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This paper presents a method of estimating the energy expenditure of Italian manufacturing firms with 20 or more employees for the period 2003-11. Use is made of multiple sources in order to impute firm-level energy consumption in the dataset of the Bank of Italy�s Survey of Industrial and...
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We try, in this paper, to emphasise the role of market structure in the adoption of cleaner production technologies. The paper comes within the framework of the research carried out around the Porter hypothesis, according to which the integration of environmental constraints by firms can induce...
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Environmental objectives of the EU and the widened energy price gap between the EU and the United States have recently given rise to concerns about the competitiveness of European manufacturing industries, particularly their energy-intensive branches. The study demonstrates that industrial...
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Die Energieintensität eines Unternehmens ist abhängig von der konkret benutzen Kennzahl. Die Energiekosten als Anteil am Umsatz und die Energiekosten als Anteil an den Gesamtkosten sind ein betriebswirtschaftlich wichtiges Maß. Leider wird diese Messgröße stark von den Personal- und...
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Summary Based on the observation that energy costs have been decreasing over much of the 20th century, this paper extends the Romer (1990) model of endogenous technological change to examine the impact of secular changes in energy costs on technological progress and long-run growth. The key...
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This paper elaborates on the effects of a rise in energy costs for Dutch glasshouse horticultural producers. The effects on production, bilateral trade and consumption in 25 European countries plus Morocco, Turkey and the Rest of the World, are estimated using a version of the HORTUS partial...
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Fossile Brenn- und Kraftstoffe werden in Deutschland überwiegend importiert. Der Ausbau erneuerbarer Energien und Effizienzgewinne, die durch die Energiewende induziert werden, bringen einen verringerten Einsatz dieser fossilen Brenn- und Kraftstoffe mit sich. Ziel ist es, die Einsparungen...
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The sharp rise in electricity prices has led to a discussion on possible subsidies for companies in the form of an industrial power tariff. The subsidies should help companies remain internationally competitive and prevent them from relocating overseas. Although German electricity prices for...
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Die stark gestiegenen Energiepreise haben zu einer breiten Diskussion über mögliche Entlastungen für Unternehmen in Form eines Industriestrompreises geführt. Damit sollen Unternehmen international wettbewerbsfähig bleiben und es soll eine Abwanderung ins Ausland verhindert werden....
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