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Das Graduate Center sucht zum nächstmöglichen Zeitpunkt eine studentische Hilfskraft (w/m/div) für 10 Wochenstunden.

In Deutschland werden am Samstag die letzten drei Kernkraftwerke abgeschaltet. Dazu eine Stellungnahme von Claudia Kemfert, Leiterin der Abteilung Energie, Verkehr, Umwelt im DIW Berlin:

Das Kapitel Atomenergie sollte in Deutschland zum 15. April endlich beendet werden. Die derzeit noch laufenden letzten drei Atomkraftwerke produzieren weniger als fünf Prozent der Stromerzeugung in Deutschland. Deutschland kann problemlos die restlichen Atomkraftwerke abschalten, ohne dass die Lichter ausgehen. Dies wäre auch schon am 1. Januar 2023 möglich gewesen. Der vergangene Winter hat gezeigt, dass die Gefahr eines Blackouts nie bestand. Der geringe Beitrag der Stromproduktion durch Atomkraftwerke sorgt weder für sinkende Strompreise noch für sinkende Emissionen. Ein von einigen geforderter Neubau von Atomkraftwerken würde Jahrzehnte dauern, wäre enorm teuer und ohne staatliche Subventionen nicht finanzierbar. Auch die nun versprochene angeblich neue Atomtechnik von kleinen Reaktoren entpuppt sich bei näherem Hinsehen als Fata Morgana. Der Blick nach Frankreich zeigt zudem: Atomkraft ist keine zuverlässige Energiequelle. Mehr als die Hälfte der dortigen AKW war wegen verschiedener Probleme zeitweise nicht am Netz. Deshalb musste Deutschland Frankreich mit Strom aushelfen – nicht umgekehrt.

Atomstrom ist extrem teuer, würde man allein die externen Kosten wie für die Endlagerung einrechnen. Erneuerbare Energien und Windstrom sind deutlich billiger. Daher sollte das Kapitel Kernenergie mit dem Abschalten der letzten drei Atomkraftwerke am 15. April 2023 endlich geschlossen werden. Der Rückbau der Anlagen wird noch Jahrzehnte dauern, der Atommüll wird für Jahrtausende eingelagert werden.  Der Betrieb der Anlagen hat bereits den Umstieg zu erneuerbaren Energien behindert, da Atomkraftwerke zu unflexibel sind in der Kombination mit erneuerbaren Energien und der Weg nicht frei gemacht wird für eine echte Energiewende mit erneuerbaren Energien. Es ist Zeit, die Kraftwerke endlich abzuschalten und die endlosen Gespenster- und Zirkeldebatten zur Atomenergie zu beenden. Um es zusammenfassend zu sagen: Atomenergie ist zu teuer, zu langsam, zu gefährlich und blockiert die zukünftige gesicherte Energieversorgung.

As world leaders are packing their bags to travel to Washington for the Spring meetings of the World Bank (WB) and the International Monetary Fund, these discussions will offer the first opportunity of the year to collectively deliver on some of the propositions to reform the WB and the international financial architecture for sustainable development to make them fit for the polycrises of the 21st century. The May G7 Summit in Japan, the June Summit for a New Financial Pact in Paris, the September Finance in Common Summit in Colombia, the SDG Summit in New York, the G20 Summit in India, the WB and IMF annual meetings in the autumn, and the COP28 in Dubai at the end of the year, are other opportunities to move the reform agenda forward.

As world leaders are packing their bags to travel to Washington for the Spring meetings of the World Bank (WB) and the International Monetary Fund, these discussions will offer the first opportunity of the year to collectively deliver on some of the propositions to reform the WB and the international financial architecture for sustainable development to make them fit for the polycrises of the 21st century. The May G7 Summit in Japan, the June Summit for a New Financial Pact in Paris, the September Finance in Common Summit in Colombia, the SDG Summit in New York, the G20 Summit in India, the WB and IMF annual meetings in the autumn, and the COP28 in Dubai at the end of the year, are other opportunities to move the reform agenda forward.

As world leaders are packing their bags to travel to Washington for the Spring meetings of the World Bank (WB) and the International Monetary Fund, these discussions will offer the first opportunity of the year to collectively deliver on some of the propositions to reform the WB and the international financial architecture for sustainable development to make them fit for the polycrises of the 21st century. The May G7 Summit in Japan, the June Summit for a New Financial Pact in Paris, the September Finance in Common Summit in Colombia, the SDG Summit in New York, the G20 Summit in India, the WB and IMF annual meetings in the autumn, and the COP28 in Dubai at the end of the year, are other opportunities to move the reform agenda forward.

Die Abteilung Staat (Public Economics) im DIW Berlin sucht zum nächstmöglichen Zeitpunkt eine studentische Hilfskraft (w/m/div) für 10 Wochenstunden.

Non-Migration Amidst Zimbabwe’s Economic Meltdown addresses the complexities surrounding non-migration in Zimbabwe within the context of protracted political and economic uncertainty. Rose Jaji discusses how individual subjectivities mediate macroeconomic factors and critiques simplistic explanations of non-migration, paying particular attention the complexities and contradictions involved in the decision not to migrate. The book ends with a discussion of the synergistic relationship between non-migration and migration, demonstrating how one can morph into the other in response to evolving individual circumstances and macroeconomic factors.

Non-Migration Amidst Zimbabwe’s Economic Meltdown addresses the complexities surrounding non-migration in Zimbabwe within the context of protracted political and economic uncertainty. Rose Jaji discusses how individual subjectivities mediate macroeconomic factors and critiques simplistic explanations of non-migration, paying particular attention the complexities and contradictions involved in the decision not to migrate. The book ends with a discussion of the synergistic relationship between non-migration and migration, demonstrating how one can morph into the other in response to evolving individual circumstances and macroeconomic factors.

Non-Migration Amidst Zimbabwe’s Economic Meltdown addresses the complexities surrounding non-migration in Zimbabwe within the context of protracted political and economic uncertainty. Rose Jaji discusses how individual subjectivities mediate macroeconomic factors and critiques simplistic explanations of non-migration, paying particular attention the complexities and contradictions involved in the decision not to migrate. The book ends with a discussion of the synergistic relationship between non-migration and migration, demonstrating how one can morph into the other in response to evolving individual circumstances and macroeconomic factors.

Das Bundeskabinett hat heute eine Reform des Wettbewerbsrechts auf den Weg gebracht. Dabei soll das Bundeskartellamt deutlich mehr Befugnisse bekommen, um gegen überhöhte Preise vorzugehen. Wettbewerbsexperte Tomaso Duso, Leiter der Abteilung Unternehmen und Märkte im DIW Berlin und Mitglied der Monopolkommission, kommentiert dies wie folgt:

Um dauerhaft verkrustete wettbewerbsbehindernde Strukturen auf bestimmten Märkten aufzubrechen, sind die herkömmlichen Instrumente der Kartellverbots-, Missbrauchs- und Fusionskontrolle nicht immer wirksam. Daher ist es zu begrüßen, dass der Kabinettsentwurf zur 11. Novelle des Gesetzes gegen Wettbewerbsbeschränkungen das Instrument der Sektoruntersuchung stärkt und das Bundeskartellamt nun auch Maßnahmen ergreifen können soll, ohne dass den Unternehmen ein Kartellrechtsverstoß nachgewiesen werden muss.

Damit wird dem Bundeskartellamt nunmehr die Möglichkeit eingeräumt, verstoßunabhängige Abhilfemaßnahmen anzuordnen und als ultima ratio eine Entflechtung zu verfügen, wenn eine erhebliche und fortwährende Störung des Wettbewerbs vorliegt. Darüber hinaus sieht der Entwurf vor, die Abschöpfung der durch Kartellrechtsverstöße erzielten Vorteile zu erleichtern. Der Regierungsentwurf konkretisiert die Definition einer erheblichen und fortwährenden Störung des Wettbewerbs. Zudem sieht der Entwurf eine Entschädigung für Unternehmen vor, die entflochten werden müssen. Schließlich ist die Schwelle für den Erlass von Abhilfemaßnahmen durch das Bundeskartellamt gegenüber früheren Entwürfen angehoben worden.

Dennoch, um die Transparenz des Instruments zu erhöhen, hätten die Monopolkommission und ich uns gewünscht, dass das Bundeskartellamt einen Zwischenbericht veröffentlichen muss. Auch eine regelmäßige externe Evaluierung der Abhilfemaßnahmen durch Dritte wäre ein wichtiger Baustein gewesen, um die Effektivität des Instruments zu verstehen.

It is estimated that the Turkish economy gained about $168.9 billion from hosting Syrian refugees during the period 2012-2021, which greatly exceeds the $100 billion of (alleged) Turkish government spending on refugees. Therefore, it was possible to use hosting Syrian refugees positively in the election campaign in Turkey, but the Turkish opposition and government are manipulating refugee issues in a very irresponsible and opportunistic way to win the votes of the voters (only arabic version available).

It is estimated that the Turkish economy gained about $168.9 billion from hosting Syrian refugees during the period 2012-2021, which greatly exceeds the $100 billion of (alleged) Turkish government spending on refugees. Therefore, it was possible to use hosting Syrian refugees positively in the election campaign in Turkey, but the Turkish opposition and government are manipulating refugee issues in a very irresponsible and opportunistic way to win the votes of the voters (only arabic version available).

It is estimated that the Turkish economy gained about $168.9 billion from hosting Syrian refugees during the period 2012-2021, which greatly exceeds the $100 billion of (alleged) Turkish government spending on refugees. Therefore, it was possible to use hosting Syrian refugees positively in the election campaign in Turkey, but the Turkish opposition and government are manipulating refugee issues in a very irresponsible and opportunistic way to win the votes of the voters (only arabic version available).

This research attempted to approach the conditions of oil production and marketing in northeastern Syria from the perspective of institutional economics, which considers that the formal and informal rules that regulate the economic game are the determinants of economic performance. Within the institutional economics, the institutional analysis framework called SSP was used. Secondary data, available in government documents, press reports، and reports of international organizations, were relied upon, in addition to interviews with some Autonomous Administration of North East Syrian’s officials and some expert. We tried to answer the following question: What is the impact of the institutional arrangements of the Autonomous Administration in Northern and eastern Syria in the performance of the oil sector? As a result, we found that the formal and informal institutional structure of the Autonomous Administration is full of gaps with a clientelist nature that focuses on achieving political loyalty to the Autonomous Administration at the expense of the efficient economic use of such a precious and depleted resource. This structure serves the interests of oil extractor, marketing brokers and owners of refineries at the expense of the general public. Accordingly, a number suggestions, that are expected to improve the performance of the oil sector, presented.

This research attempted to approach the conditions of oil production and marketing in northeastern Syria from the perspective of institutional economics, which considers that the formal and informal rules that regulate the economic game are the determinants of economic performance. Within the institutional economics, the institutional analysis framework called SSP was used. Secondary data, available in government documents, press reports، and reports of international organizations, were relied upon, in addition to interviews with some Autonomous Administration of North East Syrian’s officials and some expert. We tried to answer the following question: What is the impact of the institutional arrangements of the Autonomous Administration in Northern and eastern Syria in the performance of the oil sector? As a result, we found that the formal and informal institutional structure of the Autonomous Administration is full of gaps with a clientelist nature that focuses on achieving political loyalty to the Autonomous Administration at the expense of the efficient economic use of such a precious and depleted resource. This structure serves the interests of oil extractor, marketing brokers and owners of refineries at the expense of the general public. Accordingly, a number suggestions, that are expected to improve the performance of the oil sector, presented.

This research attempted to approach the conditions of oil production and marketing in northeastern Syria from the perspective of institutional economics, which considers that the formal and informal rules that regulate the economic game are the determinants of economic performance. Within the institutional economics, the institutional analysis framework called SSP was used. Secondary data, available in government documents, press reports، and reports of international organizations, were relied upon, in addition to interviews with some Autonomous Administration of North East Syrian’s officials and some expert. We tried to answer the following question: What is the impact of the institutional arrangements of the Autonomous Administration in Northern and eastern Syria in the performance of the oil sector? As a result, we found that the formal and informal institutional structure of the Autonomous Administration is full of gaps with a clientelist nature that focuses on achieving political loyalty to the Autonomous Administration at the expense of the efficient economic use of such a precious and depleted resource. This structure serves the interests of oil extractor, marketing brokers and owners of refineries at the expense of the general public. Accordingly, a number suggestions, that are expected to improve the performance of the oil sector, presented.