Title:Party Competition in the Spanish Regions
Author(s):WILSON, AlexDate:2009Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI SPSAbstract:Party politics in multi-level systems has become a growing research field in political science (see Hough et al, 2003; Hough and Jeffery, 2006), but has rarely focused on comparing structures of multi-level party competition. ...
Title:Party Competition, Corruption and Electoral Behaviour in the new EU Member States
Author(s):ZAPRYANOVA, GalinaDate:2011-01-01Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI MWPAbstract:What accounts for the electoral successes of Eurosceptic and populist political parties in Central and
East Europe? Citizens in the region have expressed their support for these types of parties in recent
elections while, ...
Title:Party Government in the EU: On the Road to Presidentialization?
Author(s):POGUNTKE, ThomasDate:2008Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI SPSAbstract:This paper investigates how the growing importance of the European Union has changed the internal dynamics of national political parties. It can be shown that European integration strengthens national party elites, and ...
Title:Party mergers and vote shifts in Italy
Author(s):HANRETTY, ChrisDate:2008Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI SPSAbstract:Using data from exit polls and two different methods of ecological inference, I demonstrate how Italian voters shifted between 2006 and 2008. Newly merged parties (PdL, PD) were successful in retaining their former voters; ...
Title:Party Patronage in Contemporary Europe: Principles and practices
Author(s):KOPECKÝ, Petr; MAIR, PeterDate:2011Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI RSCASAbstract:This paper is based on the concluding chapter of a forthcoming volume reporting the results of a
research project that has investigated the principles and practices of party patronage in contemporary
European democracies ...
Title:Passing the Buck: State Responsibility for Private Military Companies
Author(s):HOPPE, CarstenDate:2009Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI AELAbstract:States hire Private Military or Security Companies [PMSCs/contractors] in armed conflict and occupation to fulfil tasks formerly exclusively handled by soldiers, including combat, guarding and protection, and detention and ...
Title:Path Forecast Evaluation
Author(s):JORDÀ, Òscar; MARCELLINO, MassimilianoDate:2008Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI ECOAbstract:A path forecast refers to the sequence of forecasts 1 to H periods into the future. A summary of the range of possible paths the predicted variable may follow for a given confidence level requires construction of simultaneous ...
Title:Peer Effects and Peer Avoidance: Epidemic Diffusion in Coevolving Networks
Author(s):FOSCO, Constanza; MARSILI, Matteo; VEGA-REDONDO, FernandoDate:2008Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI ECOAbstract:We study the long-run-emergency of behavioral patterns in dynamic complex networks. Individuals display two kinds of behavior: G("good") or B ("bad"). We assume that agents have an innate tendency towards G, but can also ...
Title:Peer Effects in Free School Meals: Information or stigma?
Author(s):JAMES, JonathanDate:2012Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI MWPAbstract:This paper investigates peer effects in the take up of a welfare programme, free school meals, using the Pupil Level Annual School Census (PLASC) which collects data on every child attending school in England. To explore ...
Title:Peer-to-Peer Privacy Violations and ISP Liability: Data protection in the user-generated web
Author(s):VIOLA DE AZEVEDO CUNHA, Mario; MARIN, Luisa; SARTOR, GiovanniDate:2011Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI LAWAbstract:Since the adoption of the e-Commerce Directive, web hosting has dramatically changed. Usergenerated
content is usually uploaded into platforms that facilitate and support users in preparing
content and making it available. ...