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    Title: Ex Ante Regulation and Co-Investment in the Transition to Next Generation Access  Author(s): BOURREAU, Marc; CAMBINI, Carlo; HOERNIG, Steffen Date: 2012 Type of Publication: Article Series/Report no.: [Florence School of Regulation] Abstract: Investments in Next Generation Access Networks (NGANs) ask for a new set of regulatory remedies. This paper contributes to this debate by focusing on three issues: the migration from the legacy copper network to the NGA ...
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    Title: EU 2050 Low-Carbon Energy Future: Visions and strategies  Author(s): MEEUS, Leonardo; AZEVEDO, Isabel; MARCANTONINI, Claudio; GLACHANT, Jean-Michel; HAFNER, Manfred Date: 2012 Type of Publication: Article Series/Report no.: [THINK] Abstract: Analysis of the visions of key EU Member States to achieve a low-carbon energy system by 2050 finds that the states are already pursuing sometimes divergent strategies that create new risks for energy policy fragmentation ...
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    Title: EU Foreign Energy Policy: From intergovernmentalism to supranationalism  Author(s): AHNER, Nicole Date: 2012 Type of Publication: Article Abstract: European regulation addressing the external dimension of energy policy till today remained far and few between. In practise it is the individual countries being leading actors on the foreign energy relations stage. To cope ...
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    Title: Migrants and Political Life in Greece: Between political patronage and the search for inclusion  Author(s): GROPAS, Ruby; TRIANDAFYLLIDOU, Anna Date: 2012 Type of Publication: Article Abstract: This article explores the challenges that have arisen in the fields of political participation and naturalisation policies from the past two decades of immigration to Greece. It discusses the ways in which mainstream ...
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    Title: A New EU Gas Security of Supply Architecture?  Author(s): DE JONG, Jacques; GLACHANT, Jean-Michel; HAFNER, Manfred; AHNER, Nicole; TAGLIAPIETRA, Simone Date: 2012 Type of Publication: Article Series/Report no.: [Loyola de Palacio Chair] Abstract: Drawing the conclusions of four dedicated workshops Jacques de Jong, Jean-Michel Glachant, Manfred Hafner, Nicole Ahner and Simone Tagliapietra recommend a new approach distinguishing clearly between the short-term vision ...
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    Title: An Assessment of the Tools of Incentive Regulation in Electricity Networks  Author(s): KHALFALLAH, Haikel; GLACHANT, Jean-Michel Date: 2012 Type of Publication: Article Series/Report no.: [Loyola de Palacio Chair] Abstract: Network regulation is playing an active role in a context of restructuring energy systems for long term transition to a smart grid. Regulation of network companies’ activities should consider both cost efficiency objectives ...
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    Title: Appraisal of the European Commission’s Energy Roadmap 2050  Author(s): MEEUS, Leonardo Date: 2012 Type of Publication: Article Series/Report no.: [Loyola de Palacio Chair] Abstract: What is the European energy strategy for 2050? How different is it from the 2020 energy strategy? What are the technology options? What are the policy options? The European Commission provided a first answer to these ...
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    Title: Priorités migratoires d'hier et vrais enjeux d'aujourd'hui  Author(s): CASSARINO, Jean-Pierre Date: 2012 Type of Publication: Article Abstract: 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 ...
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    Title: Debating the Sources and Prospects of European Integration  Author(s): KROTZ, Ulrich; MAHER, Richard; MCCOURT, David M.; GLENCROSS, Andrew; RIPSMAN, Norrin M.; SHEETZ, Mark S.; HAINE, Jean-Yves; ROSATO, Sebastian Date: 2012 Type of Publication: Article
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    Title: Muslims' Support for European Integration: The role of organizational capacities  Author(s): ELBASANI, Arolda; SAATÇIOGLU, Beken Date: 2012 Type of Publication: Article Abstract: What explains Islamic organizations' differing support for European integration and the democratic reforms that it entails? The question is highly relevant in the context of European Union (EU) enlargement towards ...
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    Title: The Transnational Politics of Warfare Accountability: Human Rights watch vs. the Israel defense forces  Author(s): VENNESSON, Pascal; RAJKOVIC, Nikolas Milan Date: 2012 Type of Publication: Article Series/Report no.: [Global Governance Programme] Abstract: Transnational human rights networks span the globe, and have become more numerous and influential since the 1970s. Yet we still know relatively little about the strategic interaction between transnational advocates and ...
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    Title: A Fragile Guideline to Development Assistance  Author(s): BERTOLI, Simone; TICCI, Elisa Date: 2012 Type of Publication: Article Abstract: The concept of fragility has gained an increasing relevance in development discourse. Nevertheless, it remains a fuzzy and elusive concept. This article presents a review of the literature, and identifies two main sets of ...
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    Title: The Regulation of Cross-Border Clearing and Settlement in the European Union from a Legitimacy Perspective  Author(s): IGLESIAS-RODRÍGUEZ, Pablo Date: 2012 Type of Publication: Article Abstract: Post-trading activities such as clearing and settlement (C&S) constitute a central element in the integration of European financial markets. However, unlike other areas of financial services, C&S has received little ...
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    Title: ¿Importa Europa en las Elecciones Europeas? Un modelo explicativo de las elecciones del 2009 al Parlamento Europeo  Author(s): BELLUCCI, Paolo; GARZIA, Diego; RUBAL MASEDA, Martiño Date: 2012 Type of Publication: Article Abstract: Este trabajo evalúa la validez de diferentes modelos interpretativos del comportamiento electoral en las elecciones europeas partiendo del resultado de junio de 2009. Nos centramos, en primer lugar, en modelos que conectan ...
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    Title: Return Migration and the Survival of Entrepreneurial Activities in Egypt  Author(s): MARCHETTA, Francesca Date: 2012 Type of Publication: Article Abstract: The literature shows that temporary international migrants have a high propensity to opt for an entrepreneurial activity upon return, but the prospects of survival of these activities have not been explored. We address ...
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    Title: The Editorial: Regulation and competition in communications markets  Author(s): CAMBINI, Carlo; HOERNIG, Steffen; BOHLIN, Erik Date: 2012 Type of Publication: Article Series/Report no.: [Florence School of Regulation] Abstract: The special issue of Telecommunications Policy contains a series of papers presented at the first Scientific Seminar of the Communications and Media area of the Florence School of Regulation. All deal with hotly debated ...
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    Title: Party Identification, Leader Effects and Vote Choice in Italy, 1990-2008  Author(s): GARZIA, Diego; VIOTTI, Federico Date: 2012 Type of Publication: Article Abstract: Previous studies have portrayed the personalization of politics as a consequence of the changes in the electoral market and the resulting transformations at the party level. However, empirical research has not reached a ...
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    Title: Regulating Networks in the New Economy  Author(s): GLACHANT, Jean-Michel Date: 2012 Type of Publication: Article Series/Report no.: [Loyola de Palacio Chair] Abstract: The regulation of network industries has undergone profound transformation in the past twenty years. The regulated industry is no longer the same, being exposed to new competitive dynamics having revolutionized their ...
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    Title: Voting Advice Applications under Review: The state of research  Author(s): GARZIA, Diego; MARSCHALL, Stefan Date: 2012 Type of Publication: Article Abstract: In recent years, Voting Advice Applications (VAAs) have become a relevant object of political science research. The aim of this paper is to develop a map of the existing literature and to outline a research agenda for this ...
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    Title: Financial Crises and the Balance of Power in International Finance, 1890-2010  Author(s): CASSIS, Youssef Date: 2012 Type of Publication: Article Abstract: Has the centre of gravity of international finance irreversibly started to shift from the Atlantic to the Pacific since the financial debacle of 2007-2008? This article discusses this highly topical question in a historical ...