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Title: Competizione e spazio politico. Le elezioni si vincono davvero al centro? Author(s): DE SIO, Lorenzo Date: 2011 Type of Publication: Book Abstract: II comportamento elettorale viene spiegato per lo più in base al cosiddetto "teorema dell'elettore mediano", secondo cui i partiti, per vincere le elezioni, devono spostarsi progressivamente verso il centro, fino a diventare ...
Title: Innovation and Regional Growth in the European Union Author(s): CRESCENZI, Riccardo; RODRÍGUEZ-POSE, Andrés Date: 2011 Type of Publication: Book Abstract: This book investigates the EU’s regional growth dynamics and, in particular, the reasons why peripheral and socio-economically disadvantaged areas have persistently failed to catch up with the rest of the Union. It shows ...
Title: Outsider Parties Author(s): MCDONNELL, Duncan; NEWELL, James Date: 2011 Type of Publication: Book Abstract: This special issue discusses parties in Europe which by the nature of their ideology, rhetoric and positions on government participation, have placed themselves and/or been placed by others, ‘outside’ the sphere of potential ...
Title: Corporate Social Responsibility and Global Labor Standards: Firms and activists in the making of private regulation Author(s): FRANSEN, Luc Date: 2011 Type of Publication: Book Abstract: How effective are multinational companies at improving working conditions in their supply chains? This book focuses on a crucial dynamic in private efforts at regulating labor standards in international production chains. ...
Title: Electoral Democracy in the European Union Author(s): HOBOLT, Sara Binzer; FRANKLIN, Mark N. Date: 2011 Type of Publication: Book Series/Report no.: [EUDO Public Opinion Observatory]
Title: Organizzazione e funzioni degli Europartiti. Il Caso di Sinistra Europea Author(s): CALOSSI, Enrico Date: 2011 Type of Publication: Book Series/Report no.: [EUDO Political Parties and Representation Observatory] Abstract: I partiti politici sono stati attori importanti del processo di integrazione europea. Sin dai primi anni della Comunità Europea i partiti nazionali hanno cercato di coordinare le loro attività in strutture sovranazionali ...
Title: Financial Centres and International Capital Flows in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries Author(s): QUENNOUËLLE-CORRE, Laure; CASSIS, Youssef Date: 2011 Type of Publication: Book Abstract: As interest in financial markets intensifies, stimulated by the financial crisis of the early twenty-first century, this book aims to enrich our understanding of the workings and history of financial centres in the nineteenth ...
Title: Merger Control Regimes in Emerging Economies. A Case Study on Brazil and Argentina Author(s): BOTTA, Marco Date: 2011 Type of Publication: Book Abstract: When emerging economies draft competition law and begin to enforce it, they usually draw on the EU and US competition law systems. However, significant country-specific legal and practical variations tend to arise quickly, ...
Title: Life in the Eurozone With or Without Sovereign Default? Author(s): ALLEN, Franklin; CARLETTI, Elena; CORSETTI, Giancarlo Date: 2011 Type of Publication: Book Abstract: The European University Institute and the Wharton Financial Institutions Center held a conference in Florence, Italy in April 2011 that brought together leading economists, lawyers, historians and policy makers to discuss ...
Title: European Multiculturalisms: Cultural, religious and ethnic challenges Author(s): TRIANDAFYLLIDOU, Anna; MODOOD, Tariq; MEER, Nasar Date: 2011 Type of Publication: Book Abstract: This work proposes a common European intellectual framework to evaluate recent developments in European multiculturalism. The heightened security awareness in the wake of the 9/11 attacks and the London and Madrid bombings ...
Title: Liquidity and Crises Author(s): ALLEN, Franklin; CARLETTI, Elena; KRAHNEN, Jan Pieter; TYRELL, Marcel Date: 2011 Type of Publication: Book Abstract: Financial crises have been pervasive for many years. Their frequency in recent decades has been double that of the Bretton Woods Period (1945-1971) and the Gold Standard Era (1880-1993), comparable only to the period during ...
Title: International Handbook of Network Industries: The liberalisation of infrastructure Author(s): FINGER, Matthias; KÜNNEKE, Rolf W. Date: 2011 Type of Publication: Book Abstract: In recent decades, all infrastructures have undergone significant restructuring. This worldwide phenomenon is often labelled 'liberalization' and although expectations were high with respect to lower prices, greater ...
Title: Law and Economics in the RIA World: Improving the use of economic analysis in public policy and legislation Author(s): RENDA, Andrea Date: 2011 Type of Publication: Book Abstract: The use of economics in public policy, in the form of ex ante Regulatory Impact Analysis (RIA), is strongly advocated by international organizations such as the OECD and the World Bank. In the US and the EU, hundreds of ...
Title: Allocation in the European Emissions Trading Scheme: Rights, Rents and Fairness Author(s): ELLERMAN, A. Denny; BUCHNER, Barbara K.; CARRARO, Carlo Date: 2011 Type of Publication: Book Abstract: A critical issue in dealing with climate change is deciding who has a right to emit carbon dioxide. Originally published in 2007, Allocation in the European Emissions Trading Scheme provided the first in-depth description ...
Title: Flying Tiger: International Relations theory and the politics of advanced weapons Author(s): KROTZ, Ulrich Date: 2011 Type of Publication: Book Abstract: Flying Tiger takes a relatively obscure episode—the joint Franco-German production of a state-of-the-art and very expensive military helicopter, the Tiger Helicopter (used in the James Bond film Goldeneye, incidentally)—to ...
Title: New Modes of Governance in Europe: Governing in the Shadow of Hierarchy Author(s): HERITIER, Adrienne; RHODES, Martin Date: 2011 Type of Publication: Book Abstract: The contributors to this volume define governance as a specific mode of production of norms and public goods created via co-production; where the co-producers transcend different levels in Europe's multi-level polity. These ...
Title: Economia dell'energia Author(s): RANCI, Pippo Date: 2011 Type of Publication: Book Abstract: IL volume fornisce le nozioni di base indispensabili per comprendere le implicazioni economiche delle scelte energetiche, le ragioni delle politiche per l'energia e gli strumenti per attuarle. Su due aspetti gli autori si ...
Title: Cross-Border Banking in Europe: Implications for Financial Stability and Macroeconomic Policies Author(s): ALLEN, Franklin; BECK, Thorsten; CARLETTI, Elena; LANE, Philip R.; SCHOENMAKER, Dirk; WAGNER, Wolf Date: 2011 Type of Publication: Book Abstract: Understanding the role of banks in cross-border finance has become an urgent priority. Cross-border banks have played a central role in the dynamics of the global crisis of 2007-2009. First, European banks had a surprisingly ...
Title: Water Policy and the Law in the Mediterranean: An Evolving Nexus Author(s): BOGDANOVIC, Slavko; CANELAS DE CASTRO, Paulo; CHERRABI EL ALAOUI, Sarah; DI COSMO, Valeria; GANA, Alia; EL HAOUARI, Nawal; KHAROUF GAUDIG, Rana; MARTINEZ-FUENTES, Guadalupe; PATTYN, Valerie; SALAME, Lena; SCHORR, David; VAN STEENBERGEN, Frank; BOGDANOVIC, Slavko Date: 2011 Abstract: This book consists of eleven specific case studies from all over the Mediterranean (and a bit beyond), but is far wider in scope than one might assume from its title. Water policy and law cannot be taken separately from ...
Title: Protest beyond Borders: Contentious Politics in Europe since 1945 Author(s): KOUKI, Hara; ROMANOS FRAILE, Eduardo Date: 2011 Type of Publication: Book Abstract: The protest movements that followed the Second World War have recently become the object of study for various disciplines; however, the exchange of ideas between research fields, and comparative research in general, is ...