Title:Variation in Ec Environmental Policy Integration: Agency Push Within Complex Institutional Structures
Author(s):LENSCHOW, AndreaDate:1997Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract:The principle of environmental policy integration (EPI) has been adopted by the European Community and gained priority status in its fifth Environmental Action Programme. This article investigates the reasons for considerable ...
Title:Vereingtes Königreich
Author(s):WALLACE, HelenDate:2001Type of Publication:Article
Title:Voting Advice Applications under Review: The state of research
Author(s):GARZIA, Diego; MARSCHALL, StefanDate:2012Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract: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 ...
Title:Was Industrialization An Escape From the Commodity Lottery? Evidence From Italy, 1861-1939
Author(s):FEDERICO, Giovanni; VASTA, MichelangeloDate:2010Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract:The specialization in exporting primary products is frequently deemed harmful for long-run development, because it increases volatility of terms of trade and thus the number and frequency of macroeconomic shocks. One would ...
Title:Well-Functioning Balancing Markets: A Prerequisite for Wind Power Integration
Author(s):VANDEZANDE, Leen; MEEUS, Leonardo; BELMANS, Ronnie; SAGUAN, Marcelo; GLACHANT, Jean-MichelDate:2010Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract:This article focuses on the design of balancing markets in Europe taking into account an increasing wind power penetration. In several European countries, wind generation is so far not burdened with full balancing ...
Title:What to Expect from Sectoral Trading: A US-China example
Author(s):GAVARD, Claire; WINCHESTER, Niven; JACOBY, Henry; PALTSEV, SergeyDate:2011Type of Publication:ArticleSeries/Report no.:[Loyola de Palacio Energy Policy Programme]Abstract:In the recent United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) negotiations, sectoral trading was proposed to encourage early action and spur investment in low carbon technologies in developing countries. ...
Title:When do You Follow the (National) Leader? Party switching by subnational legislators in Japan
Author(s):MILAZZO, Caitlin; SCHEINER, EthanDate:2011Type of Publication:ArticleSeries/Report no.:[EUDO Public Opinion Observatory]Abstract:In 1993, after 38 years of single-party control, more than 20% of Japan’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) House of Representatives members left the party to form new alternatives and create an anti-LDP coalition ...
Title:When Parties (also) Position Themselves: An introduction to the EU Profiler
Author(s):TRECHSEL, Alexander H.; MAIR, PeterDate:2011Type of Publication:ArticleSeries/Report no.:[EUDO]Abstract:This article frames and describes a novel method of political party positioning within the European Union and beyond. The EU Profiler project, a large-scale, interdisciplinary, and pan-European research endeavor, takes a ...
Title:Where the Champsaur Commission Has Got it Wrong
Author(s):CRAMPES, Claude; GLACHANT, Jean-Michel; VON HIRSCHHAUSEN, Christian; LÉVÊQUE, François; NEWBERY, David; PÉREZ-ARRIAGA, Ignacio; RANCI, Pippo; STOFT, Steven; WILLEMS, BertDate:2009Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract:One fairly unique feature of France is that it hosts a large ?eet of nuclear reactors. It is owned by the incumbent, EdF, and provides this 85-percent state-owned enterprise with an economic advantage to compete on price. ...
Title:Which Democracies Prosper? Electoral rules, form of government and economic growth
Author(s):KNUTSEN, Carl HenrikDate:2011Type of Publication:ArticleSeries/Report no.:[EUDO Public Opinion Observatory]Abstract:Electoral rules and form of government have important economic effects, for example on taxation and public spending. However, there are no robust results in the literature when it comes to their effect on economic growth. ...