Title:The Saving Glut Explanation of Global Imbalances. The Role of Underinvestment
Author(s):CORNELI, FlaviaDate:2009Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI ECOAbstract:According to the “Saving Glut hypothesis”, global imbalances are caused by inefficiently high level of precautionary savings in .nancially underdeveloped regions, where agents have limited opportunity to diversify idiosyncratic ...
Title:Scarlet Robes, Dark Suits: The Social Recruitment of the European Court of Justice
Author(s):COHEN, AntoninDate:2008Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI RSCASAbstract:This paper analyzes the social recruitment of the European Court of Justice from the early 1950s to the late 1990s with special focus on the early days of the Court (1950s-1960s). Early European integration can be described ...
Title:Sector-specific Markup Fluctuations and the Business Cycle
Author(s):GABLER, AlainDate:2007Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI ECOAbstract:The counter-cyclicality in the relative price of equipment investment
which is observed in the U.S. has been attributed to equipment-specific pro-
ductivity shocks. Cross-country evidence indicates that a number of ...
Title:Security Aspects in EU External Policies
Author(s):DELGADO CASTELEIRO, Andrés; SPERNBAUER, MartinaDate:2009Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI LAWAbstract:This working paper explores issues of security integration in a number of external policies of the European Union (EU), and looks at both security policies per se and the security rationale contained in other policy contexts. ...
Title:Security of Supply and Electricity Network Flows after a Phase-Out of Germany’s Nuclear Plants: Any Trouble Ahead?
Author(s):KUNZ, Friedrich; VON HIRSCHHAUSEN, Christian; MÖST, Dominik; WEIGT, HannesDate:2011-06-15Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI RSCASAbstract:This paper, which examines the impacts of phasing out nuclear power in Germany, is the first to
include an analysis of energy supply security and critical line flows in both the German and Central
European electricity ...