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We study the relation between workers age and their productivity in work teams, based on a new and unique data set that combines data on errors occurring in the production process of a large car manufacturer with detailed information on the personal characteristics of workers related to the...
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Private investment: an empirical analysis for Brazil - This study identifies the determinants of private investment in Brazil over the period of 1970 to 2005. The paper presents the main investment theories, and recent developments of these theories, as well as how they can be applied to...
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Extant research on RD internationalization has not examined how effective foreign RD investments are in generating positive returns for the investing firms, in particular in comparison and conjunction with the effects of domestic RD investments. We examine the effectiveness of international...
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Using national account data, we define corporate balance sheet adjustment episodes as periods during which major increases in non-financial corporations’ net lending/borrowing are experienced. An analysis of such episodes in Germany and Japan, and a more systematic exploration of a sample of...
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In recent years, employment has grown strongly while output has grown modestly. This implies a weak growth in labour productivity that is difficult to interpret. In this article, we explore some possible explanations for recent economic growth and labour productivity outcomes, with a focus on...
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capacity grew from less than half of aggregate annual capacity installations in 2000-2002 to nearly two-thirds in 2007. This … installed capacity in recent years primarily reflects two important differences between the non-residential and residential … approaches to financing non-residential PV systems. This financial innovation--which is the topic of this report--has helped to …
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capacity grew from less than half of aggregate annual capacity installations in 2000-2002 to nearly two-thirds in 2007. This … financing options at their disposal; readers interested in PV financing options for tax-exempt entities can find more …
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of key wind power installation-related trends: trends in wind capacity growth in the U.S., how that growth compares to … utilities, and the quantity of proposed wind capacity in various interconnection queues in the United States. Next, the report … supply-chain investments, wind turbine and wind project size, project financing developments, and trends among wind power …
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developed SolarDS to examine the market competitiveness of PV based on regional solar resources, capital costs, electricity …, a PV market share calculator, and a regional aggregator. The model simulates a variety of installed PV capacity for a … maximum PV market share assumed for systems with given financial performance, and (3) PV financing parameters and policy …
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geothermal capacity, (2) public utility ownership of new wind capacity, (3) a PPA for new geothermal capacity, and (4) a PPA for …--i.e., whether a utility should sign a power purchase agreement (PPA) with a NUG, or develop and own the generation capacity itself … publicly owned electric utilities, however, perhaps due to the belief that public power's tax-free financing status leaves …
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