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Resource Rent Taxation and Benchmarking
(2009)CEPE Working PaperThe electricity generation in Switzerland is mainly based on hydropower (55% of total production). The exploitation of water in the hydropower sector can generate significant so-called resource rents. These are defined by the surplus return above the value of capital, labor, materials and energy used to exploit hydropower. In Switzerland, hydropower producers pay to the State a fixed fee per kW gross capacity. With this ...Working Paper -
Hedonic Price Functions for Zurich and Lugano with Special Focus on Electrosmog
(2007)CEPE Working PaperThis paper evaluates the impacts of electrosmog, noise and air pollution on the dwellings’ rents in the cities of Zurich and Lugano. The hedonic price regressions are estimated using a large micro-level data set and taking into account the spatial correlation in unobserved factors. The results suggest that the presence of mobile phone antenna has a negative impact on the rent, but this effect is not statistically significant in Lugano. ...Working Paper -
La deregolamentazione del mercato elettrico svizzero e implicazioni a breve termine per l'industria idroelettrica
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Resource Rent taxation - a new perspective for the Swiss Hydropower Sector
(2004)CEPE Working PaperWorking Paper -
Estimating the benefits of low flow alleviation in rivers: the case of the Ticino River
(2000)QuadernoWorking Paper -
Willingness to pay for energy-saving measures in residential buildings
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Deregulation of the Swiss electricity industry: Implication for the Hydropower Sector
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Impact of the new Swiss electricity law on the competitiveness of hydropower
(2002)CEPE Working PaperWorking Paper