Title:Three essays on the economics of public utilities
Author(s):BARONE, AndreaDate:2007Type of Publication:ThesisSeries/Report no.:EUI PhD thesesAbstract:Public utilities provide fundamental services both to households and firms. Continuous, adequate, and reasonably priced supplies of water, electricity and gas are essential for healthy living in every modern society. ...
Title:Three essays on the oil-macroeconomy relationship
Author(s):MARAVALLE, AlessandroDate:2008Type of Publication:ThesisSeries/Report no.:EUI PhD thesesAbstract:Oil represents a key commodity in the world energy market and it is not a surprise that its price is largely viewed as one of the leading indicator of the global economic health. Therefore, the recent soaring up of the ...
Title:Three Stages in the Use of Cost-benefit Analysis as a Tool for Evaluating U.S. Regulatory Policy
Author(s):LIVERMORE, Michael A.; REVESZ, Richard L.Date:2012Type of Publication:OtherSeries/Report no.:EUI MWP LSAbstract:Over the last thirty years a three-stage evolution has taken place in American politics with regard to the use of cost-benefit analysis as a tool for evaluating regulation. During that time, the appeal of costbenefit ...
Title:Three Studies on the Sources and Consequences of Social and Cultural Capital among European Adolescents
Author(s):PROKIC-BREUER, TijanaDate:2011Type of Publication:ThesisSeries/Report no.:EUI PhD thesesAbstract:This dissertation has two main themes. First, it studies the role of social and cultural capital in educational achievement from a comparative perspective. Second, it investigates determinants of social trust among ...
Title:Three-dimensional Conflict of Laws in Europe
Author(s):KJAER, PoulDate:2009Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:ZERP - Discussion PapersAbstract:The EU is a structure which is positioned 'in-between' hierarchically organized nation-state governing structures and heterarchically structured global governance structures. Thus, the EU is a hybrid which partly relies ...
Title:Threshold Learning Dynamics in Social Networks
Author(s):GONZÁLEZ-AVELLA, Juan Carlos; EGUÍLUZ, Victor M.; MARSILI, Matteo; VEGA-REDONDO, Fernando; SAN MIGUEL, MaxiDate:2011Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract:Social learning is defined as the ability of a population to aggregate information, a process which must crucially depend on the mechanisms of social interaction. Consumers choosing which product to buy, or voters deciding ...
Title:Through a Glass Darkly or a Mirror Clear? Study of the general restrictions to Human Rights
Author(s):REITER-KORKMAZ, AxelleDate:2010Type of Publication:ThesisSeries/Report no.:EUI PhD thesesAbstract:This thesis analyses the general restrictions to the exercise of human rights in three parts; dealing respectively with the limits of individual rights and the aim and specificity of general restrictions, states of emergency, ...
Title:Ties and Ruptures: Welfare States and Migration in Central and Eastern Europe
Author(s):LENDVAI, NoemiDate:2010Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI MWPAbstract:In the last 20 years, Central Eastern Europe has witnessed a number of momentous events that have marked landmark changes in its countries’ political, social, and economic systems. Throughout the momentous changes of the ...
Title:Tight Volume Coupling: Analytical model, adverse flow causality and potential improvements
Author(s):JANSSEN, Tanguy; REBOURS, Yann; DESSANTE, PhilippeDate:2012Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI RSCASAbstract:The European Market Coupling Company (EMCC) operates an interim tight volume coupling (ITVC) that implicitly allocates the interconnection capacities between Central West European (CWE) and Nordic (Nordpool) day-ahead ...