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The impact of policy measures on future power generation portfolio and infrastructure: A combined electricity and CCTS investment and dispatch model (ELCO)

Mendelevitch, Roman; Oei, Pao-Yu - 2015

This paper presents a general electricity-CO2 (ELCO) modeling framework that is able to simulate interactions of the …

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South African food security and climate change: Agriculture futures

Dube, Sikhalazo; Scholes, Robert J.; Nelson, Gerald C.; … - In: Economics: The Open-Access, Open-Assessment E-Journal 7 (2013) 2013-35, pp. 1-54

The projected changes in planted area, yield per area, net exports/imports and prices for five major agricultural crops in South Africa were simulated using the projections of four Global Circulation Models (GCMs) under three socio-economic scenarios. The GCM projections show consistent strong...

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Economic impacts of climate change on two Mexican coastal fisheries: Implications for food security

Aguilar Ibarra, Alonso; Sánchez Vargas, Armando; … - In: Economics: The Open-Access, Open-Assessment E-Journal 7 (2013) 2013-36, pp. 1-38

This paper has a twofold objective: First, to estimate the changes in landings value by 2030 for two Mexican coastal fisheries, specifically shrimp and sardine fisheries, as a consequence of climate change; and second, to discuss the implications of such impacts for food security. A dynamic panel...

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On the Nature, Modeling, and Neural Bases of Social Ties

van Winden, Frans; Stallen, Mirre; Ridderinkhof, K. Richard - 2008

<b>Purpose:</b><br>This paper addresses the nature, formalization, and neural bases of (affective) social ties anddiscusses the relevance of ties for health economics. A social tie is defined as an affectiveweight attached by an individual to the well-being of another individual ('utilityinterdependence')....

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Atomkraft: Auslaufmodell mit ungelöster Endlagerfrage

von Hirschhausen, Christian R.; Reitz, Felix - In: DIW Wochenbericht 81 (2014) 13, pp. 267-275

Drei Jahre nach der Atomkatastrophe im japanischen Fukushima rücken Laufzeitverlängerungen bestehender Kernkraftwerke und der Bau neuer Reaktoren weltweit wieder stärker in den Fokus. Befürworter erhoffen sich eine kostengünstige Stromerzeugung, eine sichere Energieversorgung sowie einen...

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Europäische Erdgasversorgung trotz politischer Krisen sicher

Engerer, Hella; Holz, Franziska; Richter, Philipp M.; … - In: DIW Wochenbericht 81 (2014) 22, pp. 479-492

Erdgas leistet einen wichtigen Beitrag zur europäischen Energieversorgung. Umso mehr schürt die politische Krise zwischen Russland und der Ukraine die Angst vor den Folgen eines möglichen russischen Lieferstopps von Erdgas in die Ukraine und die Europäische Union. Zu einem solchen Ereignis...

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An entrepreneurial key competencies' model

Arafeh, Labib - In: Journal of Innovation and Entrepreneurship 5 (2016) 26, pp. 1-26

, more testing is still required before stating the adequacy of applying the softcomputing modeling approach in the …

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Packing problems and project scheduling models: An integrated perspective

Hartmann, Sönke - 1999

This paper considers two problem classes that are important to researchers as well as practitioners, namely packing and project scheduling problems. First, the two problem categories are described. This includes a classification of packing problems as well as of project scheduling concepts....

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From Long-Run Utopia to Technical Expertise: Solow's Growth Model as a Multipurpose Design

Halsmayer, Verena - 2014

Combining concrete policy-oriented modeling strategies of World War II with what was received as traditional …

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Modeling rheumatoid arthritis using different techniques: A review of model construction and results

Scholz, Stefan; Mittendorf, Thomas - In: Health Economics Review 4 (2014) 18, pp. 1-16

evaluate new treatment options for reimbursement schemes. Objectives: To analyze and compare decision analytic modeling … modeling technique used. Results: From the 58 reviewed publications, we found 13 reporting decision tree-analysis, 25 (cohort … studies were identified as presenting independently developed models and 32 models as adoptions. The modeling techniques used …

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