Title:Design of Auctions for Short-Term Allocation in Gas Markets Based on Virtual Hubs
Author(s):VAZQUEZ, Miguel; HALLACK, MichelleDate:2012Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI RSCASAbstract:Gas markets based on virtual hubs has been the preferred EU design. Such market designs are based on socializing network flexibility services. Nonetheless, shippers have different preferences about the network flexibility, ...
Title:The Design of the Internal Energy Market in Relation to Energy Supply Security and Climate Change
Author(s):RIOUS, VincentDate:2009Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI RSCASAbstract:The Clingendael International Energy Programme (CIEP), the Loyola de Palacio Chair on EU Energy Policy of the Robert Schuman Centre of Advanced Studies (European University Institute), the Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei ...
Title:Designing Non-Parametric Estimates and Tests for Means
Author(s):SCHLAG, Karl H.Date:2006Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI ECOAbstract:We show how to derive nonparametric estimates from results for Bernoulli distributions, provided the means are the only parameters of interest. The only information
is that the support of each random variable is contained ...
Title:Designing the European Gas Market: More liquid & less natural?
Author(s):VAZQUEZ, Miguel; HALLACK, Michelle; GLACHANT, Jean-MichelDate:2012Type of Publication:ArticleSeries/Report no.:[Florence School of Regulation]Abstract:Designing a gas market is defining how the commodity, the transmission and ancillary services are traded. The European Union has built the commoditization of natural gas through the socialization of several costs of trade. ...
Title:Designing the European Union
Author(s):ELERA, Álvaro De; PSYCHOGIOPOULOU, Evangelia; GALLALA, Imen; ZALETEL, Petra; VALLINDAS, Georges; PETIT, Isabelle; ROGAHN, Maria; CHABAN, Natalia; BAIN, Jessica; STATS, KatrinaDate:2006Type of Publication:Article
Title:Désordre public et ordre social : Charivari et politique en Labourd intérieur (XIX-XXe siècles)
Author(s):ITÇAINA, XabierDate:2012Type of Publication:Contribution to bookAbstract:Le charivari est l’un des lieux où la politique informelle est à l’oeuvre, au sens des formes, pratiques et expressions politiques se déployant aux marges du politique légitime tout en étant au coeur de la mise en scène ...
Title:Desperately Seeking A Solution: Social Democracy, Thatcherism and the 'Third Way' in British Welfare
Author(s):RHODES, MartinDate:2000Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract:New Labour's 'Third Way' and its innovations in employment and social policy can only be understood against the background of welfare state construction in Britain, the problems faced by all post-war governments in welfare ...
Title:Desperately Seeking Politics: Political attitudes of participants in three demonstrations for worker's rights in Italy
Author(s):DELLA PORTA, Donatella; REITER, HerbertDate:2012Type of Publication:ArticleSeries/Report no.:[COSMOS]Abstract:Social conflicts tend to take different forms. This article compares three demonstrations on issues of social justice in Italy: a traditional Labor Day demonstration, a march supporting a general strike called by the largest ...
Title:Detecting Propagation Effects by Observing Aggregate Distributions: The Case of Lumpy Investments
Author(s):GUISO, Luigi; LAI, Chaoqun; NIREI, MakotoDate:2011-01-01Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI ECOAbstract:By using an extensive panel data set of Italian firms, we show empirically that the fraction of firms that engage in a lumpy investment follows a non-normal, double-exponential distribution across region-year. We propose ...
Title:The Determinants of Attitudes towards Strategic Default on Mortgages
Author(s):GUISO, Luigi; SAPIENZA, Paola; ZINGALES, LuigiDate:2010Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI ECOAbstract:We use survey data to study American households’ propensity to default when the value of their
mortgage exceeds the value of their house even if they can afford to pay their mortgage (strategic
default). The cost of ...