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Title:Esprits de papier : une histoire matérielle du travail savant à travers les brouillons de Viviani et Leibniz (ca 1650-1700) Author(s):DUMAS PRIMBAULT, Simon François Date:2018Citation:Florence : European University Institute, 2018Version:Chapter 5 'La fabrique de l’inscription savante' of the PhD thesis draws upon an earlier version published as an article 'Savante Passion : Pathos et logos dans les carnets de Roger North (1651-1734)' (2016) in the journal 'L’Atelier'Type:ThesisSeries/Number:EUI; HEC; PhD ThesisAbstract:In November 1689, a brief Tuscan encounter between Leibniz and Galileo’s last disciple Vincenzio Viviani set the stage for the epistemological confrontation of a symbolic ‘blind thought’ and the Florentine visual culture. ...
Title:Essay : the integrative function of a European Constitution Author(s):MURKENS, Jo Eric KhushalDate:2002Citation:German law journal, 2002, Vol. 3, No. 2Type:Article
Title:An essay on some aspects of the economic theory of public goods Author(s):PASI, LucianoDate:1993Citation:Florence : European University Institute, 1993Type:ThesisSeries/Number:EUI; ECO; PhD ThesisAbstract:The first part of this thesis is a discussion about the core and public goods, as well as a review of the relevant literature, which is mainly aimed to show the progression of the field. Part 2 deals with the game theoretic ...
Title:Essay. What is Citizenship and what is EU Citizenship? Europe’s challenges in a globalised world Author(s):BARTOLINI, Stefano Date:2007Citation:Global Jean Monnet Conference, ECSA-World Conference, Brussels 23-24 November 2006, European Commission, DG for Education and Culture, 66-68Type:Contribution to book
Title:Essays in applied econometrics and finance Author(s):ELLWANGER, Reinhard Date:2015Citation:Florence : European University Institute, 2015Type:ThesisSeries/Number:EUI; ECO; PhD ThesisAbstract:This thesis comprises three essays. The first two chapters address topics in commodity markets and their interaction with derivative and other asset markets. The third essay deals with the effects to and from fiscal policy ...
Title:Essays in applied econometrics of high frequency financial data Author(s):ARCHAKOV, Ilya Date:2016Citation:Florence : European University Institute, 2016Type:ThesisSeries/Number:EUI; ECO; PhD ThesisAbstract:In the first chapter, co-authored with Peter Hansen and Asger Lunde, we suggest a novel approach to modeling and measuring systematic risk in equity markets. We develop a new modeling framework that treats an asset return ...
Title:Essays in applied economics Author(s):VIRKOLA, Tuomo Date:2021Citation:Florence : European University Institute, 2021Type:ThesisSeries/Number:EUI; ECO; PhD ThesisAbstract:This thesis consists of three articles in applied economics. In the first essay, I consider the extent to which informational frictions between workers and jobs can be alleviated with short-term contracts in the early ...
Title:Essays in applied economics Author(s):ANDINI, MonicaDate:2013Citation:Florence : European University Institute, 2013Type:ThesisSeries/Number:EUI; ECO; PhD ThesisAbstract:The thesis is a collection of essays in Applied Economics. The first essay employs unique Italian data to jointly consider different aspects of the relationship between agglomeration and labor market pooling. The paper ...
Title:Essays in applied economics Author(s):BALL, AlastairDate:2015Citation:Florence : European University Institute, 2015Type:ThesisSeries/Number:EUI; ECO; PhD ThesisAbstract:This thesis considers two critical periods in life that can have long-term effects on health and prosperity. The first paper provides new evidence on the consequences of foetal exposure to high levels of pollution for the ...
Title:Essays in applied game theory Author(s):KIRYSHEVA, IrinaDate:2015Citation:Florence : European University Institute, 2015Type:ThesisSeries/Number:EUI; ECO; PhD ThesisAbstract:My thesis covers different aspects of applied game theory. The first paper looks at a two-sided asymmetric information game where agents make a collaborative decision not knowing each others' types. In the model, an ...
Title:Essays in applied macroeconometrics Author(s):WATZKA, SebastianDate:2007Citation:Florence : European University Institute, 2007Type:ThesisSeries/Number:EUI; ECO; PhD ThesisAbstract:My thesis consists of three independent chapters. Each of them is an empirical study using time series techniques to learn something about the macroeconomy. Hence the title "Essays in Applied Macroeconometrics". Whilst the ...
Title:Essays in applied macroeconomics Author(s):MERTENS, KarelDate:2007Citation:Florence : European University Institute, 2007Type:ThesisSeries/Number:EUI; ECO; PhD ThesisAbstract:The first chapter, 'How the Removal of Deposit Rate Ceilings Has Changed Monetary Transmission in the US: Theory and Evidence' is concerned with US monetary history and the impact of institutional changes in the late 1970s ...
Title:Essays in applied macroeconomics Author(s):GAZZANI, Andrea Giovanni Date:2017Citation:Florence : European University Institute, 2017Type:ThesisSeries/Number:EUI; ECO; PhD ThesisAbstract:This thesis studies the interaction between the real economy and assets like housing and bonds, and provide a new methodology to assess more accurately the spillovers from financial markets to the real economy. The first ...
Title:Essays in applied microeconometrics : fertility, nutrition, and gender representation Author(s):CAVALLINI, Flavia Date:2022Citation:Florence : European University Institute, 2022Type:ThesisSeries/Number:EUI; ECO; PhD ThesisAbstract:This thesis is composed of three independent essays in applied microeconomics. The first contributes to the field of labor and health economics and analyzes the effect of local unemployment rates on fertility rates, abortion ...
Title:Essays in applied microeconometrics : household and firm investment Author(s):LAMP, StefanDate:2014Citation:Florence : European University Institute, 2014Type:ThesisSeries/Number:EUI; ECO; PhD ThesisAbstract:The thesis contains three chapters relating to household and firm investment. The first chapter, coauthored with Silvia Albrizio, investigates the relationship between fiscal consolidation, business plans, and firm investment. ...
Title:Essays in applied microeconomics Author(s):HERNÆS, ØysteinDate:2015Citation:Florence : European University Institute, 2015Type:ThesisSeries/Number:EUI; ECO; PhD ThesisAbstract:Abstract The first chapter analyzes the effects of commercial television in Norway. Matching data on cable television networks with individual-level administrative register data, we find that the expansion of commercial ...
Title:Essays in applied microeconomics Author(s):JANDAROVA, Nurfatima Date:2021Citation:Florence : European University Institute, 2021Type:ThesisSeries/Number:EUI; ECO; PhD ThesisAbstract:This thesis consists of four essays in applied microeconomics. Chapter 1 studies the effects of parental job loss on various outcomes of children and provides new evidence on the heterogeneity of these effects along the ...
Title:Essays in applied microeconomics Author(s):CAPRINI, Giulia Date:2022Citation:Florence : European University Institute, 2022Type:ThesisSeries/Number:EUI; ECO; PhD ThesisAbstract:This thesis consists of three essays in political economy studying the influence of Media on political attitudes. Chapter 1 introduces a method to measure the news’ “visual partisanship”, namely the distinctiveness of the ...
Title:Essays in applied microeconomics Author(s):GAARDER, IngvilDate:2014Citation:Florence : European University Institute, 2014Type:ThesisSeries/Number:EUI; ECO; PhD ThesisAbstract:The first chapter of this thesis examines the incidence and distribution effects of VAT. The context of the study is a sharp change in the VAT policy on food items in Norway. I examine the direct impact of the policy ...
Title:Essays in applied microeconomics and finance Author(s):IANCU, Emanuela MariaDate:2013Citation:Florence : European University Institute, 2013Type:ThesisSeries/Number:EUI; ECO; PhD ThesisAbstract:The topics covered in this paper cover a broad range of subjects, from a reputation system in a discrete and infinite time model over to a three period game on a network and concluding with the optimal default decision in ...