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Title: War of the Banks: Globalization and the Lebanese Civil War Author(s): HOURANI, Najib Date: 2010 Type of Publication: Article

Title: Was Industrialization An Escape From the Commodity Lottery? Evidence From Italy, 1861-1939 Author(s): FEDERICO, Giovanni; VASTA, Michelangelo Date: 2010 Type of Publication: Article Abstract: 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: Weathering the Storm: Saudi Arabia and the United States Author(s): LUCIANI, Giacomo Date: 2004 Type of Publication: Article

Title: The Welfare Wociety as the Corner Stone of National Competitiveness? The Nordic Countries Excel in a Comparison of Over One Hundred Countries Author(s): ROUVINEN, Petri Date: 2004 Type of Publication: Article

Title: Well-Functioning Balancing Markets: A Prerequisite for Wind Power Integration Author(s): VANDEZANDE, Leen; MEEUS, Leonardo; BELMANS, Ronnie; SAGUAN, Marcelo; GLACHANT, Jean-Michel Date: 2010 Type of Publication: Article Abstract: 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 Role for Government in E-Government? Author(s): FINGER, Matthias Date: 2010 Type of Publication: Article

Title: What Role for the European Union in Asia? An Analysis of the EU’s Asia Strategy and the Growing Significance of EU-China Relations Author(s): CASARINI, Nicola Date: 2008 Type of Publication: Article

Title: What to Expect from Sectoral Trading: A US-China example Author(s): GAVARD, Claire; WINCHESTER, Niven; JACOBY, Henry; PALTSEV, Sergey Date: 2011 Type of Publication: Article Series/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, Ethan Date: 2011 Type of Publication: Article Series/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, Peter Date: 2011 Type of Publication: Article Series/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: When the unemployed challenge the European Union: the European marches as a mode of externalization of protest Author(s): CHABANET, Didier Date: 2008 Type of Publication: Article Abstract: This article examines the conditions for the emergence of a most unexpected movement. It traces how a small number of leaders, in the context of weak support of the institutional representative frameworks, gave collective ...

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, Bert Date: 2009 Type of Publication: Article Abstract: 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 Henrik Date: 2011 Type of Publication: Article Series/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. ...

Title: Why (and How) to Regulate Power Exchanges in the EU Market Integration Context?, Author(s): MEEUS, Leonardo Date: 2011 Type of Publication: Article Abstract: The European Union (EU) market integration is leading to increasingly monopolistic electricity market infrastructures, which has opened a debate on the regulation of these so-called power exchanges. In this paper, we start ...

Title: Why Lisbon Fails Author(s): RUTA, Michele Date: 2009 Type of Publication: Article Abstract: This article looks at the political economy of structural reforms and growth in the European Union. As the EU's economy approaches the world technology frontier, structural reforms that increase competition in intermediate ...

Title: Why There Is No 'Southern Problem'. On Environmental Leaders and Laggards in the European Union Author(s): BORZEL, Tanja A. Date: 2000 Type of Publication: Article Abstract: Non-compliance with EU (environmental) law is often considered to be a 'southern problem'. Because of specific features of their political systems, the four southern European member states are believed to lack the capacity ...

Title: Widening or Reducing the Knowledge Gap? Testing the Media Effects on Political Knowledge in Spain (2004-2006) Author(s): FRAILE, Marta Date: 2011-01-01 Type of Publication: Article Abstract: This article analyzes the media effects on political knowledge after controlling for the most common factors (motivation, ability, and opportunities) in Spain. In addition, it explores whether the media contribute to ...

Title: Will the Market Get it Right? The placing of new power plants in Germany Author(s): DIETRICH, Kristin; LEUTHOLD, Florian; WEIGT, Hannes Date: 2010 Type of Publication: Article Series/Report no.: [Florence School of Regulation] Abstract: This paper applies ELMOD, an economic-engineering model of the European electricity market to the issue of optimal investment placing of generation capacity in Germany under different market integration scenarios. The model ...

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: Wissen als geistiges Privateigentum: Die Einfriedung der Wissensallmende Author(s): MEIER, Henk Erik Date: 2005 Type of Publication: Article

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