Title:Big structures, social boundaries, and identity in Cyprus, 1400-1700
Author(s):DEMETRIOU, CharesDate:2008Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract:This article examines the transformation of public identity among the Greek-speaking inhabitants of Cyprus during the late medieval period, when the island was ruled first under Western-style feudalism and then under Ottoman ...
Title:Block Order Restrictions in Combinatorial Electricity Energy Auctions
Author(s):MEEUS, Leonardo; VERHAEGEN, Karolien; BELMANS, RonnieDate:2009Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract:In Europe, the auctions organized by “power exchanges” one day ahead of delivery are multi-unit, double-sided, uniformly priced combinatorial auctions. Generators, retailers, large consumers and traders participate at the ...
Title:Breakthroughs in Faith
Author(s):ROY, OlivierDate:2011Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract:Across the globe, a new form of religiosity is transforming the spiritual and secular landscape. Evangelical Christianity, Islamic fundamentalism, and many other modern religions, Olivier Roy argues, are no longer tied to ...
Title:Bringing macroeconomics into the lab
Author(s):RICCIUTI, RobertoDate:2008Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract:This paper reviews experiments in macroeconomics, pointing out the theoretical justifications, the strengths and weaknesses of this approach. We identify two broad classes of experiments: general equilibrium and partial ...
Title:Building Gas Markets: US versus EU, market versus market model
Author(s):VAZQUEZ, Miguel; HALLACK, Michelle; GLACHANT, Jean-MichelDate:2012Type of Publication:ArticleSeries/Report no.:[Loyola de Palacio Chair]Abstract:The liberalization process of the gas sector has showed that the reasoning to introduce competition in gas industries separates the services in at least two groups: commodities with relatively low transaction costs, and ...
Title:Campaigning on an Upper Level? Individual campaigning in the 2009 European Parliament elections in its determinants
Author(s):GIEBLER, Heiko; WÜST, Andreas M.Date:2011Type of Publication:ArticleSeries/Report no.:[EUDO Public Opinion Observatory]Abstract:Election campaigns are not only party campaigns, but depend to a significant degree on the efforts and activities of individual candidates. While some country-specific analyses of candidate campaigning have been done, ...
Title:Challenges and opportunities of online collective action for policy change
Author(s):CALDERARO, Andrea; KAVADA, AnastasiaDate:2013Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract:The Internet has multiplied the platforms available to influence public opinion and policymaking. It has also provided citizens with a greater capacity for coordination and mobilization, which can strengthen their voice ...
Title:Changes in EU-Israeli Relations?
Author(s):DEL SARTO, RaffaellaDate:2006Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract:A look at the European Neighborhood Policy Action Plan
The EU-Israel Action Plan is notably vague on key areas of envisaged political cooperation. Although most observers consider it an achievement, it remains to be seen ...
Title:The Chilean Elections of December 2009 and January 2010
Author(s):TORO, Sergio Y.; LUNA, Juan PabloDate:2011Type of Publication:ArticleSeries/Report no.:[EUDO Public Opinion Observatory]Abstract:On 13 December 2009, seven million Chileans went to the polls to elect the president who would run their country from 2010 to 2014, as well as lower chamber representatives of the country’s sixty electoral districts. The ...