Title:Political cultures do matter: citizens and politics in Western Europe and East and Southeast Asia
Author(s):BLONDEL, Jean; INOGUCHI, TakashiDate:2002Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract:This article is concerned with the examination of the attitudes of the 'common man' in two regions of the globe, both with respect to basic relations between citizen and state and with respect to the extent to which ...
Title:Political Pressures and Exchange Rate Stability in Emerging Market Economies
Author(s):FAIA, Ester; GIULODORI, Massimo; RUTA, MicheleDate:2008Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract: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 ...
Title:Political Science as a Profession
Author(s):MENY, YvesDate:2010Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract:A discipline cannot pretend to be such if political borders are reflected in its organisation, methodologies or practices. While pluralistic approaches are highly desirable, it is crucial for any discipline worthy of the ...
Title:The Politics of Common Knowledge: Ideas and Institutional Change in Wage Bargaining
Author(s):CULPEPPER, Pepper D.Date:2008Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract:Domestic economic institutions change through processes of conflict and bargaining. Why do the strongest groups in such conflicts ever change their minds about the acceptability of institutional arrangements they once ...
Title:Popular Perceptions of Europe and the Nation: The Case of Italy
Author(s):TRIANDAFYLLIDOU, AnnaDate:2008Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract:To date, European identity has not mobilised a feeling of belonging or solidarity that would be comparable to the ways in which national identities stir people's passions and make them ready 'to die for' their nations. ...
Title:Power Transmission Network Investment as an Anticipation Problem
Author(s):RIOUS, Vincent; PEREZ, Yannick; GLACHANT, Jean-MichelDate:2011Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract:Power generation and transmission are complementary activities that must be coordinated to ensure an optimal use and development of the transmission network. This coordination is today more difficult in a liberalized system, ...
Title:Preface. Florence School of Regulation. Communications and Media: A short presentation
Author(s):PARCU, Pier LuigiDate:2012Type of Publication:ArticleSeries/Report no.:[Florence School of Regulation]Abstract:This preface contains a presentation of the Communications and Media area at the Florence School of Regulation. Activities at the Communications and Media area of the Florence School of Regulation are presented: policy ...
Title:Priorités migratoires d'hier et vrais enjeux d'aujourd'hui
Author(s):CASSARINO, Jean-PierreDate:2012Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract:Lorsque l’on évoque la coopération bilatérale en matière de gouvernance migratoire, entre la Tunisie et la France, il est presque immédiat de penser à l’accord cadre relatif à la gestion concertée des migrations et au ...
Title:Product Replacement Bias in Inflation and its Consequences for Monetary Policy
Author(s):WEBER, HenningDate:2012Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract:The paper examines a New Keynesian model with product entry and exit and with two types of households. Households consume different product baskets, and therefore, face different inflation rates. The statistical bureau ...