Die Stromversorgung in Deutschland wandelt sich von der Nutzung fossiler Energien und Kernenergie zunehmend in Richtung regenerativer Energien. Ein bedeutendes "Standbein" stellt hierbei die Windkraftnutzung dar. Doch lässt sich trotz hoher grundsätzlicher Zustimmung zur Energiewende vermehrt...

Power generation in Germany is increasingly moving from the use of fossil fuels and nuclear power towards renewable energy. A significant 'pillar' of this transition is the use of wind power. However, despite high levels of general support for the energy transition, there is an increasing amount...

We study how actors engage in institutional work to manage legitimacy by influencing media discourse in the face of discontinuous innovation. We content-analyze actor quotes reproduced in newspaper articles about the ‘sharing economy’ in the taxi and lodging industries to survey this aspect...

This paper analyzes the impact of model complexity on the valuation of a project financed power plant along two dimensions: The NPV distribution and the expected cumulative default probability of the project. Model complexity is separated into forecast and simulation complexity. Thereby, we aim...

Starting with the liberalization of electricity trading, this market grew rapidly over the last decade. However, while spot and future markets are rather liquid nowadays, option trading is still limited. One of the potential reasons for this is that the spot price process of electricity is still...

Naturparke bilden die älteste Schutzgebietskategorie in Deutschland. Neben Aufgaben wie Naturschutz und Erholung wurde ihnen als relativ neue und zentrale Aufgabe die nachhaltige Regionalentwicklung, verankert im Bundesnaturschutzgesetz sowie den meisten Landesnaturschutzgesetzen, zugesprochen....