In this paper a set of ten different single-equation models of household energy demand is being analyzed. These simple models are being derived by the imposition of linear parameter restrictions on a fairly general autoregressive distributed lag (ADL) model in log-linear form. Household energy...

The paper studies the impact of intangible assets on economic growth and unemployment from a regional perspective. The familiar relationship between changes in the unemployment rate and economic growth – known as Okun's law – is taken as a workhorse of the analysis and estimated for the 27...

In empirical economic analysis efficiency measurement traditionally at the macro and micro level is based on a production model using profit maximization or cost minimization for a single representative entrepreneur as its foundation. Common indicators are ratios of an output-indicator and...