1. Refereed Journal // 2008

    Firm Performance and Employment in the EU Emissions Trading Scheme: An Empirical Assessment for Germany

    This paper empirically investigates the role of the EU Emissions Trading Scheme (EU ETS) for firm performance and employment in Germany. We provide an overview of relative allowance allocation within the EU ETS…

  2. Refereed Journal // 2008

    Numerical Solution of Optimal Control Problems with Constant Control Delays

    We investigate a class of optimal control problems that exhibit constant exogenously given delays in the control in the equation of motion of the differential states. Therefore, we formulate an exemplary…

  3. Refereed Journal // 2008

    Fixed-term contracts as sorting mechanisms: Evidence from job durations in West Germany

    We estimate the effect of initial episodes under fixed-term contracts (FTCs) on job duration in the further course of the employment spell, using data from the German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP) from 1985 to…

  4. Refereed Journal // 2008

    Calibration of normalised CES production functions in dynamic models

    Normalising CES production functions in the calibration of basic dynamic models allows to choose technology parameters in an economically plausible way. When varia- tions in the elasticity of substitution are…