It is widely believed that globalization a ffects the extent of employment and wage responses to economic shocks. To provide evidence for this, we analyze the e ffect of firms' exporting behavior on the…
Although the future socio-economic benefits of a new fibre-based ("next generation access", NGA) telecommunications infrastructure seem to be uncontroversial, a universal NGA coverage appears to be a rather…
On the basis of a joint economic and legal analysis, we evaluate the effects of a "regional" (European) emission trading scheme aiming at reducing emissions of international shipping. The focus lies on the…
We assess recent Chinese climate policy proposals in a multi‐region, multi‐sector computable general equilibrium model with a Chinese carbon emissions trading scheme (ETS). When the emissions intensity per GDP…
The deductibility of interest expenses from the corporate tax base creates an incentive for acquiring companies to finance a takeover with debt. In this paper, I investigate the impact of profit taxation on the…
Recent decades have seen a shift in academic research towards the 'entrepreneurial university' model. Researchers are encouraged to actively participate in innovation through channels such as academic…
Fuel poverty measurement consists of two independent parts: firstly, the definition of an adequate fuel poverty line, and secondly, techniques to measure fuel poverty. This paper reviews options for the…
Firms' labor demand responses to wage changes are of key interest in empirical research and policy analysis. However, despite extensive research, estimates of labor demand elasticities remain subject to…
