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 ...
Title:Self-regulation in European Contract Law
Author(s):CAFAGGI, FabrizioDate:2006Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI LAWAbstract:This paper addresses self-regulation as a complementary means to harmonize and regulate
European Contract Law. In the context of the paper SR is conceived as a complementary device to
legislation and as a monitoring ...
Title:A Self-Sufficient European Private Law – A Viable Concept?
Author(s):MICKLITZ, Hans-Wolfgang; SVETIEV, YaneDate:2012Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI LAWAbstract:This working paper collects the contributions to the first external workshop within the ERPL project that took place on 4 and 5 May 2012 at the EUI. The workshop aimed to clarify the key parameters to be used for analysing ...
Title:Setting the Scene: How did Services get to Bolkestein and Why?
Author(s):DE WITTE, BrunoDate:2007Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI LAWAbstract:This paper traces the origins of the recently adopted general services directives of the European Union, and addresses the question why such an important piece of internal market legislation was adopted so recently, and ...