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Do wind turbines have adverse health impacts?

Krekel, Christian; Rode, Johannes; Roth, Alexander - 2023

While wind power is considered key in the transition towards net zero, there are concerns about adverse health impacts on nearby residents. Based on precise geographical coordinates, we link a representative longitudinal household panel to all wind turbines in Germany and exploit their staggered...

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The effect of renewable energy development on carbon emission reduction : an empirical analysis for the EU-15 countries

Abolhosseini, Shahrouz; Heshmati, Almas; Altmann, Jörn - 2014

The increased concerns about climate change have made renewable energy sources an important topic of research. Several scholars have applied different methodologies to examine the relationships between energy consumption and economic growth of individual and groups of countries and to analyze...

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Market design for trading commoditized renewable energy

Heshmati, Almas; Abolhosseini, Shahrouz - 2014

Information and communication technology plays an important role in achieving a higher level of energy efficiency. In particular, energy efficiency can be achieved by integrating information technology into electricity networks to enable the interaction between suppliers and customers (smart...

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The main support mechanisms to finance renewable energy development

Abolhosseini, Shahrouz; Heshmati, Almas - 2014

Considering that the major part of greenhouse gases is carbon dioxide, there is a global concern aimed at reducing carbon emissions. Additionally, major consumer countries are looking for alternative sources of energy to avoid the impact of higher fossil fuel prices and political instability in...

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Food for fuel : the effect of the US biofuel mandate on poverty in India

Chakravorty, Ujjayant; Hubert, Marie-Hélène; Ural … - 2018

More than 40% of US grain is used for energy due to the Renewable Fuels Mandate (RFS). There are no studies of the global distributional consequences of this purely domestic policy. Using micro-level survey data, we trace the effect of the RFS on world food prices and their impact on household...

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'The' market for higher education : does it really exist?

Becker, William E.; Round, David K. - 2009

Higher education, like any other commodity or service, has been viewed in a variety of economic frameworks. Little of this work, however, appears to have made any effort to define carefully the boundaries of the relevant market for higher education, which is the subject of this particular...

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Lawyers as agents of the devil in a prisoner's dilemma game : evidence from long run play

Ashenfelter, Orley; Bloom, David E.; Dahl, Gordon B. - 2013

Do the parties in a typical dispute face incentives similar to those in the classic prisoner's dilemma game? In this paper, we explore whether the costs and benefits of legal representation are such that each party seeks legal representation in the hope of exploiting the other party, while...

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Habemus Papam? : polarization and conflict in the Papal States

Pino, Francisco; Vidal-Robert, Jordi - 2020

We study the effect of divisions within the elite on the probability of internal conflict in the Papal States between 1295 and 1846. We assemble a new database using information on cardinals that participated in conclaves during this period, and construct measures of polarization and...

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A review of renewable energy supply and energy efficiency technologies

Abolhosseini, Shahrouz; Heshmati, Almas; Altmann, Jörn - 2014

Electricity consumption will comprise an increasing share of global energy demand during the next two decades. In recent years, the increasing prices of fossil fuels and concerns about the environmental consequences of greenhouse gas emissions have renewed the interest in the development of...

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Timing the transfer : liquidity constraints and the transition to clean fuels

Afridi, Farzana; Barnwal, Prabhat; Sarkar, Shreya - 2024

We study the role of the administrative design of energy subsidy programs aimed at encouraging households' transition … to cleaner energy sources. Our context is the universal subsidy for clean cooking gas (LPG) in India - households first … purchase LPG at the market price (over-the-counter) and then receive a "cash-back" subsidy in their bank account. The subsidy …

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