Title:Validity As Bindingness: The Normativity of Legality
Author(s):SARTOR, GiovanniDate:2006Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI LAWAbstract:I shall argue that the concept of (valid) law is a purely normative notion, irreducible to any factual
description. This uncontroversial notion, which is shared by all approaching the law from
the internal point of view, ...
Title:The Value Added Tax: Its Causes and Consequences
Author(s):KEEN, Michael; LOCKWOOD, BenDate:2007Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI ECOAbstract:Almost unknown in 1960, the value added tax (VAT) is now found in more than 130 countries, raises
around 20 percent of the world’s tax revenue, and has been the centerpiece of tax reform in many developing
countries. ...
Title:Value of Information in Competitive Economies with Incomplete Markets
Author(s):GOTTARDI, Piero; RAHI, RohitDate:2010Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI ECOAbstract:We study the value of information in a competitive economy in which agents trade in asset markets to reallocate risk. We characterize the kinds of information that allow a welfare improvement when portfolios can be freely ...
Title:The value of social networks in financial markets
Author(s):RANCAN, MichelaDate:2013Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI RSCASAbstract: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:Value Systems in Axial Moments - A Comparative Analysis of 24 European Countries
Author(s):SZAKOLCZAI, Arpad; FUSTOS, LaszloDate:1998Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract:The aim of this paper is to develop and test a new theoretical framework for value sociology. The theoretical section, based on the works of Max Weber, argues that the value system is composed of several layers, each ...
Title:Values in EU Foreign Policy
Author(s):CREMONA, MariseDate:2011Type of Publication:Contribution to bookAbstract:The focus of this chapter is on the role played in the EU’s foreign policy by those values which the EU claims as (in some sense) ‘its own’, and the legal instruments and processes through which values are both imported ...
Title:Våra mänskliga rättigheter
Author(s):SCHEININ, Martin; GRIMHEDEN, JonasDate:2008Type of Publication:BookAbstract:Also available as e-book: http://www.rwi.lu.se/pdf/misc/scheinin-RWI.pdf
Title:Variance Decomposition
Author(s):LUETKEPOHL, HelmutDate:2008-01-01Type of Publication:Contribution to book
Title:Variation in Ec Environmental Policy Integration: Agency Push Within Complex Institutional Structures
Author(s):LENSCHOW, AndreaDate:1997Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract:The principle of environmental policy integration (EPI) has been adopted by the European Community and gained priority status in its fifth Environmental Action Programme. This article investigates the reasons for considerable ...