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Title: The WTO dispute settlement system at 18 : effective at controlling the major players? Author(s): DAVEY, William J. Date: 2013 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI RSCAS Abstract: This paper examines the major developments in WTO dispute settlement during three time periods (1995-1999, 2000-2004, 2005-2012) and considers the effectiveness of the system in restraining the use of trade measures by the ...
Title: Lost in transmission : evaluating internet effects on citizens’attitudes towards the European Union in times of crisis Author(s): BACCINI, Leonardo; SUDULICH, Maria Laura; WALL, Matthew T. Date: 2013 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI MWP Abstract: Previous studies suggest that citizens' attitudes towards the European Union (EU) are influenced by media coverage of EU institutions and policies. To date, empirical studies have investigated the effects of TV and newspaper ...
Title: The cost of abating CO2 emissions by renewable energy incentives in Germany Author(s): MARCANTONINI, Claudio; ELLERMAN, A. Denny Date: 2013 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI RSCAS Abstract: Incentives for the development of renewable energy have increasingly become an instrument of climate policy, that is, as a means to reduce GHG emissions. This research analyzes the German experience in promoting renewable ...
Title: National parties, political processes and the EU democratic deficit : The problem of europarties institutionalization Author(s): SOZZI, Fabio Date: 2013 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI RSCAS Abstract: In classical party democracy, elections serve as an “instrument of democracy” (Powell 2000): they are the mechanism to connect policy preferences of the electors (within the electoral arena) to the political production ...
Title: The role of europarties in framing the European Union Foreign and Security Policy Author(s): CALOSSI, Enrico; COTICCHIA, Fabrizio Date: 2013 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI RSCAS Abstract: The implementation of the Lisbon Treaty assessed new prerogatives to the European Parliament (EP) on the Common Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP) and on the Common Security and Defence Policy (CSDP). This has increased ...
Title: The value of social networks in financial markets Author(s): RANCAN, Michela Date: 2013 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI RSCAS Abstract: Social contacts influence decisions and economic outputs in a variety of contexts. Does social network matter also in financial markets? In this paper I investigate the effect of social networks on mutual funds performance ...
Title: Overlapping regionalism, no integration : conceptual issues and the Latin American experiences Author(s): MALAMUD, Andres Date: 2013 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI RSCAS Abstract: Twenty years after its foundation, MERCOSUR has failed to meet its declared goals. Far from being a common market and not yet a customs union, it has neither deepened nor (legally) enlarged. All the other regionalist ...
Title: The use of economics in WTO Appellate Body decisions Author(s): PRUSA, Thomas J. Date: 2013 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI RSCAS Abstract: While WTO disputes involve legal rights and obligations, economics often can help the Appellate Body (AB) make sense of the dispute and the implications of ambiguous language in the Agreements. This paper reviews three ...
Title: Exchange of information and validity of global standards in tax law : abstractionism and expressionism or where the truth lies Author(s): DOURADO, Ana Paula Date: 2013 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI RSCAS Abstract: This paper analyses the question on whether a Hercules legislator would validly propose a global standard, in particular, exchange of information between tax officials and those taxpayers who have a connection with one of ...
Title: An economic analysis of the closure of markets and other dysfunctions in the awarding of concession contracts Author(s): SAUSSIER, Stéphane Date: 2013 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI RSCAS Abstract: Because concession contracts are long-term agreements that are inherently incomplete, the economic literature suggests that rigid award rules are inadequate. We suggest that the Directive should contain a right mix of ...
Title: Understanding institutional change : the development of institutions for the regulation of natural gas transportation systems in the US and the EU Author(s): CORRELJÉ, Aad; GROENLEER, Martijn; VELDMAN, Jasper Date: 2013 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI RSCAS Abstract: This paper compares the development of the institutions for regulation of the natural gas transportation systems in the United States and the European Union. Given the fact that these systems are technically similar, it ...
Title: Beyond market access? : the anatomy of ASEAN’s preferential trade agreements Author(s): KLEIMANN, David Date: 2013 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI LAW Abstract: This study seeks to enhance the understanding of ASEAN’s external preferential trade agreements (PTA) in context of the recent growth of economic regionalism in East Asia. First, the paper compares the content of ASEAN’s ...
Title: Universal crime, particular punishment : trying the atrocities of the Japanese occupation as treason in the Philippines, 1947-1953 Author(s): LAWSON, Konrad M. Date: 2013 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI MWP Abstract: Trials against both war crimes and treason were held in the Philippines after the end of the Japanese occupation in 1945. In the former, a universalistic category of crimes were punished, while in the latter, the crime was ...
Title: EU policy toward Asia and the Pacific : a view from Japan Author(s): UETA, Takako Date: 2013 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI RSCAS Abstract: This paper explains the changing feature of EU policy toward Asia and the Pacific from the viewpoint of Japan. In the era of global power shift, and because of the impressive economic growth in Asia, the EU’s interest in ...
Title: Private law and the visible hand of EU regulation Author(s): SVETIEV, Yane Date: 2013 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI MWP Abstract: A question that is central to current debates about the Europeanisation of private law is that of how to conceptualise the relationship between European law and national private law. And a key aspect of that question is ...
Title: Geographic access rules and investments Author(s): BOURREAU, Marc; CAMBINI, Carlo; HOERNIG, Steffen Date: 2013 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI RSCAS Abstract: We analyze competition between vertically-integrated operators who build infrastructure and provide access in different geographical areas. Under full commitment, the regulator sets socially-optimal access rates that depend ...
Title: L’Union européenne en crise face au dogme de l’efficience des marchés financiers Author(s): PRÜM, André Date: 2013 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI RSCAS Abstract: The European Union crisis responses and the Efficient Capital Markets Hypothesis (ECMH) : The hypothesis that capital markets naturally function in an efficient way - possibly one of the widest accepted dogmas of contemporary ...
Title: Multilevel judicial governance in European and international economic law Author(s): PETERSMANN, Ernst-Ulrich Date: 2013 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI LAW Abstract: Law and governance need to be justified vis-à-vis citizens in order to be accepted as legitimate and supported by civil society. This contribution argues that the legal and judicial methodologies of multilevel governance ...
Title: 'All’s well that ends well' : the strategy of electoral (mis)behavior in competitive-authoritarian regimes Author(s): LEVIN, Ines Date: 2013 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI MWP Abstract: In competitive authoritarian regimes, formal democratic institutions and periodic elections are sponsored by the authoritarian ruler, but voting outcomes are sometimes manipulated to prevent government turnover. In this ...
Title: Financing investment in the European electricity transmission network : consequences on long-term sustainability of the TSOs financial structure Author(s): HENRIOT, Arthur Date: 2013 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI RSCAS Abstract: This article focuses on the ability of European TSOs to meet the demand for substantial investments in the electricity transmission grid over the next two decades. We employ quantitative analysis to assess the impact of ...

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