Im Jahr 2013 deckte Deutschland seinen Primärenergiebedarf nur zu ca. 12 Prozent aus erneuerbaren Energiequellen; im Jahr 2050 sollen es aber 60 Prozent sein. Die Darstellung, wie und ob dies gelingen kann, ist Ziel dieses Buches. Zum einen müssen bereits bekannte Technologien, die rapide...

This paper provides a summary of current knowledge on inflation persistence and price stickiness in the euro area, based on research findings that have been produced in the context of the Inflation Persistence Network. The main findings are: i) Under the current monetary policy regime, the...

This paper reports the results of an ad hoc survey on price-setting behaviour conducted in February 2004 among 2,000 Belgian firms. The reported results clearly deviate from a situation of perfect competition and show that firms have some market power. Pricing-to-market is applied by a majority...

This study investigates the pricing behaviour of firms in the euro area on the basis of surveys conducted by nine Eurosystem national central banks. Overall, more than 11,000 firms participated in the survey. The results are very robust across countries. Firms operate in monopolistically...