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    Title: The role of economic theory in WTO arbitrations  Author(s): RUTA, Michele Date: 2013 Type of Publication: Other Series/Report no.: EUI RSCAS PP Abstract: How can economic theory be useful in WTO arbitrations? Motivated by this question, this paper reviews the approach that is often used to determine the level of permissible retaliation in international trade disputes (the, ...
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    Title: Reinventing Europe  Author(s): BORDIGNON, Massimo; BUETTNER, Thiess; PLOEG, Frederick van der; ROLAND, Gérard; WIDGREN, Mika; GIURIATO, Luisa; TREUTLEIN, Daniela; BALTA, Narcissa; DELGADO, Juan; RUTA, Michele; BUTI, Marco; RöGER, Werner; TURRINI, Alessandro; CERNIGLIA, Floriana; PAGANI, Laura Date: 2009 Type of Publication: Article
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    Title: Why Lisbon Fails  Author(s): RUTA, Michele Date: 2009 Type of Publication: Article Abstract: This article looks at the political economy of structural reforms and growth in the European Union. As the EU's economy approaches the world technology frontier, structural reforms that increase competition in intermediate ...
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    Title: Political Pressures and Exchange Rate Stability in Emerging Market Economies  Author(s): FAIA, Ester; GIULODORI, Massimo; RUTA, Michele Date: 2008 Type of Publication: Article Abstract: This paper presents a political economy model of exchange rate policy. The theory is based on a common agency approach with rational expectations. Financial and exporter lobbies exert political pressures to influence the ...
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    Title: Mergers and national champions  Author(s): MOTTA, Massimo; RUTA, Michele Date: 2008 Type of Publication: Article Abstract: The suspicion that national governments were in various forms promoting or defending domestic national champions (or discouraging foreign ones) arose in a long list of recent merger cases. This paper provides an analysis ...
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    Title: Monetary Politics in a Monetary Union: A Note on Common Agency with Rational Expectations  Author(s): RUTA, Michele Date: 2007 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI RSCAS Abstract: Is the politicisation of monetary policy in a currency union desirable? This paper shows that in a setting where political influence by national governments is modeled as a common agency game with rational expectations, ...
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    Title: Rent Seeking, Market Structure and Growth  Author(s): BROU, Daniel; RUTA, Michele Date: 2007 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI ECO Abstract: We construct a model where firms compete in both political and economic markets. In political markets, firms compete for influence over government transfer policy (rents). This activity can be beneficial for the firm, but ...
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    Title: Special Interests and the Gains from Political Integration  Author(s): BROU, Daniel; RUTA, Michele Date: 2006 Type of Publication: Article
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    Title: A Positive Explanation of EU Enlargement  Author(s): BROU, Daniel; RUTA, Michele Date: 2004 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI ECO