economic research from his comments and discussions. Axel B˜orsch-Supan has co-authored two of the papers in this dissertation … dissertation. i Contents 1 Introduction 1 2 Births, Economic Growth and Population Aging 7 2.1 Introduction …’s demographic age structure has profound and far-reaching consequences on economic conditions within and between countries. Most …

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..........................................................13 1.3.6 Further economic relevance of patents in an international context....15 1.4 The high-value patent database …....................................................................................................159 6.3 Literature review............................................................................................161 … to adapt the patented invention. Much research is done on patents and their economic effects within national borders at …

(Switzerland) to obtain the doctoral degree in Economics and Social Sciences By Marie BRECHBÜHLER PEŠKOVÁ from Srbice (Czech … Communities International quality standards First Model - Seventh Model Multinational enterprises Organization for Economic Co … trend has also been registered by the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). As the OECD …

of probably the most extensive work yet regarding the economic and electric engineering advantages of micro CHP (Lovins … assessment of the economic advantages for utilities and different groups of consumers. Similarly, Dondi et al (2002) quantify … (2002). Madlener/Schmid (2003) model the profitability of micro CHP operation as well as the time it takes for an economic …

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