Title:A Costly State Verification Model with Diversity of Opinions
Author(s):CARLIER, Guillaume; RENOU, LudovicDate:2005Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract:In simple models of borrowing and lending with ex-post asymmetric information, Gale and Hellwig (1985) and Williamson (1986) have shown that optimal debt contracts are simple debt contracts where borrowers repay a fixed ...
Title:A Critical Note on 'The Rise of Illiberal Democracy'
Author(s):MOLLER, JorgenDate:2008Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract:Almost a decade ago, Fareed Zakaria published an article claiming that 'illiberal democracies', i.e., countries combining the presence of free and fair elections with the absence of constitutional liberalism, were on the ...
Title:A discussion of counter-democracy: politics in an age of distrust
Author(s):SCHMITTER, Philippe C.; DELLA PORTA, Donatella; WARREN, Mark E.Date:2010Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract:A symposium discussion of the following book by Pierre Rosanvallon; "Counter-Democracy: Politics in an Age of Distrust.". An electronic version of this article can be accessed via the internet at http://journals.cambridge.org
Title:A discussion of Counter-democracy: politics in an age of distrust
Author(s):DELLA PORTA, DonatellaDate:2010Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract:A symposium discussion of the following book by Pierre Rosanvallon; "Counter-Democracy: Politics in an Age of Distruct". An electronic version of this article can be accessed via the internet at http://journals.cambridge.org
Title:A Dynamic View on Normative Behavior: Agent-based models of law
Author(s):MAYOR, EunateDate:2011Type of Publication:ThesisSeries/Report no.:EUI PhD thesesAbstract:When dealing with norm compliance, we can talk about three different layers. First, law's addressees consider their potential legal liability in case they don't abide the norm. Monetary sanctions, incentives and other ...
Title:A European answer to the Spanish Question: the SPD and the end of the Franco dictatorship
Author(s):MUÑOZ SÁNCHEZ, AntonioDate:2009Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract:The article deals with the position of the SPD vis-à-vis Franco's Spain since the mid 1960s, and explains it in the context of the party's foreign policy agenda aimed at promoting European détente. It is argued that SPD ...
Title:A feminist approach to citizenship
Author(s):BUBECK, DiemutDate:1995Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:European Forum
Title:A Functional Coefficient Model View of the Feldstein-Horioka Puzzle
Author(s):HERWARTZ, Helmut; XU, FangDate:2010Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract:What does the saving-investment (SI) relation really measure and how should the SI relation be measured? These are two of the most discussed issues triggered by the so-called Feldstein-Horioka puzzle. Based on panel data ...
Title:A Gas Target Model for the EU: Florence School Proposes MECO-S
Author(s):GLACHANT, Jean-MichelDate:2011Type of Publication:Technical ReportSeries/Report no.:Florence School of RegulationAbstract:The discussion about the need for and the pros and cons of a gas target model started around the beginning of 2010 and found its first point of culmination in the conclusions of the 18th Madrid Forum in September 2010 which ...
Title:A Gas Target Model for the European Union: Contrasting MECOS and EURAM Proposal
Author(s):ASCARI, Sergio; GLACHANT, Jean-MichelDate:2011Type of Publication:Technical ReportSeries/Report no.:Florence School of RegulationAbstract:At the 18th Madrid Forum (2010) the discussion of an EU gas target model was officially launched. It aims at defining a non-binding vision giving coherence to the coming set of European gas framework guidelines and grid ...
Title:A general test for distortions in performance measures
Author(s):COURTY, Pascal; MARSCHKE, GeraldDate:2008Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract:Results from the incentive literature suggest that performance measures are often distorted, eliciting dysfunctional and unintended responses. The existence of these responses, however, is difficult to demonstrate in ...