Title:Fragility and MDG Progress: How Useful is the Fragility Concept?
Author(s):HARTTGEN, Kenneth; KLASEN, StephanDate:2010Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI RSCASAbstract:While progress in developing countries as a whole, in terms of growth, poverty reduction, and several
MDGs, has been quite good in recent years, fragile states lag behind in levels of MDG achievement.
To understand the ...
Title:Framework for Economic Development in EU External Relations
Author(s):PODSTAWA, Karolina; PUCCIO, Laura; BOTTA, Marco; DE ANDRADE CORREA, Fabiano; CREMONA, Marise; DUBAVA, Ilze; FAKHOURY MUEHLBACHER, Tamirace; PODSTAWA, Karolina; PUCCIO, Laura; SILGA, JanineDate:2012Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI LAWAbstract:This Working Paper is a collection of contributions presented during the Workshop "Framework for Economic Development in EU External Relations on 22nd and 23rd January 2010. The contributions explore various facets of what ...
Title:Free Trade Agreements and WTO Law: A Perspective on the Trade in Services
Author(s):WANG, HengDate:2011Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI MWPAbstract:China’s free trade agreements in services are developing at a fast pace. This paper examines the major differences between these agreements and the General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS) and their relationship with ...
Title:Free Trade and New Economic Powers: Th e Worldview of Peter Mandelson
Author(s):TRISCRITTI, FiorellaDate:2007Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI RSCASAbstract:This paper uses the Operational Code methodology in order to study Peter Mandelson’s worldviews.
Using speeches from the public record I constructed Mandelson’s views of the international relations
and of the EU’s ...
Title:Free Trade with Hazardous Products? The Emergence of Transnational Governance with Eroding State Government
Author(s):JOERGES, ChristianDate:2006Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI LAWAbstract:The historical evolution of free trade has been accompanied by a plethora of debates, concerning both its positive effects and social costs. During the last decade, the subject of these disputes has markedly changed. The ...
Title:Frictional Matching: Evidence from Law School Admission
Author(s):COURTY, Pascal; PAGLIERO, MarioDate:2009Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI ECOAbstract:We measure friction in the matching of students and law schools as the number of unnecessary student applications and school admissions that have to be undertaken per actual matriculation. We show that friction increases ...
Title:Friendship Selection
Author(s):RIVAS, JavierDate:2007Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI ECOAbstract:We model the formation of friendships as repeated cooperation within a set of heterogeneous players. The model builds around three of the most important facts about friendship: friends help each other, there is reciprocity ...
Title:Fringe Size and Cartel Stability
Author(s):MARTIN, StephenDate:1990Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI ECO
Title:From Global to Polycentric Climate Governance
Author(s):COLE, Daniel H.Date:2011-06-01Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI RSCASAbstract:Global governance institutions for climate change, such as those established by the United Nations
Framework Convention on Climate Change and the Kyoto Protocol, have so far failed to make a
significant impact on greenhouse ...