Title:Presumptions and Burdens of Proof
Author(s):PRAKKEN, Henry; SARTOR, GiovanniDate:2006Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI LAWAbstract:This paper studies the logical modelling of presumptions and their effects on the burden of proof.
Presumptions are modelled as default rules and their effect on the burden of proof is defined in
terms of a distinction ...
Title:Price Discrimination in the Concert Industry
Author(s):COURTY, Pascal; PAGLIERO, MarioDate:2009Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI ECOAbstract:Concert tickets can either be sold at a single price or at different prices to reflect the various levels of seating categories available. Here we consider how two product characteristics (the artist’s age and venue capacity) ...
Title:Price Variation Antagonism and Firm Pricing Policies
Author(s):COURTY, Pascal; PAGLIERO, MarioDate:2006Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI ECOAbstract:Survey evidence suggests firms do not use pricing policies that vary prices in
response to demand changes because they fear that such practices would antagonize
consumers. We investigate this hypothesis using a dataset ...
Title:Price Variation Antagonism and Firm Pricing Policies
Author(s):COURTY, Pascal; PAGLIERO, MarioDate:2008Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI ECOAbstract:Pricing schemes that vary prices in response to demand shocks may antagonize consumers and reduce demand. At the same time, consumers may take advantage of the opportunities offered by price changes. Overall, the net impact ...
Title:Price/Wage Staggering and Persistence
Author(s):ASCARI, Guido; GARCIA, Juan AngelDate:1999Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI ECO
Title:Pricing to Habits and the Law of One Price
Author(s):RAVN, Morten O.; SCHMITT-GROHE, Stephanie; URIBE, MartinDate:2006Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI ECOAbstract:This paper proposes a novel international transmission mechanism based on the
assumption of deep habits. The term deep habits stands for a preference specification
according to which consumers form habits on a good-by-good ...
Title:Prince or pariah? : the place of freedom of religion in a system of international human rights
Author(s):ZUCCA, LorenzoDate:2013Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI RSCASAbstract:The human right to freedom of religion (HRFR) at the international level is a deeply contested concept and is interpreted in radically different ways in the respective historical constitutional instruments of the US and ...
Title:The Principle of Proportionality in the Viking and Laval Cases: An appropriate standard of judicial review?
Author(s):HÖS, NikolettDate:2009Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI LAWAbstract:The article analyses the application of the proportionality principle in the Viking and Laval judgments. It argues that one of the main reasons why the outcome of these two eminent cases became so controversial was because ...
Title:Privacy, Reputation, and Trust: Some Implications for Data Protection
Author(s):SARTOR, GiovanniDate:2006Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI LAWAbstract:The present contribution analyses the connection between privacy and trust, with regard to data
protection. In particular, it shows how the need to facilitate trust-based relationships may justify
some limitations of ...
Title:Private law and the visible hand of EU regulation
Author(s):SVETIEV, YaneDate:2013Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI MWPAbstract:A question that is central to current debates about the Europeanisation of private law is that of how to conceptualise the relationship between European law and national private law. And a key aspect of that question is ...
Title:Private Military and Security Companies: Positive Human Rights Obligations of the Host State
Author(s):BAKKER, ChristineDate:2009Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI AELAbstract:This paper examines the positive human rights obligations of states on whose territory private military and security companies (PMSCs) operate. It considers the obligations to prevent human rights violations; the obligations ...
Title:Private Military and Security Company Employees: Are They the Mercenaries of the Twenty-first Century?
Author(s):MANCINI, MarinaDate:2010Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI AELAbstract:This paper investigates whether and in which cases private military and security company employees can be considered mercenaries under international law, in the light of recent practice and academic debate. Firstly, it ...