Title:Justice in a globalizing world : resolving conflicts involving workers rights beyond the nation state
Author(s):FUDGE, Judy; MUNDLAK, GuyDate:2013Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI LAWAbstract:This paper focuses on two examples – first, the imposition of tariffs on tires made in China and exported to the United States, which culminated in a decision of World Trade Organization’s (WTO) appellate body to uphold ...
Title:Crisis and trust in national and European Union institutions : panel evidence for the EU, 1999 to 2012
Author(s):ROTH, Felix; NOWAK-LEHMANN D., Felicitas; OTTER, ThomasDate:2013Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI RSCASAbstract:This paper analyses the effects of the crisis on trust in national and European Union institutions within an EU27 country sample from 1999 to 2012. The paper finds that the overall negative trends in trust throughout the ...
Title:Wage assimilation : migrants versus natives and foreign migrants versus internal migrants
Author(s):STRØM, Steinar; VENTURINI, Alessandra; VILLOSIO, ClaudiaDate:2013Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI RSCASAbstract:The paper wants to understand the assimilation pattern of foreign migrants in Italy. Three novelties characterize this study. First, the research compares the wage assimilation of international migrants with both internal ...
Title:The Illusion of Inclusion: Configurations of populism in Hungary
Author(s):BOZOKI, AndrasDate:2012Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI SPSAbstract:Populist rhetoric always promises a new, more inclusive political community but very often this only achieves new ways of exclusion. Populism is one of the most flexible terms in the history of ideas and in political science ...
Title:The WTO dispute settlement system at 18 : effective at controlling the major players?
Author(s):DAVEY, William J.Date:2013Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI RSCASAbstract: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:Legal analysis of economic policy
Author(s):DAINTITH, TerenceDate:1982Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI Working Papers
Title:Geographic access rules and investments
Author(s):BOURREAU, Marc; CAMBINI, Carlo; HOERNIG, SteffenDate:2013Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI RSCASAbstract: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:Brain imaging as a diagnostic and as a communicative tool in disorders of consciousness
Author(s):BAGGIO, Giosuè; MORATTI, SofiaDate:2013Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI MWPAbstract:Recently, a number of neuroimaging studies have been conducted, aimed at detecting signs of consciousness in patients with a diagnosis of vegetative or minimally conscious state. The contributions appeared during an ongoing ...
Title:Neo-corporatism and the state
Author(s):SCHMITTER, Philippe C.Date:1984Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI Working Papers
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:2013Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI MWPAbstract: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:Prince or pariah? : the place of freedom of religion in a system of international human rights
Author(s):ZUCCA, LorenzoDate:2013Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI RSCASAbstract:The human right to freedom of religion (HRFR) at the international level is a deeply contested concept and is interpreted in radically different ways in the respective historical constitutional instruments of the US and ...
Title:'All’s well that ends well' : the strategy of electoral (mis)behavior in competitive-authoritarian regimes
Author(s):LEVIN, InesDate:2013Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI MWPAbstract: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:Multilevel judicial governance in European and international economic law
Author(s):PETERSMANN, Ernst-UlrichDate:2013Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI LAWAbstract: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:The EU and IOSCO : an ever closer cooperation?
Author(s):MARCACCI, AntonioDate:2013Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI LAWAbstract:The paper examines the International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO), and it analyzes the role played by the European Union in the landscape of international finance. The aim is to test how far we can conceive ...
Title:Deposits and bank capital structure
Author(s):ALLEN, Franklin; CARLETTI, ElenaDate:2013Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI ECOAbstract:In a model with bankruptcy costs and segmented deposit and equity markets, we endogenize the choice of bank and firm capital structure and the cost of equity and deposit finance. Despite risk neutrality, equity capital is ...
Title:Budget support in fragile states : feeding the beast or building resilience?
Author(s):DE CATHEU, JuanaDate:2013Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI RSCASAbstract:Budget support is an aid modality that has been making headlines, usually triggered by cases of corruption or unsavoury moves by recipient governments. Such headlines raise questions about the impact of budget support, and ...
Title:The role of the rule of law in ASEAN integration
Author(s):EWING-CHOW, Michael; HSIEN-LI, TanDate:2013Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI RSCASAbstract:From its establishment in 1967, ASEAN has relied more on diplomacy rather than law. Political relations were managed by consultation and consensus and declaratory statements, while treaties denoting binding legal obligations ...