Current planning and policymaking have not been very successful in terms of target-setting and policy prescriptions because of the seemingly implicit treatment of the energy factor in the formulation of models for policy and planning. This paper reports the results of an econometric modeling...

A flow model of the Dutch labour market is used to calculate the efects of autonomous labour demand and supply shocks on employment and unemployment. The model is centered around a matching function which allows for heterogeneous unemployment by taking explicitly account of POWS through various...

Different measures to reduce the space heating consumption can contribute to a more rational use of energy. Such measures are for example the use of solar collectors and the application of the principle of cogeneration by block-type thermal power stations (BTP) with internal combustion engines....