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Title: Three essays on frictional labour markets Author(s): POTHIER, David Date: 2013 Type of Publication: Thesis Series/Report no.: EUI PhD theses Abstract: This thesis contributes to the understanding of how socio-economic factors affect the functioning of modern labour markets. It belongs to the strand of academic literature that departs from the standard Walrasian model of ... -
Title: Structural vector autoregressions with Markov switching : identification via heteroskedasticity Author(s): NETŠUNAJEV, Aleksei Date: 2013 Type of Publication: Thesis Series/Report no.: EUI PhD theses Abstract: Structural vector autoregressions are of great importance in applied macroeconometric work. The main di culty associated with structural analysis is to identify unique shocks of interest. In a conventional approach this ...
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Title: La coutume internationale générale entre volonté et nécessité internationales : «… c ’était quand même une solution ». Un essai de déconstruction des présupposés doctrinaux volontaristes et objectivistes Author(s): TZEVELEKOS, Vassilis P. Date: 2013 Type of Publication: Thesis Series/Report no.: EUI PhD theses Abstract: Comment un fait obtient-il force contraignante? Pourquoi la réalité sociale se transforme-t-elle en règle juridique? Telle est la question principale de l’étude. D’après sa première hypothèse de travail, l’élément volitif, ...
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Title: Essays on wage inequality from a macroeconomic perspective Author(s): FORSTNER, Susanne Date: 2013 Type of Publication: Thesis Series/Report no.: EUI PhD theses Abstract: This thesis contains two chapters on the sources of residual wage inequality. The first chapter contributes to attempts to explain the increase in wage inequality in the U.S. labor market over the past few decades. I address ...
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Title: 'Weaving a silver thread' : human rights coherence in EU foreign affairs and counter-terrorism Author(s): GOLABEK, Michal Date: 2013 Type of Publication: Thesis Series/Report no.: EUI PhD theses Abstract: Human rights are among the chief values on which the EU is ‘founded’ (Art. 6 TEU) and which it seeks to promote through its external relations (Art. 21 TEU). Coherence with values is a significant rhetorical tool which is ...
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Title: L'arte della politica e la politica dell'arte nello spazio europeo del Seicento. Ottavio Piccolomini: contatti, agenti e acquisizioni di arte nella Guerra dei Trent'anni Author(s): BECUCCI, Alessandra Date: 2012 Type of Publication: Thesis Series/Report no.: EUI PhD theses Abstract: Ottavio Piccolomini (1599-1656) was a Tuscan nobleman living the most of his life out the native country in the service of the Habsburg empire across Europe, whose activity has been studied within the framework of the ...
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Title: Refugee Law in the United Kingdom and the European Union: The constitutive and subversive effects of immigration and border control Author(s): EL-ENANY, Nadine Date: 2012 Type of Publication: Thesis Series/Report no.: EUI PhD theses Abstract: This thesis examines the evolution of United Kingdom (UK) and European Union (EU) refugee law, arguing that there is a problematic relationship between immigration and asylum law in both contexts. UK asylum law emerged ...
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Title: Die Eroberung der Meere: die Unterwasserlaboratorien Helgoland (BRD) und Tektite (USA) im Umweltdiskurs 1968-1973 Author(s): MEŠINOVIC, Sven Asim Date: 2012 Type of Publication: Thesis Series/Report no.: EUI PhD theses Abstract: The dissertation deals with a forgotten vision of the future from the 1960s: the construction of underwater habitats on the sea-floor. Between 1960 and 1980, 17 states built 60 stations on the seabed. Dealing with the ...
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Title: After the Eastward Enlargement: The institutionalization of the Europarties and the EU party system Author(s): BRESSANELLI, Edoardo Date: 2012 Type of Publication: Thesis Series/Report no.: EUI PhD theses Abstract: In the long debate about the EU constitutional and institutional reform which accompanied the Central and Eastern enlargement of the Union, political parties at the European level – in brief: Europarties – have rarely ...
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Title: Those Who Came and Those Who Left: The territorial politics of migration in Scotland and Catalonia Author(s): ARRIGHI DE CASANOVA, Jean-Thomas Date: 2012 Type of Publication: Thesis Series/Report no.: EUI PhD theses Abstract: Whilst minority nationalism and migration have been intensely studied in relative isolation from one another, research examining their mutual relationship is still scarce. This dissertation aims to fill this gap in the ...
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Title: Single Equation Instrumental Variable Models: Identification under discrete variation Author(s): SMOLINSKI, Konrad Date: 2012 Type of Publication: Thesis Series/Report no.: EUI PhD theses Abstract: Over the last decade, substantial interest in theoretical econometrics and microeconometrics has been directed towards nonparametric models. Much work has been devoted to the development of novel identification and estimation ...
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Title: Taking People As They Could Be: A defence of ideal political theory Author(s): EFTHYMIOU, Dimitris Date: 2012 Type of Publication: Thesis Series/Report no.: EUI PhD theses Abstract: The object of this thesis is to defend ideal political theory from a series of objections that question its theoretical and practical soundness. My preliminary thesis is that ideal political theory is theoretically as well ...
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Title: Keeping up with the Medici! Three essays on social comparison, consumption and risk Author(s): DIJK, Oege Date: 2012 Type of Publication: Thesis Series/Report no.: EUI PhD theses Abstract: This thesis investigates the influence of social comparison (i.e. comparing ones outcomes with others such as neighbours, colleagues, etc) on consumption and risk-taking. The first essay (joint with Robert H. Frank and ...
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Title: Three Essays in Household Finance Author(s): FAGERENG, Andreas Date: 2012 Type of Publication: Thesis Series/Report no.: EUI PhD theses Abstract: This thesis contains three chapters relating to the field of household finance. In the first chapter household life cycle investment behaviour is investigated using a panel of Norwegian administrative data and tax records. ...
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Title: Understanding and Assessing the EU-Russia Legal Approximation Process: The case study of competition law Author(s): MATTA, Aaron Date: 2012 Type of Publication: Thesis Series/Report no.: EUI PhD theses Abstract: Following the Europeanisation studies ‘top-out’ approach in this thesis I analyse the legal approximation process with Russia as a mechanism of acquis export in the backdrop of the various European economic integration ...
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Title: The Right to Personal Identity in the Information Age: A reappraisal of a lost right Author(s): GOMES DE ANDRADE, Norberto Nuno Date: 2012 Type of Publication: Thesis Series/Report no.: EUI PhD theses Abstract: This thesis presents a novel conceptualization of the right to personal identity: one that is adapted to the current technological environment in which we live, and that anticipates future technological developments. The ...
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Title: Macroeconomic Policies and Agent Heterogeneity Author(s): GOTTLIEB, Charles Date: 2012 Type of Publication: Thesis Series/Report no.: EUI PhD theses Abstract: This thesis contributes to the understanding of macroeconomic policies’ impact on the distribution of wealth. It belongs to the strand of literature that departs from the representative agent assumption and perceives agent ...
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Title: Legitimacy and European Private Law Author(s): BARTL, Marija Date: 2012 Type of Publication: Thesis Series/Report no.: EUI PhD theses Abstract: This thesis inquires into the Legitimacy of Harmonisation of European Private law (EPL) against the background of the broader debate on the Legitimacy of the EU, and its socalled Social and Democratic deficits. While the ...
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Title: Essays on the Cost of Debt Capital for Private Firms Author(s): VALENZUELA, Patricio Date: 2012 Type of Publication: Thesis Series/Report no.: EUI PhD theses Abstract: Since corporate investment is a key driver for economic growth, it is very important to find out what are the drivers of the cost of financing for private firms. In particular, this thesis studies the determinants of spreads ...
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Title: Prehistoria Patria: National identities and europeanisation in the construction of prehistoric archaeology in Spain (1860–1936) Author(s): LANZAROTE GUIRAL, José María Date: 2012 Type of Publication: Thesis Series/Report no.: EUI PhD theses Abstract: This thesis analyses the construction of prehistoric archaeology in Spain from a transnational perspective. Drawing influence from several historiographical fields, such as history of science and nationalism studies, I ...
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