Title:Success Chances in Argument Games: A Probabilistic Approach to Legal Disputes
Author(s):RIVERET, Régis; ROTOLO, Antonino; SARTOR, Giovanni; PRAKKEN, Henry; ROTH, BramDate:2007Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI LAWAbstract:The outcome of a legal dispute, namely, the decision of its adjudicator, is uncertain, and both parties develop
their strategies on the basis of their appreciation of the probability that the adjudicator will accept
their ...
Title:Suffering as a Political Situation: A Phenomenological Approach
Author(s):GATTA, GiuniaDate:2010-10-22Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI MWPAbstract:In this paper I argue that, despite resistance by many to its incorporation into public discourse, suffering is a constitutive element of politics today, both a consequence of and a motive for political action. I consider ...
Title:A Sufficientist Approach to Reasonableness in Legal Decision-Making and Judicial Review
Author(s):SARTOR, GiovanniDate:2009Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI LAWAbstract:I shall argue for a sufficientist understanding of reasonableness in legal decision-making: cognitive or moral optimality are not required for reasonableness; what needed is just that a determination—be it epistemic or ...
Title:Sunspots and Multiplicity
Author(s):HOELLE, MatthewDate:2011-01-01Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI MWPAbstract:This paper proves that a multiplicity of certainty equilibria is not necessary for the existence of
sunspot effects in two-period general equilibrium models with incomplete markets. Sunspot effects are present, by definition, ...
Title:Supranational Regulation and Contested Accountability: The Case of GMO Risk Regulation in the European Union
Author(s):SKOGSTAD, GraceDate:2008Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI SPSAbstract:The regulation of genetically modified organisms in the EU has become embroiled in a tension between agency and fiduciary principles of delegated authority and the alternate understandings of political accountability they ...
Title:The Surprising Convergence of Antitrust and Regulation in Europe
Author(s):PARCU, Pier LuigiDate:2011-06-21Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI RSCASAbstract:This paper examines the progressive steps of convergence of antitrust enforcement and regulation in Europe. As far as competition law enforcement is concerned, both classical essential facilities remedies and recent changes ...
Title:Survey Data as Coincident or Leading Indicators
Author(s):FRALE, Cecilia; MARCELLINO, Massimiliano; MAZZI, Gian Luigi; PROIETTI, TommasoDate:2009Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI ECOAbstract:In this paper we propose a monthly measure for the euro area Gross Domestic
Product (GDP) based on a small scale factor model for mixed frequency data, featuring
two factors: the first is driven by hard data, whereas the ...
Title:A survey of econometric methods for mixed-frequency data
Author(s):FORONI, Claudia; MARCELLINO, MassimilianoDate:2013Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI ECOAbstract:The development of models for variables sampled at different frequencies has attracted substantial interest in the recent econometric literature. In this paper we provide an overview of the most common techniques, including ...
Title:Suspence
Author(s):COURTY, Pascal; CHAN, William; LI, HaoDate:2003Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:CEPR Discussion PaperAbstract:In a dynamic model of sports competition, we show that when spectators care only about the level of effort exerted by contestants, rewarding schemes that depend linearly on the final score difference provide more efficient ...
Title:Sustainable Development and International Law: The Way Forward
Author(s):Working Group on Environmental LawDate:2007Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI LAWAbstract:This Working Paper collects the contributions that were elaborated for a Roundtable
held at the European University Institute in May 2006. The Roundtable was meant to
discuss the emergence of the new field of studies in ...