Skilled labour is a key input to the innovation process. A shortage in supply may impede innovation activities and result in lower productivity gains. While governments are concerned about these likely negative…
Using a large sample of enterprises from a survey that was simultaneously conducted in Germany, Austria and Switzerland, we study the self-reported impacts of the adoption of “green” energy saving and related…
This paper examines how optimal renewable energy (RE) suppo rt policies need to be adjusted to account for carbon prices. We show theoretically and empirically that changing carbon prices requires…
We investigate whether revenue-maximizing auctioneers selling heterogeneous items will allow for combinatorial bidding in the presence of auctioneer competition. We compare the choice of auction format by two…
