For more than ten years the concept of European Metropolitan Regions is fixed in the German regional planning system. This article uses the shift-share-technique to assess the economic performance of the eleven German metropolitan areas based on a national comparison. Firstly, there is a clear...

A wide range of aggregate data is used to examine the spatial variation in homeownership rates among a cross-section of 96 German planning regions. The analysis accounts for potential endogeneity of prices and affordability as well as for spatial dependence in homeownership levels. In addition...

This paper employs cross-sectional data on 96 German regions to investigate the interregional variability of homeownership rates. Among the explanatory variables, the analysis includes important regional housing market indicators as well as regional socio-demographic composition, urbanization...

In this paper, we propose and apply the design of a sequential discrete choice experiment to examine homeowner preferences regarding the adoption of micro-generation systems and willingness to cooperate in sustainable energy infrastructure. Adoption and cooperation decisions of private...

The notion that technological innovation can benefit the economic and social well-being of a society is well accepted, but less examined is the potential that the adoption of new technologies may inadvertently lead to adverse effects in society. In this study, we consider the potential effects...

The inverse relationship between economic growth and labor market developments in the form of changes in the unemployment rate is known in economic literature as Okun's law. The objectives of this paper are to estimate a regionalized Okun coefficient and its associated (regional) unemployment...

This paper discusses the effect of residential energy prosuming on households' energy consumption behavior with the objective to find evidence for a “prosumer rebound effect” on energy consumption. Prosuming is the partial self-consumption of distributed energy production. We hypothesize...

The building sector offers an important lever for reducing carbon emissions, and carbon pricing is considered as one essential policy instrument to unleash this potential. Yet, carbon pricing in residential buildings faces challenges, especially in rental housing since the financial burden and...

A wide range of aggregate data is used to examine the spatial variation in homeownership rates among a cross-section of 96 German planning regions. The analysis accounts for potential endogeneity of prices and affordability as well as for spatial dependence in homeownership levels. In addition...