Title:The Role of Institutions in Cosmopolitan Justice
Author(s):MIKLOS, AndrasDate:2007Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI MWPAbstract:This paper focuses on a distinction between two kinds of theories about the role of institutions in cosmopolitan justice. Some philosophers claim that principles of egalitarian justice apply to institutional schemes only, ...
Title:The Role of Intellectual Property in Joint Innovation and Development
Author(s):SVETIEV, YaneDate:2011Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI MWPAbstract:This paper focuses on the role of intellectual property (IP) in structuring and governing innovative ventures between independent firms. The issue is particularly important given the tendency towards vertical disintegration ...
Title:Role of International Labour Migration in Russian Economic Development
Author(s):IONTSEV, Vladimir; IVAKHNYUK, IrinaDate:2012Type of Publication:Technical ReportSeries/Report no.:Migration Policy CentreAbstract:In the two post-Soviet decades Russia has become actively involved in international labour flows. Today Russia acts as an exporter and an importer of labour in the global labour market: Russian citizens work all over the ...
Title:The Role of Intuition and Reasoning in Driving Aversion to Risk and Ambiguity
Author(s):BUTLER, Jeffrey V.; GUISO, Luigi; JAPPELLI, TullioDate:2011-01-01Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI ECOAbstract:Using information on a large sample of retail investors and experimental data we find that risk aversion and risk ambiguity are correlated: individuals who dislike risk also dislike ambiguity. We show that what links these ...
Title:The Role of log Transformation in Forecasting Economic Variables
Author(s):LUETKEPOHL, Helmut; XU, FangDate:2009Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI MWPAbstract:For forecasting and economic analysis many variables are used in logarithms (logs). In time series
analysis this transformation is often considered to stabilize the variance of a series. We investigate
under which ...
Title:The role of majority attitudes towards out-group in the perception of the acculturation strategies of immigrants
Author(s):KOSIC, Ankica; MANNETTI, Lucia; SAM, David LacklandDate:2005Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract:The aim of this study was to examine host group members towards immigrants acculturation strategy preferences and the relationship between these attitudes and the level of prejudice towards immigrants. A questionnaire ...
Title:The Role of Mothers and Fathers in Providing Skills: Evidence from Parental Deaths
Author(s):ADDA, Jérôme; BJÖRKLUND, Anders; HOLMLUND, HelenaDate:2011Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI ECOAbstract:This paper evaluates the long-term consequences of parental death on children’s cognitive and noncognitive skills, as well as on labor market outcomes. We exploit a large administrative data set covering many Swedish ...
Title:The role of political parties in democratization in Turkey
Author(s):TURSAN, HuriDate:1999Type of Publication:ThesisSeries/Report no.:EUI PhD thesesAbstract:Party politics has been undergoing a revival in many democracies. However, parties are much less studied in countries with unstable political regimes. Party interactions can help to provide explanations for the emergence ...