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Title:Monitoring online media pluralism in Flanders : lessons drawn from DIAMOND SBO studies Author(s):LAMBRECHT, Ingrid; VALCKE, PeggyDate:2019Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:EUI RSCAS; 2019/67; Centre for Media Pluralism and Media Freedom (CMPF)Abstract:This paper was written in the context of the DIAMOND SBO project. Against the background of a growing concern over increasing market power by a handful of widely used online services, this paper starts from the assumption ...
Title:Monitoring the economy of the Euro area : a comparison of composite coincident indexes Author(s):CARRIERO, Andrea; MARCELLINO, Massimiliano Date:2007Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:IGIER Working Paper; 2007/319Abstract:Monitoring the current status of the economy is quite relevant for policy making but also for the decisions of private agents, consumers and firms. Since it is difficult to identify a single variable that provides a good ...
Title:Monopolistic competition, multiproduct firms and optimum product diversity Author(s):OTTAVIANO, Gianmarco; THISSE, Jacques-FrancoisDate:1999Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:EUI ECO; 1999/31
Title:Monopolistic equilibrium and involuntary unemployment Author(s):DEHEZ, PierreDate:1984Citation:Florence : European University Institute, 1984Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:EUI Working Papers; 118
Title:A Monthly Indicator of the Euro Area GDP Author(s):FRALE, Cecilia; MARCELLINO, Massimiliano ; MAZZI, Gian Luigi; PROIETTI, TommasoDate:2008Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:EUI ECO; 2008/32Abstract:A continuous monitoring of the evolution of the economy is fundamental for the decisions of public and private decision makers. This paper proposes a new monthly indicator of the euro area real Gross Domestic Product (GDP), ...
Title:Monuments under attack : from protection to securitisation Author(s):RUSSO, Alessandra; GIUSTI, SerenaDate:2017Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:EUI RSCAS; 2017/32; Global Governance Programme-269; European, Transnational and Global GovernanceAbstract:In recent times, terrorist and insurgent groups such as Al-Qaeda affiliates and the Islamic State have turned their violent acts towards cultural heritage. Historical artefacts, monuments, museums and archaeological sites ...
Title:Moral and Social Constraints to Strategic Default on Mortgages Author(s):GUISO, Luigi; SAPIENZA, Paola; ZINGALES, LuigiDate:2009Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:EUI ECO; 2009/27Abstract:We use survey data to study American households‘ propensity to default when the value of their mortgage exceeds the value of their house even if they can afford to pay their mortgage (strategic default). We find that 26% ...
Title:Moral Hazard in Hierarchies and Soft Information Author(s):ANGELUCCI, Charles; RUSSO, AntonioDate:2012Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:EUI RSCAS; 2012/59; [Florence School of Regulation]Abstract:We investigate the scope for supervisory activities in organizations in which information is non-verifiable (i.e. soft) and opportunism severe. A principal-supervisor agent hierarchy is considered. Side-contracts between ...
Title:The moral status of profits and other rewards : a perspective from modern welfare economics Author(s):HAMMOND, Peter J.Date:1991Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:EUI ECO; 1991/39
Title:More equal but less mobile? : education financing and intergenerational mobility in Italy and in the US Author(s):RUSTICHINI, Aldo; ICHINO, Andrea ; CHECCHI, DanieleDate:1998Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:EUI ECO; 1998/08
Title:More integration, less federation : the European integration of core state powers Author(s):GENSCHEL, Philipp ; JACHTENFUCHS, MarkusDate:2015Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:EUI RSCAS; 2015/33; EUDO - European Union Democracy ObservatoryAbstract:We map the pattern and extent of the European integration of core state powers (coercive force, public finance, and public administration) and analyze causes and consequences. We highlight two findings: First, in contrast ...
Title:More on Presumptions and Burdens of Proof Author(s):PRAKKEN, Henry; SARTOR, Giovanni Date:2008Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:EUI LAW; 2008/30Abstract:This paper extends our previous logical analysis of presumptions and burden of proof by studying the force of a presumption once counterevidence has been offered. In the jurisprudential literature different accounts of ...
Title:More Secrecy...More Knowledge Disclosure? On Disclosure Outside of Patents Author(s):PONCE, Carlos J.Date:2008Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:EUI MWP; 2008/02Abstract:It is an important concern that innovators by waiving their patent rights might obstruct the disclosure of knowledge and therefore retard progress. This paper explores this concern by using a simple model of two innovators ...
Title:A (more) systematic exploration of the trade effect of product-specific rules of origin Author(s):GOURDON, Julien; GOURDON, Karin; DE MELO, JaimeDate:2023Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:EUI; RSC; Working Paper; 2023/26; Global Governance Programme-500; [Global Economics]Abstract:Rules of Origin (RoO) are critical components of Preferential Trade Agreements (PTAs). They are designed to stop products coming into a PTA through the partner that applies the lowest tariff – a phenomenon known as ...
Title:The Moroccan Party of Justice and Development in Local Government: Do Islamists Govern Differently? Author(s):PELLICER, Miquel; WEGNER, EvaDate:2009Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:EUI RSCAS; 2009/53; Mediterranean Programme SeriesAbstract:This paper investigates local government practices during the first tenure of office of the Islamist Moroccan Party of Justice and Development (PJD). We consider three cases of PJD governance, the towns of Ksar al-Kebir, ...
Title:Mortality and Morbidity Transitions in Sub-Saharan Africa: Evidence from Adult Height Author(s):AKACHI, Yoko; CANNING, DavidDate:2008Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:EUI MWP; 2008/41Abstract:In most developing countries, rising levels of nutrition and improvements in public health have led to declines in infant mortality and rising adult height. In Sub-Saharan Africa, however, we see a different pattern. ...
Title:Mortgage defaults, expectation-driven house prices and monetary policy Author(s):BEKIROS, Stelios D.; NILAVONGSE, Rachatar; UDDIN, Gazi SalahDate:2017Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:EUI ECO; 2017/09Abstract:We contribute to the literature on dynamic stochastic general equilibrium models with housing collaterals by including shocks to house price expectations. We incorporate endogenous mortgage defaults which are rarely included ...
Title:Mortgaging Europe's periphery Author(s):BOHLE, Dorothee Date:2017Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:LSE ‘Europe in Question’ Discussion Paper; 2017/124Abstract:This paper is concerned with the development of housing finance in peripheral European states. Interestingly, the biggest mortgage and housing booms and busts prior to the Global Financial Crisis (GFC) have occurred in ...
Title:Mother's time allocation, child care and child cognitive development Author(s):BRILLI, Ylenia Date:2015Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:EUI MWP; 2015/03Abstract:This paper analyzes the effects of maternal employment and non-parental child care on child cognitive development, taking into account the mother's time allocation between leisure and child-care time. I estimate a behavioral ...
Title:Motor vehicles vs. dollars: selling socialist cars in neutral markets. Some evidence from the ŠKODA Auto case. Author(s):FAVA, ValentinaDate:2007Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:EUI MWP; 2007/36Abstract:The paper analyses the relationship of Škoda Auto with its dealers in the neutral countries in the years from 1948 to 1964. The takeover by the Czechoslovak Communist Party in 1948 and the rising tensions of the Cold War ...