Title:Welfare Integration through EU Law: The Overall Picture in the Light of the Lisbon Treaty
Author(s):DAMJANOVIĆ, Dragana; DE WITTE, BrunoDate:2008Series/Report no.:EUI LAWAbstract:The authors present a synthetic view of the evolution of the impact of EU law on the provision of welfare services in the member states of the EU. They distinguish, in this regard, between the core welfare services, in ...
Title:Welfare, Resources, and Luck-Egalitarianism
Author(s):SADURSKI, WojciechDate:2007Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI LAWAbstract:The leading discourse about luck egalitarianism has been informed by the distinction
between equality of welfare and equality of resources. This paper attempts to illuminate its
significance by focusing on the status of ...
Title:What are the Issues in M&A arising from Electricity Market Restructuring?
Author(s):NEWBERY, DavidDate:2007Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI RSCASAbstract:The energy merger was precipitated by energy market liberalisation that was often accompanied by
restructuring and privatisation putting companies into play and creating new market risks that could be
internalised by ...
Title:What Determines Entrepreneurial Clusters?
Author(s):GUISO, Luigi; SCHIVARDI, FabianoDate:2007Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI ECOAbstract:We contrast two potential explanations of the substantial differences in entrepreneurial activity observed across geographical areas: entry costs and external effects. We extend the Lucas model of entrepreneurship to allow ...
Title:What Do Ads Buy? Daily Coverage of Listed Companies on the Italian Press
Author(s):GAMBARO, Marco; PUBLISI, RiccardoDate:2010Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI RSCASAbstract:We match data on the daily newspaper coverage of a sample of Italian listed companies with Nielsen
data on the monthly amount of advertising that a given company has purchased on a given newspaper.
Controlling for newspaper ...
Title:What Do CEOs Do?
Author(s):BANDIERA, Oriana; GUISO, Luigi; PRAT, Andrea; SADUN, RaffaellaDate:2011-01-01Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI ECOAbstract:We develop a methodology to collect and analyze data on CEO’s time use. The idea sketched out in a simple theoretical set-up is that CEO time is a scarce resource and its allocation can help us identify the firm’s priorities ...
Title:What Does the European Union Do?
Author(s):ALESINA, Alberto; ANGELONI, Ignazio; SCHUKNECHT, LudgerDate:2002Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI RSC
Title:What Drives Women Out of Entrepreneurship? The Joint Role of Testosterone and Culture
Author(s):GUISO, Luigi; RUSTICHINI, AldoDate:2011-01-01Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI ECOAbstract:The ratio of second to fourth digit (2D4D) has been shown to correlate negatively with entrepreneurial skills and financial success. We document that in a sample of entrepreneurs women have a lower 2D4D ratio than men, in ...