zu wirtschaftlichen...

This paper focuses on Egypt's three independent power projects (IPPs), evaluating the context in which they were developed as well as how the context has changed. Initially the Egyptian government planned a series of 15 gas-fired, steam cycle, independent power projects. The first three,...

This paper discusses the past and the status quo of electricity securitization in China. First, the stranded cost securitization in American electricity industry and the ongoing securitization progress in emerging market countries are investigated, which enlightens the way of electricity...

In China, many ongoing problems in the electricity sector can be traced back to the old ‘centrally planned’ economy. Since the start of liberalization in the 1980s, the clash between a liberalized economy (excluding a few so-called strategic industries) and a centrally controlled electricity...

Studies that examine the distributional impacts of climate change mitigation policies often neglect the influence of institutions that implement these policies. This study examines the short-term consumption-side distributional impacts of expanding low-carbon electric supply in the state of...

We present results of the 2013 Energy Policy Research Group (EPRG) public opinion survey on smart metering and consumption behaviour. Our survey examines the energy consumption awareness and attitudes of the British public, the effect of peers on consumption behaviour, the potential for consumer...

Ongoing shifts in energy supply and demand dynamics have created extensive, volatile mismatches in electricity spot market pricing between neighboring Canadian and US jurisdictions. Under such circumstances, it is tempting to assume that additional international transmission interconnections are...