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Papers by Tobias Menz
Springer eBooks, 2015
Chapter 4 • Germany's way from conventional power grids towards smart grids Hydro Wind Biomass So... more Chapter 4 • Germany's way from conventional power grids towards smart grids Hydro Wind Biomass Solar Household Waste. Fig. 4.2 Composition of the RES generation mix from 1993 to 2013, data from [11] 49 4 4.2 • Today's power system and its most pressing challenges. Table 4.1 Electricity consumption in Germany in 2013, data from [14] Consumer Electricity Consumption in TWh in 2013 in % of Total Mining and Industry 241 45.6
Land Economics, 2012
By using data on self-rated life satisfaction as an empirical indicator of well-being, this paper... more By using data on self-rated life satisfaction as an empirical indicator of well-being, this paper estimates the valuation of two major air pollutants differentiated by people’s age category (stage in the life cycle) and birth cohort. Life satisfaction regressions involving about 59,000 individuals in 10 European countries, 1990–1997, imply that, consistent with epidemiological evidence, both life-cycle and cohort effects exist in the valuation of air quality. The age and cohort dependence of the sensitivity to air pollution translates into considerable differences in the valuation of clean air. (JEL Q51, Q53)
Population and Environment, 2011
Recent literature has suggested that population aging may shape energy demand and related emissio... more Recent literature has suggested that population aging may shape energy demand and related emissions. Recent scholarship also suggests that emissions play a role in contemporary climate change and, as such, understanding the effect of population compositional change has considerable environmental policy importance. The purpose of this paper is to empirically investigate the macro-level relationship between population aging and emissions of sulfur dioxide. We extend a standard macroeconomic estimation function by including the age composition of the population. In doing so, we separate, for the first time in the literature on aging and the environment, the life-cycle dimension of the age structure from its cohort dimension. We utilize data representing a balanced panel of 25 OECD countries during the period from 1970 to 2000. Consistent with our expectations, we find that societies with a low proportion of young and a high proportion of senior citizens emit more sulfur dioxide. At the same time, our results suggest that a high proportion of individuals born before 1960 is positively correlated to national sulfur dioxide emissions. Our study contributes to understanding of past emission patterns in OECD countries and the findings may allow for improvements in future emission projections.
Energy Economics, 2012
This paper investigates the relationship between emissions of carbon dioxide and the ongoing proc... more This paper investigates the relationship between emissions of carbon dioxide and the ongoing process of demographic transition in OECD countries. Our research is motivated by suggestions in the literature that emission-relevant consumption patterns may depend on the position in the life cycle and on the birth cohort to which people belong. We augment standard macroeconomic emission regressions by including the age and cohort composition of the population. Our estimation results on a panel of data for 26 countries, spanning the period 1960-2005, suggest that both life-cycle and cohort effects belong in a macroeconomic emission function for carbon dioxide. We find that shifts in both the age and the cohort composition have contributed to rising carbon emissions in OECD countries.
Ecological Economics, 2011
Encyclopedia of Quality of Life and Well-Being Research, 2014
Most industrialized countries will be affected by a significant population aging in the future. E... more Most industrialized countries will be affected by a significant population aging in the future. Economic consequences of this phenomenon have been intensely debated in the recent past. Nevertheless, the consequences of this coming population aging for environmental quality are largely unknown. This paper investigates how environmental preferences for local air quality depend on the age-composition of the population. We use the life satisfaction approach to explore age-specific preferences for local air quality, as measured by PM10 concentrations. Our estimation results on a panel of 25 OECD countries, spanning the period 1990 to 2004, indicate that preferences for local air quality seem to be U-shaped in age. We conjecture this result to arise since the physical health of young and old age groups is more negatively affected by air pollution. As a result, the coming rise in the share of the elderly population constitutes a potential for an increase in preferred local air quality. JEL...
ABSTRACT The future energy system needs cost-efficient means for exchanging and handling smart gr... more ABSTRACT The future energy system needs cost-efficient means for exchanging and handling smart grid data. Parties involved in the energy system need to access data and services in order to carry out and coordinate their activities. This paper gives an overview of concepts and discussions around building an infrastructure serving the purpose of giving authorized parties access to data and resources in a non-discriminatory manner. It also proposes next steps to be taken to concretise the concepts into an infrastructure.
Die Frage dieser Arbeit wird sein, wie eine striktere (bzw. strengere), aber nicht zwingend optim... more Die Frage dieser Arbeit wird sein, wie eine striktere (bzw. strengere), aber nicht zwingend optimale Umweltpolitik sich auf Wachstum und Arbeitslosigkeit auswirkt. Eine striktere Umweltpolitik zeichnet sich durch eine geringere Umweltverschmutzung aus, da die Unternehmen zu umweltfreundlicherem Verhalten angeregt werden. Die Arbeit hat folgenden Aufbau: Im zweiten Kapitel werde ich das Untersuchungsfeld der Umweltverschmutzung eingrenzen. In einem ersten Schritt werde ich erklären, warum eine Beschränkung auf das Gebiet des Klimawandels sinnvoll ist. Danach stelle ich dar, welche Umweltinstrumente überhaupt für die Bekämpfung des Klimawandels geeignet sind. Im dritten Kapitel geht es um die Frage, welchen Einfluss eine striktere Umweltpolitik auf das Wachstum der Volkswirtschaft hat. Dazu werde ich einerseits darstellen, welchen Einfluss die Umweltpolitik hier generell hat, und andererseits, welche Wirkungen die einzelnen Umweltinstrumente im Speziellen haben. Am Schluss des dritten...
The future energy system needs cost-efficient means for exchanging and handling smart grid data. ... more The future energy system needs cost-efficient means for exchanging and handling smart grid data. Parties involved in the energy system need to access data and services in order to carry out and coordinate their activities. This paper gives an overview of concepts and discussions around building an infrastructure serving the purpose of giving authorized parties access to data and resources in a non-discriminatory manner. It also proposes next steps to be taken to concretise the concepts into an infrastructure.
Regulatory Pathways For Smart Grid Development in China, 2015
Regulatory Pathways For Smart Grid Development in China, 2015
Ministry of Land and Resources (MLR) Economic Operation Adjustment Pricing Climate Change Fiscal ... more Ministry of Land and Resources (MLR) Economic Operation Adjustment Pricing Climate Change Fiscal and Financial Affairs Development Planning Res. Cons. & Environmental Prot. NDRC Departments Ministries (only energy-related) National Energy Commission (NEC) State Grid Corporation of China (SGCC) China Southern Power Grid Co.
Regulatory Pathways For Smart Grid Development in China, 2015
The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, etc. in this publication does... more The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use.
Regulatory Pathways For Smart Grid Development in China, 2015
Springer eBooks, 2015
Chapter 4 • Germany's way from conventional power grids towards smart grids Hydro Wind Biomass So... more Chapter 4 • Germany's way from conventional power grids towards smart grids Hydro Wind Biomass Solar Household Waste. Fig. 4.2 Composition of the RES generation mix from 1993 to 2013, data from [11] 49 4 4.2 • Today's power system and its most pressing challenges. Table 4.1 Electricity consumption in Germany in 2013, data from [14] Consumer Electricity Consumption in TWh in 2013 in % of Total Mining and Industry 241 45.6
Land Economics, 2012
By using data on self-rated life satisfaction as an empirical indicator of well-being, this paper... more By using data on self-rated life satisfaction as an empirical indicator of well-being, this paper estimates the valuation of two major air pollutants differentiated by people’s age category (stage in the life cycle) and birth cohort. Life satisfaction regressions involving about 59,000 individuals in 10 European countries, 1990–1997, imply that, consistent with epidemiological evidence, both life-cycle and cohort effects exist in the valuation of air quality. The age and cohort dependence of the sensitivity to air pollution translates into considerable differences in the valuation of clean air. (JEL Q51, Q53)
Population and Environment, 2011
Recent literature has suggested that population aging may shape energy demand and related emissio... more Recent literature has suggested that population aging may shape energy demand and related emissions. Recent scholarship also suggests that emissions play a role in contemporary climate change and, as such, understanding the effect of population compositional change has considerable environmental policy importance. The purpose of this paper is to empirically investigate the macro-level relationship between population aging and emissions of sulfur dioxide. We extend a standard macroeconomic estimation function by including the age composition of the population. In doing so, we separate, for the first time in the literature on aging and the environment, the life-cycle dimension of the age structure from its cohort dimension. We utilize data representing a balanced panel of 25 OECD countries during the period from 1970 to 2000. Consistent with our expectations, we find that societies with a low proportion of young and a high proportion of senior citizens emit more sulfur dioxide. At the same time, our results suggest that a high proportion of individuals born before 1960 is positively correlated to national sulfur dioxide emissions. Our study contributes to understanding of past emission patterns in OECD countries and the findings may allow for improvements in future emission projections.
Energy Economics, 2012
This paper investigates the relationship between emissions of carbon dioxide and the ongoing proc... more This paper investigates the relationship between emissions of carbon dioxide and the ongoing process of demographic transition in OECD countries. Our research is motivated by suggestions in the literature that emission-relevant consumption patterns may depend on the position in the life cycle and on the birth cohort to which people belong. We augment standard macroeconomic emission regressions by including the age and cohort composition of the population. Our estimation results on a panel of data for 26 countries, spanning the period 1960-2005, suggest that both life-cycle and cohort effects belong in a macroeconomic emission function for carbon dioxide. We find that shifts in both the age and the cohort composition have contributed to rising carbon emissions in OECD countries.
Ecological Economics, 2011
Encyclopedia of Quality of Life and Well-Being Research, 2014
Most industrialized countries will be affected by a significant population aging in the future. E... more Most industrialized countries will be affected by a significant population aging in the future. Economic consequences of this phenomenon have been intensely debated in the recent past. Nevertheless, the consequences of this coming population aging for environmental quality are largely unknown. This paper investigates how environmental preferences for local air quality depend on the age-composition of the population. We use the life satisfaction approach to explore age-specific preferences for local air quality, as measured by PM10 concentrations. Our estimation results on a panel of 25 OECD countries, spanning the period 1990 to 2004, indicate that preferences for local air quality seem to be U-shaped in age. We conjecture this result to arise since the physical health of young and old age groups is more negatively affected by air pollution. As a result, the coming rise in the share of the elderly population constitutes a potential for an increase in preferred local air quality. JEL...
ABSTRACT The future energy system needs cost-efficient means for exchanging and handling smart gr... more ABSTRACT The future energy system needs cost-efficient means for exchanging and handling smart grid data. Parties involved in the energy system need to access data and services in order to carry out and coordinate their activities. This paper gives an overview of concepts and discussions around building an infrastructure serving the purpose of giving authorized parties access to data and resources in a non-discriminatory manner. It also proposes next steps to be taken to concretise the concepts into an infrastructure.
Die Frage dieser Arbeit wird sein, wie eine striktere (bzw. strengere), aber nicht zwingend optim... more Die Frage dieser Arbeit wird sein, wie eine striktere (bzw. strengere), aber nicht zwingend optimale Umweltpolitik sich auf Wachstum und Arbeitslosigkeit auswirkt. Eine striktere Umweltpolitik zeichnet sich durch eine geringere Umweltverschmutzung aus, da die Unternehmen zu umweltfreundlicherem Verhalten angeregt werden. Die Arbeit hat folgenden Aufbau: Im zweiten Kapitel werde ich das Untersuchungsfeld der Umweltverschmutzung eingrenzen. In einem ersten Schritt werde ich erklären, warum eine Beschränkung auf das Gebiet des Klimawandels sinnvoll ist. Danach stelle ich dar, welche Umweltinstrumente überhaupt für die Bekämpfung des Klimawandels geeignet sind. Im dritten Kapitel geht es um die Frage, welchen Einfluss eine striktere Umweltpolitik auf das Wachstum der Volkswirtschaft hat. Dazu werde ich einerseits darstellen, welchen Einfluss die Umweltpolitik hier generell hat, und andererseits, welche Wirkungen die einzelnen Umweltinstrumente im Speziellen haben. Am Schluss des dritten...
The future energy system needs cost-efficient means for exchanging and handling smart grid data. ... more The future energy system needs cost-efficient means for exchanging and handling smart grid data. Parties involved in the energy system need to access data and services in order to carry out and coordinate their activities. This paper gives an overview of concepts and discussions around building an infrastructure serving the purpose of giving authorized parties access to data and resources in a non-discriminatory manner. It also proposes next steps to be taken to concretise the concepts into an infrastructure.
Regulatory Pathways For Smart Grid Development in China, 2015
Regulatory Pathways For Smart Grid Development in China, 2015
Ministry of Land and Resources (MLR) Economic Operation Adjustment Pricing Climate Change Fiscal ... more Ministry of Land and Resources (MLR) Economic Operation Adjustment Pricing Climate Change Fiscal and Financial Affairs Development Planning Res. Cons. & Environmental Prot. NDRC Departments Ministries (only energy-related) National Energy Commission (NEC) State Grid Corporation of China (SGCC) China Southern Power Grid Co.
Regulatory Pathways For Smart Grid Development in China, 2015
The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, etc. in this publication does... more The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use.
Regulatory Pathways For Smart Grid Development in China, 2015