Title:Individual and Contextual Variation in EU issue Voting: the Role of Political Information
Author(s):DE VRIES, Catherine E.; VAN DER BRUG, Wouter; VAN EGMOND, Marcel H.; VAN DER EIJK, CeesDate:2011Type of Publication:ArticleSeries/Report no.:[EUDO Public Opinion Observatory]Abstract:Increasing politicization in EU member states about European issues can be expected to strengthen the impact of attitudes towards Europe on vote choice in European Parliament (EP) elections. At the same time this impact ...
Title:Inequality of Origin and Earnings Prospect in France, 1977-1993
Author(s):LEFRANC, Arnaud; PISTOLESI, Nicolas; TRANNOY, AlainDate:2007Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract:To analyze equality of opportunity we examine the influence of family characteristics on the distribution of outcome for a given generation. Here, we study changes in equality of opportunity for income acquisition between ...
Title:The Informal Politics of Legislation: Explaining secluded decision making in the European Union
Author(s):REH, Christine; HERITIER, Adrienne; BRESSANELLI, Edoardo; KOOP, ChristelDate:2011Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract:This article investigates a widespread yet understudied trend in EU politics: the shift of legislative decision making from public inclusive to informal secluded arenas and the subsequent adoption of legislation as “early ...
Title:The Informational Structure of Migration Decision and Migrants’ Self-selection
Author(s):BERTOLI, SimoneDate:2010Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract:We analyze the pattern of migrants' self-selection in unobservables when there is uncertainty about foreign wages. Negative selection becomes more likely, and a greater dispersion of wages at destination no longer suffices ...
Title:Innovating Grid Regulation to Regulate Grid Innovation: From the Orkney Isles to Kriegers Flak Via Italy
Author(s):MEEUS, Leonardo; SAGUAN, MarceloDate:2011Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract:In the current context of a decarbonizing electricity system, grid innovation is needed to deal with the main challenges of integrating distributed generation, demand and storage, and large-scale renewable energy sources. ...
Title:Institutional Change in Contemporary Capitalism: Coordinated Financial Systems since 1990
Author(s):CULPEPPER, Pepper D.Date:2005-01-01Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract:What happens when the unstoppable force of liberalization collides with the immovable object of national financial institutions in the advanced industrial democracies? To answer this question and evaluate alternative ...
Title:Institutional Change in Europe: Co-decision and comitology transformed
Author(s):HERITIER, AdrienneDate:2012Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract:This article explains how institutional rules change after they have been established in two important areas of European decision-making: co-decision and comitology. It shows how legislation under co-decision was transformed ...
Title:Institutional Changes: Alternative theories and consequences for institutional design
Author(s):BROUSSEAU, Eric; GARROUSTE, Pierre; RAYNAUD, EmmanuelDate:2011Type of Publication:ArticleSeries/Report no.:[Loyola de Palacio Chair]Abstract:This paper surveys alternative approaches to the emergence and evolution of institutions. The challenge is to develop frameworks capable of capturing both stability and change. We follow a “descaling” approach to show how ...
Title:An ‘Institutional’ Triangle with only Two Poles?
Author(s):MENY, YvesDate:2007Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract:The ingredients which made the Common Market and then the European Union unique are still in place.
Those who originally conceived these institutions created a framework which had no equivalent amongst the existing tools ...
Title:International Administration between the Wars: A Reappraisal
Author(s):WEISBRODE, KennethDate:2009Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract:This article traces the chronology of the interwar decline of European influence and power, arguing that its origins outside Europe are to be found as much in the paradoxical status of inter- national administration of ...
Title:International Dimensions of Optimal Monetary Policy
Author(s):CORSETTI, Giancarlo; PESENTI, PaoloDate:2005Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract:This paper provides a baseline general equilibrium model of optimal monetary policy among interdependent economies with monopolistic firms and nominal rigidities. An inward-looking policy of domestic price stabilization ...