Title:A Speech Act Analysis of Judicial Decisions
Author(s):BERNAL, Carlos L.Date:2007Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract:According to the theory of speech acts, speech is a kind of action. He, who says something, does something. Certainly, when a judge or a court makes a decision, he or it says something. He performs some (locutionary) acts ...
Title:Spillovers in Industrial Districts
Author(s):GUISO, Luigi; SCHIVARDI, FabianoDate:2007Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract:We study the role of social interaction (SI) in determining firms’ employment adjustments in industrial districts. We assume that SI matters only among firms that are both similar and geographically close. Our first test ...
Title:Spinoza on Historical Myths
Author(s):HIPPLER, ThomasDate:2000Type of Publication:Contribution to book
Title:Spinster, Prostitute or Pioneer? Images of Refugee Women in Post-Partition Calcutta
Author(s):SEN, UditiDate:2011-01-01Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI MWPAbstract:This paper explores the various images or stereotypes regarding Bengali middle-class refugee women that circulated in post-partition West Bengal. It identifies four main discursive images or constructions of refugee women: ...
Title:The Spirit of Capitalism: the Role of Executive Compensation in the Financial Crisis
Author(s):COOLEY, Thomas F.Date:2009Type of Publication:OtherSeries/Report no.:EUI MWP LSAbstract:When economic disasters occur it is common to look to the managers of the economy and question the
decisions they made and the incentives that drove their decisions. In the financial crisis of 2007-2009
compensation was ...
Title:Spoiling Peace in Cyprus
Author(s):TOCCI, NathalieDate:2006Type of Publication:Contribution to book
Title:Spoliations et restitutions des biens juifs en Europe : XXe siècle
Author(s):THER, Philipp; ANDRIEU, Claire; GOSCHLER, ConstantinDate:2007Type of Publication:BookAbstract:Etude comparée sur les mesures de spoliation et de restitution de biens juifs, et de réparation dans quatorze pays européens : Pays-Bas, Roumanie, Suisse, Allemagne, France, Pologne, pays baltes, Italie, Hongrie, etc. ...