Anett Großmann and Frank Hohmann have attended the 8th International Congress on Environmental Modelling and Software (iEMSs 2016) in Toulouse and have presented the model and paper "E3.pt - An E3 PortableDyme model for Portugal". The…

The annual conference of the EcoMod network, the network of economic modelling, this year took place in Lisbon, Portugal. GWS participated with three people and four presentations. Britta Stoever spoke about her approach on Modelling the…

Great Britain’s decision to leave the European Union is currently causing huge political excitement. The consequences, however, will also be felt in the national economy of Britain itself as well as among its trade partners/ nations.…

On 13th/14th June 2016, the European Public Service Union (EPSU) and its Austrian affiliate Younion organised a seminar on digitalisation. A broad range of topics were covered in discussions that made clear the extent to which new…

GWS presents results on social and distribution effects of the electricity surcharge for renewable energy and suggestions on how to mitigate these effects at the 39th International Conference of the International Association of Energy…

The GWS research report 2016/01 describes extensively macroeconomic effects and distributional impacts of the energy transition. Based on a brief literature review and especially own work effects are further structured, concepts defined…

In 2015, the GWS started a first attempt to project businesses by economic activities based on closures and foundations of companies. The data set for this business demography was provided by the Federal Statistical Office. By using the…

On 18 May 2016, the Federal Cabinet has entrusted the Ministry of Economy and Energy (BMWi) with the implementation of the purchase grant for electric cars. The support is financed equally with federal funds and resources to the…

Following the expansion of renewable energy in Germany, an increasing number of private households is producing heat and electricity for themselves. Prosumer-households consume at least a small part of their own generated energy. In a…

Private consumption that considers resource-saving and environmentally friendly behaviour is one aspect of sustainable development. The current soeb-Working-Paper 2016-3 published within the research network soeb 3 shows the impact of a…