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Global trends in the political economy of smart grids : a tailored perspective on 'smart' for grids in transition
Eid, Cherrelle; Hakvoort, Rudi; Jong, W. Martin de - Joint Institute for Strategic Energy Analysis - 2016
The global transition towards sustainable, secure, and affordable electricity supply is driving changes in the consumption, production, and transportation of electricity. This paper shows the different policy aims that are promoted with smart grids in Europe, the United States, and China. In all...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011449097
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What determines demand for telecommunications services? : evidence from the EU countries before and after liberalization
Agiakloglou, Christos N.; Polemis, Michael - 2015
This paper aims to investigate the main determinants of Telecommunications demand for European countries (EU). For this reason, a panel data set is used consisting of 19 EU countries over the period 1991-2010 capturing the years before and after the liberalization process. The goal is to clarify...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011433031
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Regulating Internalities
Allcott, Hunt - 2015
This paper offers a framework for regulating internalities. Using a simple economic model, we provide four principles for designing and evaluating behaviorally-motivated policy. We then outline rules for determining which contexts reliably reflect true preferences and discuss empirical...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013027352
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More than words : a global analysis of the socio-economic impact of Rich Interaction Applications (RIAs) : 28th ITS Europe, Passau, Germany
Arnold, René; Hildebrandt, Christian; Tas, Serpil; … - 2017
rapid innovation cycle. Nonetheless, we are able to identify functions that enable rich interactions among consumers and … Applications (RIAs). Their constant innovation implies that they develop from baseline communications channels to applications that … strive for framework conditions that enable or even better facilitate innovation as well as dynamic competition. Ultimately …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011778592
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Commodities, energy and finance
Gnan, Ernest (ed.); Guðmundsson, Már (ed.) - Workshop on "Commodities, Energy and Finance" <2008, Wien>; … - 2008
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011704678
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Electricity markets stabilized following the energy crisis : 80 percent renewable energy and coal phase-out by 2030 are possible
Kendziorski, Mario; Barner, Lukas; Kemfert, Claudia; … - In: DIW weekly report : economy, politics, science : a … 14 (2024) 16/17/18, pp. 129-136
The German electricity market has recovered well from the 2022 energy crisis. Policymakers should now redirect the focus of energy policy to further expanding renewable energy sources. The year 2023 showed that the German electricity supply remained secure following the shutdown of nuclear power...
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Regulatory Capture, Civil Society & Global Finance in Derivative Regulation : An Analysis of Commodity Derivative Regulation in Europe
Petry, Johannes - 2014
The paper analyses the divergent outcomes of post-crisis derivative regulation in Europe. In the aftermath of the … regulations however seem to have greater impacts on the functioning of financial markets. The regulation of commodity derivatives … capture. This paper argues that meaningful regulatory change in commodity derivative regulation was primarily achieved through …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013052531
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Speeding up the internet : regulation and investment in European fiber optic infrastructure
Briglauer, Wolfgang; Cambini, Carlo; Grajek, Michał - 2017
regulation and recently imposed fiber access regulations. Our main finding is that more stringent access regulations for both the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011687904
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Speeding up the internet : regulation and investment in European fiber optic infrastructure
Briglauer, Wolfgang; Cambini, Carlo; Grajek, Michał - 2017
regulation and recently imposed fiber access regulations. Our main finding is that more stringent access regulations for both the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011640580
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The impact of regulatory heterogeneity on global value chain-related trade
Lombini, Alessio - 2021
In this paper, I estimate the impact of heterogeneity in non-tariff-measures (NTMs) policies on countries' global value chains (GVCs)-related trade and its backward and forward components. I firstly build a regulatory distance (RD) index, which measures the degree of dissimilarity in NTMs...
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