Title:Stable Sunspot Equilibria in a Cash-In-Advance Economy
Author(s):EVANS, George W.; HONKAPOHJA, Seppo M. S.; MARIMON, RamonDate:2007Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract:We analyze a monetary model with flexible labor supply, cash-in-advance constraints, and seigniorage- and tax-financed government spending. If the intertemporal elasticity of substitution of labor is greater than one, both ...
Title:Standard of Review
Author(s):EHLERMANN, Claus-DieterDate:2004Type of Publication:Article
Title:The Study of the European Integration Process in the United States
Author(s):DOMÍNGUEZ, Roberto; ROYO, SebastiánDate:2012Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract:This article explores the institutional development of European studies in the United States. We show the extent to which the study of European integration reflects the deep roots that sustain the vitality and strength of ...
Title:Subnational Lobbying and Structural Funds: a French-Scottish Comparison
Author(s):VAN DEN HOVEN, Adrian; SUTCLIFFE, John B.Date:2003Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract:This article examines subnational actors' engagement with the European Union's structural funds, and whether these actors are significant in this policy sector It examines this question by comparing one French regional ...
Title:Successes in Social Protection: What lessons can be learned?
Author(s):GIOVANNETTI, Giorgia; DE HAAN, Arjan; SABATES-WHEELER, Rachel; SANFILIPPO, MarcoDate:2011Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract:The recent food, fuel and financial crises have triggered innovation in social protection programmes around the world. Existing evidence suggests that such programmes both protect people from shocks and enable them to ...
Title:Sustainable Social Spending and Stagnant Public Services: Baumol's Cost Disease Revisited
Author(s):VAN DER PLOEG, FrederickDate:2007Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract:If demand for human services is inelastic or manufactured goods are necessities, labor shifts from manufacturing to services and the budget share of services rises. Higher productivity growth in the market sector pushes ...
Title:The Svenska Kraftnät Case: Introduction of bidding zones in Sweden
Author(s):DE HAUTECLOCQUE, Adrien; HANCHER, LeighDate:2011Type of Publication:ArticleSeries/Report no.:[Florence School of Regulation]Abstract:The recent Svenska Kraftnät case has shown that even ownership-unbundled TSOs pursuing non-economic goals can feel the cold wind of EU competition law.
Title:Take-or-Pay Contract Robustness: A three step story told by the Brazil-Bolivia gas case?
Author(s):GLACHANT, Jean-Michel; HALLACK, MichelleDate:2009Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract:Neo-institutional economics (NEI) has long shown that take-or-pay (ToP) long-term contracts provide a robust framework for safeguarding the interests of both upstream and downstream parties in the gas industry. The case ...
Title:Techno-politics, Internet Governance and some Challenges Facing the Internet
Author(s):RASMUSSEN, TerjeDate:2007Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract:This paper addresses the Internet as a terrain of techno-political controversies between various cultures with their interests and values, which have influenced the development of the Internet since the start. I describe ...
Title:The territorial dynamics of innovation: a Europe–United States comparative analysis
Author(s):CRESCENZI, Riccardo; RODRÍGUEZ-POSE, Andrés; STORPER, MichaelDate:2007Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract:The United States and European Union differ significantly in terms of their innovative capacity: the former have been able to gain and maintain world leadership in innovation and technology while the latter continues to ...