Title:Lisbon Treaty and the Possibility of a European Network Demoi-cracy
Author(s):PASKALEV, VesselinDate:2009Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI LAWAbstract:The paper discusses the Early Warning Mechanism (EWM) to be introduced by the Lisbon Treaty, the
incentives of the national parliaments to use it and the limited opportunity it opens for bringing Europe
closer to its ...
Title:Literature in the Construction of ‘Cuban Identity’, 1823-1845
Author(s):AGUILERA-MANZANO, José MaríaDate:2007Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI MWPAbstract:The main aim of this article is to discuss some of the characteristics of the identity project constructed by the Cuban liberal autonomists’ group during the transition from the Ancien Régime to liberalism. This faction ...
Title:Litigating Abuses Committed by Private Military Companies
Author(s):RYNGAERT, CedricDate:2009Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI AELAbstract:One of the main tools for 'socializing' private military contractors (PMCs) is litigation. The threat of litigation may encourage contractors to set up their own corporate social responsibility and accountability mechanisms ...
Title:Locating the Public Interest in Transnational Policing
Author(s):LOADER, Ian; WALKER, NeilDate:2007Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI LAWAbstract:This paper examines the basis on which we might argue that there is a 'transnational'
public interest in transnational policing. Is policing beyond the state simply a matter of
finding points of overlap between the ...
Title:Long Term Eff ects of Fiscal Policy on the Size and the Distribution of the Pie in the UK
Author(s):RAMOS, Xavier; ROCA-SAGALES, OriolDate:2007Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI RSCASAbstract:This paper provides a joint analysis of the output and distributional long term effects of various fiscal
policies in the UK, using a Vector Autoregression approach. Our findings suggest that the output
effects of fiscal ...
Title:Long Term Persistence
Author(s):GUISO, Luigi; SAPIENZA, Paola; ZINGALES, LuigiDate:2008Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI ECOAbstract:Is social capital long lasting? Does it affect long term economic performance? To answer these questions we test Putnam’s conjecture that today marked differences in social capital between the North and South of Italy were ...
Title:Long-term Energy Supply Contracts in European Competition Policy: Fuzzy not Crazy
Author(s):GLACHANT, Jean-Michel; DE HAUTECLOCQUE, AdrienDate:2009Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI RSCASAbstract:Long-term supply contracts often have ambiguous effects on the competitive structure, investment and consumer welfare in the long term. In a context of market building, these effects are likely to be worsened and thus even ...
Title:Lost in transmission : evaluating internet effects on citizens’attitudes towards the European Union in times of crisis
Author(s):BACCINI, Leonardo; SUDULICH, Maria Laura; WALL, Matthew T.Date:2013Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI MWPAbstract:Previous studies suggest that citizens' attitudes towards the European Union (EU) are influenced by media coverage of EU institutions and policies. To date, empirical studies have investigated the effects of TV and newspaper ...