Conceptualizing externalities from perceived nuclear risk as being related to distance from nuclear facilities, we estimate the relationship between Swiss citizens' life satisfaction (understood as a proxy of utility) and the distance of their place of residence from the nearest nuclear power...

An important source of conflict surrounding nuclear energy is that with a very small probability, a large-scale nuclear accident may occur. One way to internalize the associated financial risks is through mandating nuclear operators to have liability insurance. This paper presents estimates of...

In this paper we investigate panel regression models with interactive fixed effects. We propose two new estimation methods that are based on minimizing convex objective functions. The first method minimizes the sum of squared residuals with a nuclear (trace) norm regularization. The second...

Intro -- Acknowledgment -- List of Tables -- List of Figures -- List of Abbreviations -- 1 Introduction -- 1.1 Content of the Thesis -- 2 Use coal or invest in renewables: a real options analysis of energy investments in the Philippines -- 2.1 Background -- 2.2 Methodology -- 2.2.1 Net present...