Calendrier du 09 décembre 2020
Séminaire de recrutement
Du 09/12/2020 de 17:00 à 18:00
ONLINE
ASTIER Nicolas (PSE et Ecole des Ponts)
What Kinds of Distributed Generation Capacity Reduces Network Investment and Operating Costs? Evidence from France
Electricity systems are hosting increasing amounts of distributed generation units, that is relatively small installations connected to low and medium voltage grids, known as distribution networks. Because these networks were initially designed to supply end-consumers, the impact of distributed generation on grid investment and operating costs has raised considerable debate. This paper presents evidence from the French electricity grid, where distributed generation capacities have reached over 28 GW in 2018, a ten-fold increase since 2005. We combine detailed information on installed distributed generation units with summary statistics derived from the hourly load curves of over 2,000 distribution sub-stations to estimate how different distributed generation technologies have impacted sub-station load curves. We find that solar and wind units have induced the most adverse changes.
Du 09/12/2020 de 12:30 à 14:00
via ZOOM
Economic History Seminar
Du 09/12/2020 de 12:30 à 14:00
via ZOOM
GABBUTI Giacomo (Oxford)
Inheritance and Ideology in Italy, c. 1870-1925
In this talk, I will discuss the reality and ‘ideology’ (in the sense of Piketty 2020) of inheritance in Italy between unification and fascism. First, drawing from a joint ongoing work with Salvatore Morelli, I will present new estimates of wealth inequality from 1870 to the outbreak of World War I – the so-called ‘Liberal Italy’, when the country experienced a relatively ‘benevolent’ industrial take-off within the broader first globalisation. An abrupt interruption in the series is represented not only by the war, but by the abolition of inheritance tax operated by Mussolini’s government in the summer 1923. The second part of the talk will deal with the historical reconstruction of the so-far largely neglected ‘adventures’ of inheritance tax in post-WWI Italy – from the sharp increases in rates in 1919-20, to the ignited debate over Rignano’s proposals, as well as the reaction by professional and banking associations, leading to its abrupt abolition in 1923 by Mussolini’s government.