Title:The Role of Curvature in the Transformation Frontier for Measuring Technology Shocks
Author(s):MENNUNI, AlessandroDate:2010-10-28Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI MWPAbstract:In the usual version of the neoclassical growth model used to identify neutral (N-Shock) and investment shocks (I-Shock), a linear transformation frontier between consumption and investment goods is assumed. This paper ...
Title:The role of economic theory in WTO arbitrations
Author(s):RUTA, MicheleDate:2013Type of Publication:OtherSeries/Report no.:EUI RSCAS PPAbstract:How can economic theory be useful in WTO arbitrations? Motivated by this question, this paper reviews the approach that is often used to determine the level of permissible retaliation in international trade disputes (the, ...
Title:The role of europarties in framing the European Union Foreign and Security Policy
Author(s):CALOSSI, Enrico; COTICCHIA, FabrizioDate:2013Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI RSCASAbstract:The implementation of the Lisbon Treaty assessed new prerogatives to the European Parliament (EP) on the Common Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP) and on the Common Security and Defence Policy (CSDP). This has increased ...
Title:The Role of Expectations in Sudden Stops
Author(s):MERTENS, KarelDate:2007Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI ECOAbstract:This paper presents a flexible-price small open economy model with a “peso problem”
in productivity states. Agents rationally adjust their beliefs about future productivity
growth after the arrival of news. A downward ...