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 ...
Title:The 'real' puzzle of sharecropping: why is it disappearing?
Author(s):FEDERICO, GiovanniDate:2006Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract:Ce qui s'écrit à propos du métayage traite pour une bonne partie des raisons pour lesquelles on se trouve adopter une forme de contrat apparemment aussi irrationnelle. Les hypothèses que formule la théorie à ce propos n'ont ...
Title:The Changing State. the Interplay of National Reforms and European Integration in Britain
Author(s):KNILL, ChristophDate:1995Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract:The effects of Conservative reform policy on the nature of the British State found a quite broad and intensive reception in the social sciences. Interestingly, the consequences on the British State tradition evolving from ...
Title:The Common Sense of European Integration
Author(s):MAJONE, GiandomenicoDate:2006Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract:The rejection of the Constitutional Treaty and the various events following the negative referenda provide an excellent occasion for reconsidering the real meaning of European integration. Paradoxically, the integration ...
Title:The Diffusion of Regulatory Impact Analysis - Best Practice Or Lesson-Drawing?
Author(s):RADAELLI, Claudio M.Date:2004Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract:This article presents the main results of a research project on regulatory impact analysis (RIA) in comparative perspective. Its main theoretical thrust is to explore the limitations of the conventional analysis of RIA in ...
Title:The Effect of Seasonal Adjustment on the Properties of Business Cycle Regimes
Author(s):MATAS-MIR, Antonio; OSBORN, Denise R.; LOMBARDI, Marco J.Date:2008Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract:We study the impact of seasonal adjustment on the properties of business cycle expansion and recession, regimes using analytical, simulation and empirical methods. Analytically, we show that the X-11 adjustment filter both ...
Title:The European Commission: The Limits of Centralization and the Perils of Parliamentarization
Author(s):MAJONE, GiandomenicoDate:2002Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract:The idea of an inevitable process of centralization in the European Community (EC)/European Union (EU) is a myth. Also, the metaphor of creeping competences, with its suggestion of a surreptitious but continuous growth of ...
Title:The Fukuoka Silicon Sea-Belt Project - An East Asian Experiment in Developing Transnational Networks
Author(s):KITAGAWA, FumiDate:2005Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract:This article illustrates the recent development of the Fukuoka Silicon Sea-Belt Project in Japan which enhances transnational inter-linkages between regional clusters. Local innovation cluster developing in Fukuok on Kyushu ...