Title:Mobilizing Cities towards a Low Carbon Future: Tambourines, Carrots and Sticks
Author(s):MEEUS, Leonardo; DELARUE, ErikDate:2011Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI RSCASAbstract:In the transition towards a decarbonized energy system, we need city authorities to lead by example as
public actors, to govern the actions of the private urban actors as local policy makers, and to conceive
and manage ...
Title:Mobilizing for Democracy: A research project
Author(s):DELLA PORTA, DonatellaDate:2012Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI SPSAbstract:The project addresses the role of civil society organizations (CSOs) in democratization processes, bridging social science approaches to social movements and democracy. The project starts by revisiting the 'transitology' ...
Title:A Model for Ordinal Responses with an Application to Policy Interest Rate
Author(s):SIRCHENKO, AndreiDate:2012Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:Economics Education and Research Consortium (EERC) Working PapersAbstract:The decisions to reduce, leave unchanged, or increase (the price, rating, policy interest rate, etc.) are often characterized by abundant no-change outcomes that are generated by different processes. Moreover, the positive ...
Title:Modeling Expectations with Noncausal Autoregressions
Author(s):LANNE, Markku; SAIKKONEN, PenttiDate:2008Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI ECOAbstract:This paper is concerned with univariate noncausal autoregressive models and their
potential usefulness in economic applications. We argue that noncausal autoregres-
sive models are especially well suited for modeling ...
Title:Modeling oligopolistic interaction
Author(s):MARTIN, StephenDate:1989Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI Working Papers
Title:Modeling the Cost of Achieving a Renewable Energy Target: Does it Pay to Cooperate Across Borders?
Author(s):SAGUAN, Marcelo; MEEUS, LeonardoDate:2011-09-01Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI RSCASAbstract:Electricity markets are increasingly integrated across borders, but transmission and renewable energy
policies often remain local and uncoordinated. In this paper, we analyze how cooperative behavior in
developing renewable ...
Title:Modelling the effects of nuclear fuel reservoir operation in a competitive electricity market
Author(s):LYKIDI, Maria; GLACHANT, Jean-Michel; GOURDEL, PascalDate:2010Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI RSCASAbstract:In many countries, the electricity systems are quitting the vertically integrated monopoly
organization for an operation framed by competitive markets. In such a competitive regime one
can ask what the optimal management ...
Title:Models of the Origins of Law. An Attempt at Appraisal from the Perspective of Evolutionary Theory
Author(s):ZALUSKI, WojciechDate:2008Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI MWPAbstract:In this article I make an attempt at evaluating in the light of evolutionary theory various
models of the origins of law proposed in philosophical literature. I start by presenting a
classification of the models. As a ...
Title:A Modern Reconsideration of the Theory of Optimal Currency Areas
Author(s):CORSETTI, GiancarloDate:2008Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI ECOAbstract:What can be learnt from revisiting the Optimal Currency Areas (OCA) theory 50
years from its birth, in light of recent advances in open economy macro and monetary
theory? This paper presents a stylized micro-founded model ...