Title:Thermostatic Voting: Presidential elections in light of new policy data
Author(s):BØLSTAD, JørgenDate:2012Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract:Existing studies imply a model of "thermostatic voting'" - a phenomenon characterized by negative feedback from government policy to election outcomes, suggesting that a party's success in setting policy diminishes its ...
Title:Think Globally, Act Locally? Local Climate Change and Energy Policies in Sweden and the UK
Author(s):COLLIER, Ute; LOFSTEDT, Ragnar E.Date:1997Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract:While climate change is obviously a global environmental problem, there is nevertheless potential for policy initiatives at the local level, Although the competences of local authorities vary between countries, they all ...
Title:THINK Half-Way and Beyond
Author(s):GLACHANT, Jean-Michel; MEEUS, Leonardo; RUESTER, SophiaDate:2012Type of Publication:Technical ReportSeries/Report no.:Florence School of RegulationAbstract:Energy regulation and policy currently belong to the most important and developing areas in the European Union. THINK, the Florence School of Regulation’s (EUI) think tank advises the European Commission (DG Energy) on ...
Title:Thinking constitutionally about the European Union's area of freedom, security and justice
Author(s):GIBBS, Alun HowardDate:2009Type of Publication:ThesisSeries/Report no.:EUI PhD thesesAbstract:This thesis sets out to consider the constitutional implications of a policy of legal integration regarding internal security matters in the EU. It argues that constitutional theory is fundamental to addressing the legality ...
Title:Thinking Through Things
Author(s):EASTERBY-SMITH, SarahDate:2012Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract:'Materials and expertise in early modern Europe: Between market and laboratory' edited by Ursula Klein and E. C. Spary; Chicago, University of Chicago Press, 2010; explores the relationship between practical and theory-based ...
Title:Third Party Access: A comparative study on access regimes in EU electricity grids and natural gas pipelines
Author(s):DE HAUTECLOCQUE, Adrien; TALUS, KimDate:2011Type of Publication:ArticleSeries/Report no.:[Florence School of Regulation]Abstract:The EU energy market regulation is based on three main pillars: third party access, unbundling and strong regulators. This paper will focus on the first of these. As will be seen throughout this paper, the access regimes ...
Title:Third Party Mediation in Nagorno Karabakh: Part of the Cure or Part of the Disease?
Author(s):BASER, BaharDate:2008Type of Publication:BookAbstract:The dissolution of the Soviet Union has caused conflicts of many different types in the Caucasus region. Among them, the conflict in Nagorno-Karabakh turned out to be the most intractable dispute since it had the properties ...