Title:Exporter Dynamics and Productivity Growth
Author(s):BERMAN, Nicolas; REBEYROL, VincentDate:2010Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI MWPAbstract:Using a large firm-level database containing information on export flows of French firms by destination, over the period 1995-2005, we study the impact of exporter dynamics on their future productivity growth. Our empirical ...
Title:Extending Health Insurance: Effects of the National Health Insurance Scheme in Ghana
Author(s):BRUGIAVINI, Agar; PACE, NoemiDate:2011-01-01Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI RSCASAbstract:There is considerable interest in exploring the potential of health insurance to increase the access to, and the affordability of, health care in Africa. We focus on the recent experience of Ghana, where a National Health ...
Title:The External Dimension of the Acquis Communautaire
Author(s):PETROV, RomanDate:2007Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI MWPAbstract:The aim of this article is to study the concept of the acquis communautaire in the domain of EU external relations. It is argued that the acquis communautaire varies according to the specific aims of its internal and ...
Title:The External Effects of National ECHR Judgments
Author(s):ANDENÆS, Mads Tønnesson; BJØRGE, EirikDate:2012Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:Jean Monnet Working PaperAbstract:In their jurisprudence on the rights flowing from the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR), national courts in Europe define their relationship with the Convention system and its authoritative arbiter, the European ...
Title:The Extra-Territorialisation of EU Migration Policies and the Rule of Law
Author(s):RIJPMA, Jorrit J.; CREMONA, MariseDate:2007Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI LAWAbstract:This paper takes a closer look at one of the EU’s foundational values, the rule of law, and relates it to the external dimension of the EU’s migration policy. It examines how the EU’s powers in migration management have ...
Title:The Fabric of International Jurisprudence: An interdisciplinary encounter
Author(s):VAUCHEZ, Antoine; VAUCHEZ, Antoine; SOLANKE, Iyiola; DALLARA, Cristina; PETKOVA, Bilyana; PORTA, Jérome; VAN BOCKEL, BasDate:2012Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI RSCASAbstract:Bringing together a variety of outlooks from comparative law, legal theory, organizational sociology, socio-legal studies or political science, this Joint Working Papers explores the cognitive equipment through which ...
Title:Factor Forecasts for the UK
Author(s):ARTIS, Michael J.; BANERJEE, Anindya; MARCELLINO, MassimilianoDate:2001Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI ECO
Title:Factor Forecasts for the UK
Author(s):ARTIS, Michael J.; BANERJEE, Anindya; MARCELLINO, MassimilianoDate:2002Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:CEPR Discussion PaperAbstract:Time series models are often adopted for forecasting because of their simplicity and good performance. The number of parameters in these models increases quickly with the number of variables modelled, so that usually only ...
Title:Factor-Augmented Error Correction Models
Author(s):BANERJEE, Anindya; MARCELLINO, MassimilianoDate:2008Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI ECOAbstract:This paper brings together several important strands of the econometrics literature: errorcorrection,
cointegration and dynamic factor models. It introduces the Factor-augmented Error
Correction Model (FECM), where the ...
Title:Factor-MIDAS for Now- and Forecasting with Ragged-Edge Data: A Model Comparison for German GDP
Author(s):MARCELLINO, Massimiliano; SCHUMACHER, ChristianDate:2008Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI ECOAbstract:This paper compares different ways to estimate the current state of the economy using factor
models that can handle unbalanced datasets. Due to the different release lags of business cycle
indicators, data unbalancedness ...
Title:Factors that Influence the Targets and Criteria for Electricity Interconnector Investments
Author(s):SUPPONEN, MattiDate:2012Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI RSCASAbstract:This paper analysis various factors that influence electricity interconnector investments. It shows that several features linked to zonal market design, in particular the possibility to favour market participants in the ...