Die demografische Entwicklung sowie die Heraufsetzung des Renteneintrittsalters werden in den nächsten Jahrzehnten dazu führen, dass der Anteil älterer Mitarbeiter in Unternehmen steigen wird. Gemäß der Defizithypothese bzw. des Defizitmodells wird unterstellt, dass ältere Mitarbeiter...

Despite political activities to foster a low-carbon energy transition, Germany currently sees a considerable number of new coal power plants being added to its power mix. There are several possible drivers for this "dash for coal", but it is widely accepted that windfall profits gained through...

The increased wind energy supplied to many electricity markets around the world has to be balanced by reliable back up units or other complementary measures when wind conditions are low. At the same time wind energy impacts both, the utilization of thermal power plants and the market prices....

In the paper, the sources of productivity growth are investigated by an empirical analysis with micro data for West-German manufacturing firms. The theoretical framework corresponds to an augmented growth accounting approach based on a production function. The empirical results reveal that...