Title:Chinese FDI strategy in Italy: The 'Marco Polo' effect
Author(s):PIETROBELLI, Carlo; RABELLOTTI, Roberta; SANFILIPPO, MarcoDate:2011Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract:This study investigates the motivations driving Chinese outward direct investment to Italy. The analysis is based on secondary sources and in-depth interviews with key informants and senior managers of Chinese affiliates ...
Title:Chinese FDI to Africa: What is the Nexus with foreign economic cooperation?
Author(s):SANFILIPPO, MarcoDate:2010Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract:China, once a major recipient of foreign direct investment (FDI), has recently become one of the main 'emerging' investors, especially in developing countries. Chinese Outward Foreign Direct Investment (OFDI) plays a very ...
Title:Chronique de l'administration Européenne
Author(s):ANDREONE, Fabrice; NEFRAMI, Eleftheria; PONZANO, PaoloDate:2011Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract:Le système dit de comitologie est fondamental dans la mise en oeuvre du droit de l’Union européenne. Mais il est également extrêmement complexe. À l’occasion de la profonde réforme qu’il a connu en mars 2011, les développements ...
Title:“Climbing the Hierarchical Ladders of Rules”: A life-cycle theory of institutional evolution
Author(s):BROUSSEAU, Eric; RAYNAUD, EmmanuelDate:2011Type of Publication:ArticleSeries/Report no.:[Loyola de Palacio Chair]Abstract:This paper proposes an analysis of the emergence and evolution of institutional frameworks. It explains the causes, process, and outcome of institutional evolution. We first describe the institutional framework as a ...
Title:Codecision and Institutional Change
Author(s):FARRELL, Henry; HERITIER, AdrienneDate:2007Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract:This article examines the sources and processes of institutional change in one important aspect of EU politics – the legislative procedure of codecision – and shows how interstitial change of institutions that emerges ...
Title:Collective Identity as Shared Ethical Self-Understanding: The Case of the Emerging European Identity
Author(s):KANTNER, CathleenDate:2006Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract:Against the common view that a European identity is a functional precondition for legitimate EU governance, this article argues that conceptual weaknesses of the term ‘collective identity’ have led to a confusion of several ...
Title:Competition Effects in a Liberalized Railway Market
Author(s):LANG, Markus; LAPERROUZA, Marc; FINGER, MatthiasDate:2011Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract:This paper presents a game-theoretic model of a liberalized railway market, in which train operation and ownership of infrastructure are vertically separated. We analyze how the regulatory agency will optimally set the ...