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The EU electricity directive (96/92/EC) established the right of the member states to choose between Regulated and Negotiated Third Party Access (RTPA and NTPA). The interest group theory is able to explain whether the introduction of NTPA in Germany had been an interest group equilibrium under the restriction of EU-directive. Using the NTPA associations of electricity power suppliers, network monopolists and industrial consumers negotiated three agreements. The last one (AA VVII+) in December 2001 introduced a market comparison scheme with three structural features: “East-/West-Germany”, “consumption/population density”, and “cable rate”. These features are variables which are supposed to reflect cost differences between network suppliers. The theoretical analysis will derive the hypothesis that this conception allows to introduce a cost irrelevant factor and therefore to increase prices without harming firms which do not hold this factor. This hypothesis could be tested by analyzing the German low and medium voltage network suppliers in 2002 and 2003. Our estimations show that the use of structural feature “East-/West Germany” and “consumption/population density” could be explained by this hypothesis. But because we have no firm specific information about cost differences other explanations could not be excluded: Monopoly prices differ with marginal costs, and regulation could reflect real cost differences. The third structural feature “cable rate” has no influence in low voltage networks, but has an impact on access charges levied in medium voltage networks. This relationship is only given if we use the borderlines given by AA VVII+. Hence, we are not able to reject the interest group theory: The feature “cable rate” was introduced successfully to increase access charges for medium network suppliers which have high cable rates without having higher costs.
This paper studies the empirical effect of risk classification in the mandatory third-party motor insurance (TPMI) of Germany. We find evidence that inefficient risk categories had been selected in this market while potentially efficient information may have been dismissed. Risk classification did generally not improve the efficiency of contracting or the composition of insureds in this market. These findings can be partly explained by the existence of compulsory fixed coverage and other institutional restraints such as unitary owner insurance in this market.
Weder junge noch alte Firmen sind jeweils homogen. Die wichtigste Entdeckung in mikroökonometrischen Studien ist und bleibt – mit den Worten von James Heckman in seiner Nobelpreis-Rede – „the evidence on the pervasiveness of heterogeneity and diversity in economic life.“ Brown, Hamilton und Medoff beendeten ihr Buch zu großen und kleinen Firmen mit der Bemerkung: „Sentiment aside, the results of our research suggest a clear message for policies affecting large and small firms: do not judge employers by their size alone.“ Dies gilt hier entsprechend für junge und alte Firmen – auch die dürfen nicht allein nach ihrem Alter beurteilt werden.
Beschrieben wird eine bedeutende Karte des hohen Mittelalters, ihre Herkunft, ihr Gehalt, ihre Struktur, einige Aspekte des von ihr verkörperten Weltbildes sowie ihre Dokumentation mit digitalen Medien.
Es dauert nicht mehr lange, dann wird es schwer werden, einen Computer zu fassen zu bekommen, geschweige denn, sich seiner mittels Handgreiflichkeiten zu entledigen. Die Autoren des einschlägigen Buchs über das Quantencomputing »The ultimate zero and one«, Colin Williams und Scott Clearwater, drücken das so aus: »Computers are starting to disappear before our very eyes by becoming part of the fabric of our world.«