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Raumplanung – Politikberatung, am Beispiel der Schweiz
(2017)Die Politikberatung gilt der schweizerische Raumplanung als öffentliche Aufgabe gleich zweifach. Im erster Linie wird sie selbst hinsichtlich Auftrag und Umsetzung sowie der tatsächlichen räumlichen Entwicklung durch Experten beraten. Auf der andern Seite ist sie selbst, primär aus ihrer Querschnittsfunktion heraus, sachlich/politisch beratend aktiv, so gegenüber den Departementen. Kantonalen Regierungen, öffentlichen Unternehmungen usw. ...Report -
Elementare Probleme – für Politik und Gesellschaft
(2017)Das Erkennen, Erfassen und Ansprechen sowie das Bewältigen öffentlicher Probleme durch Politik und Gesellschaft ist nicht einfach, zumal deren Konturen oft unscharf sind. Im öffentlichen Bewusstsein gibt es sogar "unterschwellige", die es zu erahnen gilt. Zudem müssen die artikulierten Probleme sachlich gewichtet und politisch-rechtlich bewertet werden. Dafür bedarf es Massstäbe.Report -
Politicized Trade: What Drives Withdrawal of Trade Preferences?
(2017)KOF Working PapersWhile it is well understood that industrialized countries use aid to grantpolitical favors, little research covers alternative channels such as trade policytowards developing countries. We analyze eligibility investigations and revokingof U.S. Generalized System of Preferences (GSP) benefits to see whetherpolitical friends of the U.S. receive favorable treatment. While countries politicallyaligned with the U.S. are equally likely to be ...Working Paper -
Employment Protection, Capital Investments and Labor Productivity
(2017)KOF Working PapersIn the this paper, I analyze the effect of Employment Protection Legislation (EPL) on investments in physical capital and labor productivity by exploiting the fact that small establishments in Germany below a given size threshold are exempted from certain parts of EPL. I do this by means of an Regression Discontinuity Design (RDD) and using establishment-level data for the period 1994-2012. Following the implications of the theoretical ...Working Paper -
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Linear/Quadratic Programming-Based Optimal Power Flow using Linear Power Flow and Absolute Loss Approximations
(2017)This paper presents a novel method to approximate the nonlinear AC optimal power flow (OPF) into tractable linear/ quadratic programming (LP/QP) based OPF problems that can be used for power system planning and operation. We derive a linear power flow approximation and include a convex reformulation of the power losses in the form of absolute value functions. We show three ways how we can incorporate this approximation into an LP/QP based ...Working Paper -
The Effect of Culture on Energy Efficient Vehicle Ownership
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The impact of ambient air pollution on hospital admissions
(2017)Economics Working Paper SeriesAmbient air pollution is the environmental factor with the greatest impact on human health. Several epidemiological studies provide evidence for an association between ambient air pollution and human health. However, the recent economic literature has challenged the identification strategy used in these studies. This paper contributes to the ongoing discussion by investigating the association between ambient air pollution and morbidity ...Working Paper -
The supply of foreign talent: How skill-biased technology drives the skill mix of immigrants Evidence from Switzerland 1990–2010
(2017)KOF Working PapersAn important goal of immigration policy is facilitating the entry and supply of workers whose skills are scarce in national labour markets. In recent decades, the introduction of information and communication technology [ICT] fuelled the demand for highly skilled workers at the expense of lower skill groups throughout the developed world. In this paper, we show that the skill mix of newly arriving immigrants strongly responded to this ...Working Paper