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Title: Misurazione delle prestazioni e informatizzazione dei servizi nei sistemi giudiziari. Un bilancio dall'Italia all'Europa Author(s): DALLARA, Cristina Date: 2012 Type of Publication: Article Abstract: At the end of the Nineties, policies and projects aimed at improving the quality of justice in the name of efficiency and accountability were introduced within many European national judicial systems. This happened with a ...

Title: Multi-Stakeholder Governance and Voluntary Programme Interactions: Legitimation politics in the institutional design of corporate social responsibility Author(s): FRANSEN, Luc Date: 2012 Type of Publication: Article Abstract: A variety of innovative institutional forms have emerged within the context of voluntary attempts to address pressing social and environmental issues. Among such institutions, the prevailing wisdom is that those characterized ...

Title: Party and Leader Effects in Parliamentary Elections: Towards a reassessment Author(s): GARZIA, Diego Date: 2012 Type of Publication: Article Abstract: Social-psychological models of voting behaviour systematically downsize the relevance of party leader evaluations by conceiving them as mere consequences of causally prior partisan attachments. However, the validity of ...

Title: Preface. Florence School of Regulation. Communications and Media: A short presentation Author(s): PARCU, Pier Luigi Date: 2012 Type of Publication: Article Series/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: 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 ...

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 ...

Title: Free Lunches? WTO as public good, and the WTO’s view of public goods Author(s): MAVROIDIS, Petros C. Date: 2012 Type of Publication: Article Abstract: The WTO can be viewed as a public good in that it provides a forum for negotiations which also produces the necessary legal framework to act as a support for agreed liberalization. To avoid any misunderstandings, in this ...

Title: Estimation of International Migration in Post-Soviet Republics Author(s): MAKARYAN, Shushanik Date: 2012 Type of Publication: Article Abstract: When annual migration data lack reliability, scholars apply alternative methods for estimating international migration. Yet, researchers note that alternative approaches have primarily been tested on developed countries, ...

Title: L'"effetto Cina" sui prezzi alle esportazioni italiane: una spinta all’upgrading qualitativo Author(s): SANFILIPPO, Marco; GIOVANNETTI, Giorgia Date: 2012 Type of Publication: Article

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 ...

Title: Delegation without Borders: On individual rights, constitutions and the global order Author(s): BROUSSEAU, Eric; SGARD, Jérôme; SCHEMEIL, Yves Date: 2012 Type of Publication: Article Series/Report no.: [Loyola de Palacio Chair] Abstract: Political and economic rights are envisaged as the outcome of an ongoing bargain between citizens and their rulers. Over the long run, this constitutive process shapes the development of both the economy and the state. ...

Title: Restrictions accessoires et concurrence potentielle dans le secteur de l'énergie Trib. UE, 26 juin 2012, E.ON / Commission et GDF / Commission, aff. T-360/09 et T-370/09 Author(s): DE HAUTECLOCQUE, Adrien Date: 2012 Type of Publication: Article Series/Report no.: [Loyola de Palacio Chair]

Title: William Penn und sein Essay "Towards the Present and Future Peace of Europe" (1693): Friedensfürst, Vordenker europäischer Einigung oder Machtpolitiker? Author(s): PATEL, Kiran Klaus Date: 2012 Type of Publication: Article

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 ...

Title: Merchant Interconnector Projects by Generators in the EU: Effects on profitability and allocation of capacity Author(s): VAN KOTEN, Silvester Date: 2012 Type of Publication: Article Abstract: When building a cross-border transmission line (a so-called interconnector) as a for-profit (merchant) project, where the regulator has required that capacity allocation be done non-discriminatorily by explicit auction, ...

Title: 'I have a Child and a Garden': Young people’s experiences of care giving in transnational families Author(s): PANTEA, Maria-Carmen Date: 2012 Type of Publication: Article Abstract: This article concerns young people's experiences with care giving when their parents migrate. Drawing on qualitative interviews with 21 young people from Transylvania (Romania), the article examines their accounts of living ...

Title: La quadrature du cercle ? La mise en œuvre du traité de 1963 à 1969 Author(s): GERMOND, Carine Date: 2012 Type of Publication: Article

Title: Long-run Cost Functions for Electricity Transmission Author(s): ROSELLÓN, Juan; VOGELSANG, Ingo; WEIGT, Hannes Date: 2012 Type of Publication: Article Series/Report no.: [Florence School of Regulation] Abstract: Electricity transmission has become the pivotal industry segment for electricity restructuring. Yet, little is known about the shape of transmission cost functions. Reasons for this can be a lack of consensus about the ...

Title: Public Support to Low-Carbon Innovation: Grants for all? Author(s): RUESTER, Sophia; OLMOS, Luis Date: 2012 Type of Publication: Article Series/Report no.: [Loyola de Palacio Chair] Abstract: Sophia Ruester and Luis Olmos focus on research, development and demonstration activities that belong to the early, highly risky stages of innovation and, thus, need direct public support.

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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