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Title:The importance of a sound bidding-zone review for the efficient functioning of the internal electricity market Author(s):POTOTSCHNIG, Alberto

Date:2020Type:OtherSeries/Number:Policy Briefs; 2020/22; Florence School of Regulation; Energy; [Electricity]Abstract:An inadequate bidding zone configuration for the EU electricity market risks jeopardising the benefits of market integration for energy consumers, by increasing the need for costly remedial actions. According to the CACM ...

Title:The importance of competition policy for the future of European integration ; Nouvelle Europe : comment surmonter 40 ans de division? Author(s):AMATO, Giuliano; MIERT, Karel van; ELLEMANN-JENSEN, UffeDate:1997Citation:Brussels : Fondation Paul-Henri Spaak, 1997Type:Working Paper

Title:Importance of history for economic development : lessons from natural experiment of history Author(s):WYSOKINSKA, AgnieszkaDate:2011Citation:Florence : European University Institute, 2011Type:ThesisSeries/Number:EUI; ECO; PhD ThesisAbstract:Does history matter for economic development? How do events taking place a long time ago continue to affect long term economic performance? To answer these questions I examine the long run impacts of the 19th century ...

Title:The Importance of Industrial Policy in Quality-Ladder Growth Models Author(s):GIORDANI, Paolo; ZAMPARELLI, LucaDate:2008Citation:The B.E. Journal of Macroeconomics, 2008, 8, 1, Article 1Type:ArticleAbstract:We extend the class of quality-ladder growth models (Grossman and Helpman, 1991, Segerstrom, 1998 and others), to encompass an economy with asymmetric fundamentals. In contrast to the standard framework, in our model ...

Title:The importance of small differences : the impact of European integration on the associations in the German and Dutch road haulage industries Author(s):LEHMKUHL, DirkDate:1998Citation:Florence : European University Institute, 1998Type:ThesisSeries/Number:EUI; SPS; PhD Thesis

Title:The Importance of Small Differences: European integration and road haulage associations in Germany and the Netherlands Author(s):LEHMKUHL, DirkDate:1999Citation:Amsterdam : Thela Thesis, 1999, Regulation and marketsVersion:Published version of EUI PhD thesis, 1998Type:Book

Title:The importance of testing and age-specific policies during the COVID-19 pandemic Author(s):BROTHERHOOD, Luiz; KIRCHER, Philipp

; SANTOS, Cezar; TERTILT, MicheleDate:2020Citation:VoxEu, 2020, OnlineOnlyType:ArticleAbstract:Governments worldwide locked down their economies in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. This column considers two lockdown policies – a stay-at-home order and a test-and-quarantine approach – and their projected effects ...

Title:The Importance of the Common Family Background for the Similarity of Divorce Risks of Siblings: a Multi-level Event History Analysis Author(s):DRONKERS, Jaap; HOX, J.Date:2006Citation:Francis YAMMARINO and Fred DANSEREAU (eds), Multi-Level Issues in Social Systems, Amsterdam, Elsevier, 2006, 217-238Type:Contribution to bookAbstract:This study examines the effect of family and individual children’s characteristics on the probability of having a divorce. Current research shows a clear indication of increased divorce risks if an individual’s parents or ...

Title:The importance of the EU taxonomy : the example of electricity storage Author(s):PIEBALGS, Andris

; JONES, Christopher

Date:2021Type:OtherSeries/Number:Policy Briefs; 2021/11; Florence School of Regulation; Energy; [Electricity]Abstract:The legislative results of the Commission’s Sustainable Finance Initiative will play an increasingly important role on investment decisions in the energy sector. The Taxonomy Regulation, adopted last June, provides that ...

Title:Importing the American way of war? : network-centric warfare in the UK and Germany Author(s):WIESNER, InaDate:2013Citation:Baden-Baden : Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft, 2013, Militär und Sozialwissenschaften ; 48Version:Published version of EUI PhD thesis, 2011Type:BookAbstract:This study takes a closer look at the adoption of the U.S. military concept of network-centric warfare (NCW) by the British and the German armed forces. The book uncovers the striking differences between NCW adoption in ...

Title:Importing the American way of war? : the adoption of network-centric warfare by the British and German armed forces Author(s):WIESNER, InaDate:2011Citation:Florence : European University Institute, 2011Type:ThesisSeries/Number:EUI; SPS; PhD ThesisAbstract:The purpose of this thesis is to examine the adoption of network-centric warfare (NCW) by two military organisations – the British and the German Armed Forces – in the first decade of the 21st century. NCW stands for the ...

Title:Importing the law in post-communist transitions : the Hungarian Constitutional Court and the right to human dignity Author(s):DUPRE, CatherineDate:2003Citation:Oxford ; Portland : Hart, 2003, Human rights law in perspective ; Vol. 1Version:Published version of EUI PhD thesis, 1998Type:BookAbstract:This book, one of the very first monographs on the Hungarian Constitutional Court available in English, is a unique study of the birth of a new legal system after the collapse of communism in Central and Eastern Europe. ...

Title:Imprese Internazionalizzate e produttività: il ruolo delle competenze organizzative e manageriali Author(s):GIOVANNETTI, Giorgia

; CASTELLANI, DavideDate:2008Citation:l'Industria, 2008, 3, 385-404.Type:Article

Title:The Impressionable Years: The formative role of family, vote and political events during early adulthood Author(s):DINAS, Elias

Date:2010Citation:Florence : European University Institute, 2010Type:ThesisSeries/Number:EUI; SPS; PhD ThesisAbstract:Young adults are deemed to possess common characteristics that make them a relatively homogeneous group, rightly distinguishable from older cohorts. Having as a main toolkit the partisan influence from their family ...

Title:Improving accountability in the European Union : the potential role of NGOs Author(s):PARKS, LouisaDate:2009Citation:Sverker GUSTAVSSON, Christer KARLSSON and Thomas PERSSON (eds) The illusion of accountability in the European Union, Oxon : Routledge, 2009, pp. 155-169Type:Contribution to book

Title:Improving Efficiency and Containing Costs: Health Care Reform in Southern Europe Author(s):GUILLÉN, Ana MartaDate:1999Citation:Florence : European University Institute, 1999Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:European Forum; 1999/16

Title:Improving European rail freight Author(s):FINGER, Matthias

; KUPFER, David

Date:2018Type:OtherSeries/Number:Policy Briefs; 2018/10; Florence School of Regulation; Transport; TransportAbstract:European Rail Freight could offer a way to solve many transport related problems, mainly heavy congestion and pollution. It is also, in theory, the more efficient way to transport goods on longer distances. There are good ...

Title:Improving fact-finding in treaty-based human rights mechanisms and the special procedures of the United Nations Human Rights Council Author(s):SCHEININ, Martin

Date:2013Citation:Morten BERGSMO (ed.), Quality-control in fact-finding, Florence : Torkel Opsahl Academic EPublisher 2013, pp. 54-72Type:Contribution to book

Title:Improving gas transmission network regulation in Ukraine by implementing Energy Community rules : a tailor made proposal Author(s):ZACHMANN, Georg; RUESTER, SophiaDate:2014Type:OtherSeries/Number:German Advisory Group; Institute for Economic Research and Policy Consulting; Policy Paper; 2014/03; [Florence School of Regulation]; [Gas]

Title:Improving generalizability in transnational bureaucratic influence research : a (modest) proposal Author(s):EGE, Jörn; BAUER, Michael W.

; WAGNER, NoraDate:2020Citation:International studies review, 2020, Vol. 22, No. 3, pp. 551-575Type:ArticleAbstract:An impressive amount of evidence has been collected underpinning the importance of international public administrations (i.e., the secretariats of international governmental organizations) in a variety of policy areas, ...