Beim Übergang des ostdeutschen Wohnungswesens von einer Planwirtschaft zu einer Marktwirtschaft spielt die Privatisierung von staatlichen und genossenschaftlichen Wohnungen an Mieter eine zentrale Rolle. -- Der Autor analysiert in der vorliegenden Untersuchung zunächst, auf welche Weise sich...

The unreliability of electricity supplies is a major cause of the high cost of manufacturing in developing countries. In this paper we are able to measure the cost imposed by power outages and suggest some feasible mitigating measures. The study employs a rich, if not unique, set of data from...

Households typically receive utility bills where all electricity use during a fixed period of time is lumped together. The lack of direct feedback in the form of marginal costs of using specific electric appliances reduces the attention people give to their energy consumption and potentially...

Electricity as a source of energy is vital to the growth and development of any economy. Its significance arises from the impact it has on infrastructure, a range of socio-economic activities and consequently on the country’s standard of living. This means that transportation, communication,...

We provide an overview of housing privatization policies and outcomes in transition economies. Our primary aim is to collect and systematize key information concerning the institutional features of housing privatization in individual countries: we identify the initial conditions, the timeframe...