We present a novel approach for analyzing the effects of EU cohesion policy on local economic activity. For all municipalities in the border area of the Czech Republic, Germany and Poland, we collect project-level data on EU funding in the period between 2007 and 2013. Using night light emission...

The objective of this thesis is to estimate, for adistribution network, confidence intervals containing thevalues of nodal hourly power consumption and nodal maximumpower consumption per customer where they are not measured.The values of nodal hourly power consumption are needed inoperational as...

<CENTER><H4>An Analysis of the Financial Incentives Impact on the Utility Demand-Side Management Programs</h3></center><p align="justify"> Many utilities implement the financial incentive plans in promoting their Demand-Side Management (DSM) programs. The plans are intended to reduce the customer investment cost for a high efficiency...</p></h4>