Title:S-Curve Redux: On the International Transmission of Technology Shocks
Author(s):ENDERS, Zeno; MÜLLER, Gernot J.Date:2006Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI ECOAbstract:Using vector autoregressions on U.S. time series, we find that technology shocks induce an ‘S’-
shaped cross-correlation function for the trade balance and the terms of trade (S-curve). In calibrating
a prototypical ...
Title:Safeguards in the World Trade Organization Ten Years After a Dissociated State of the Law?
Author(s):MARTÍN RODRÍGUEZ, Pablo J.Date:2007Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract:This article examines the contradictory functioning of the World Trade Organization Agreement on Safeguards during the first ten years of application On the one hand it shows that by using a literal Interpretive shift and ...
Title:Sample Kurtosis, GARCH-t and the Degrees of Freedom Issue
Author(s):HERACLEOUS, Maria S.Date:2007Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI ECOAbstract:Econometric modeling based on the Student’s t distribution introduces an
additional parameter — the degree of freedom. In this paper we use a simulation
study to investigate the ability of (i) the GARCH-t model (Bollerslev, ...
Title:Sample Kurtosis, GARCH-t and the Degrees of Freedom Issue
Author(s):HERACLEOUS, Maria S.Date:2007Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI MWPAbstract:Econometric modeling based on the Student's t distribution introduces an additional
parameter -- the degree of freedom. In this paper we use a simulation study to
investigate the ability of (i) the GARCH-t model (Bollerslev, ...
Title:Sanction as a Viable Tool for Promoting Cooperation: A Cognitive and Simulation Model
Author(s):ANDRIGHETTO, Giulia; VILLATORO, DanielDate:2011-01-01Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI MWPAbstract:Punishment plays a crucial role in achieving and maintaining norm compliance. Several works have shown that cooperation greatly increases when punishment opportunities are allowed. However, these studies have mainly looked ...
Title:Sapere Aude! Access to Knowledge as a Human Right and a Key Instrument to Development
Author(s):VADI, ValentinaDate:2008Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract:This article focuses on access to knowledge as a human right and instrument to development with particular regard to the pharmaceutical field. In the first part of this essay, after attempting to define knowledge, the two ...
Title:Saranno Rispettati Come Per il Passato. Italian Colonial Policy towards Libyan Religious Endowments
Author(s):GAZZINI, ClaudiaDate:2010Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI MWPAbstract:This paper offers a survey of Italian colonial policy towards Muslim religious endowments (waqf, pl. awqaf) in Libya from 1911 to 1943. Through an analysis of 41 lawsuits presented to the colonial Court of Appeals and a ...
Title:Satisfaction with Democracy in Post-Communist Multi-Ethnic Countries. The Effect of Political Institutions
Author(s):RUIZ-RUFINO, RubénDate:2008Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI MWPAbstract:Why are some ethnic minorities more satisfied with democracy than others in postcommunist countries? This paper explores this question by looking at the impact of political institutions on satisfaction with democracy. Using ...
Title:Saudi Post Innovative Address System: Integrating electronic and physical platforms
Author(s):ABDALLAH, Farah; FINGER, MatthiasDate:2010Type of Publication:Contribution to bookAbstract:In 2004, H.e. Dr Mohammad Benten was appointed president of Saudi Post (SP), a government-owned company facing critical challenges affecting its survival. The company’s customers perceived the Post as a traditional channel ...
Title:The Saving Glut Explanation of Global Imbalances. The Role of Underinvestment
Author(s):CORNELI, FlaviaDate:2009Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI ECOAbstract:According to the “Saving Glut hypothesis”, global imbalances are caused by inefficiently high level of precautionary savings in .nancially underdeveloped regions, where agents have limited opportunity to diversify idiosyncratic ...