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 ...
Title:The Security-Politics-Development Nexus: The Lessons of State-Building in Sub-Saharan Africa
Author(s):TSCHIRGI, NeclaDate:2010Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI RSCASAbstract:How can development policy support weak, dysfunctional or fragile states? What constitutes state
fragility and what are the appropriate instruments for state-building? After reviewing two recent
quantitative indexes (The ...
Title:Seizing Layers within a Multi-layered Structure: How the EU Deals with Security and Where the GCC Could Fit In
Author(s):GORENFLO, René DanielDate:2008Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI RSCASAbstract:This article starts with a qualitative analysis of the security functions of the European Union (EU) and how they are distributed within its institutional set-up. The analysis then takes recourse to structuralist and ...
Title:Self-fulfilling Beliefs and Bounded Bubbles in the U.S. Housing Market
Author(s):KASHIWAGI, MasanoriDate:2011-01-01Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI MWPAbstract:This paper provides an equilibrium framework to organize the following empirical observations on the
U.S. housing market from 1975 to 2007: (i) housing tenure and vacancies were approximately
constant, (ii) rents were ...
Title:Self-Regulation by Associations: Collective Action Problems in European Environmental Regulation
Author(s):HERITIER, Adrienne; ECKERT, SandraDate:2008Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI RSCASAbstract:How and to what effect do firms coordinate their actions in order to deal with the negative external effects of productive activity? Under which conditions do firm associations engage in environmental self-regulation and ...