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Title: What are our Rights? Agenda for a Human Rights Action Plan Author(s): CASSESE, Antonio; CLAPHAM, Andrew; WEILER, Joseph H. H. Date: 1990 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI LAW

Title: What are the Issues in M&A arising from Electricity Market Restructuring? Author(s): NEWBERY, David Date: 2007 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI RSCAS Abstract: 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 Causes Currency Crises: Sunspots, Contagion or Fundamentals? Author(s): FRATZSCHER, Marcel Date: 1999 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI ECO

Title: What Determines Entrepreneurial Clusters? Author(s): GUISO, Luigi; SCHIVARDI, Fabiano Date: 2007 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI ECO Abstract: 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, Riccardo Date: 2010 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI RSCAS Abstract: 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, Raffaella Date: 2011-01-01 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI ECO Abstract: 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 European Institutional Integration Tell Us About Trade Integration? Author(s): AGUR, Itai; MONGELLI, Paolo; DORRUCCI, Ettore Date: 2005 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: ECB Occasional Paper

Title: What Does the European Union Do? Author(s): ALESINA, Alberto; ANGELONI, Ignazio; SCHUKNECHT, Ludger Date: 2002 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI RSC

Title: What Drives Women Out of Entrepreneurship? The Joint Role of Testosterone and Culture Author(s): GUISO, Luigi; RUSTICHINI, Aldo Date: 2011-01-01 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI ECO Abstract: 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 ...

Title: What is a European Identity? The Emergence of a Shared Ethical Self-Understanding in the European Union Author(s): KANTNER, Cathleen Date: 2006 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI RSCAS

Title: What is Left of the European Economic Constitution? Author(s): JOERGES, Christian Date: 2004 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI LAW

Title: What is Systemic Risk and what can be done about it? A Legal Perspective Author(s): GRAY, Joanna Date: 2011-01-01 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI RSCAS Abstract: The global financial crisis challenges scholars from across many different disciplines to think about causes, immediate consequences and long term responses from the perspective of their particular disciplinary standpoint. ...

Title: What is the digital internal market and where the European Union should intervene? Author(s): DEFRAIGNE, Philippe; DE STREEL, Alexandre Date: 2011-06-20 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI RSCAS Abstract: This paper analyses the digital internal market and when EU intervention is needed to achieve this internal market. It sets legal and economic criteria to determine the appropriate scope of the EU intervention. It applies ...

Title: What is there to Legitimize in the European Union … and How Might This be Accomplished? Author(s): SCHMITTER, Philippe C. Date: 2001 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: IHS Working Papers Abstract: This paper focuses on the 'problematique' of building the legitimacy (one of the most used and misused concepts in Political Science) of governance (one of the most fashionable concepts in contemporary political discourse) ...

Title: What Kind of Constitution for What Kind of Polity? Responses to Joschka Fischer Author(s): JOERGES, Christian; MENY, Yves; WEILER, Joseph H. H. Date: 2000 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: Harvard Jean Monnet Working Papers

Title: What Makes for Charitable Giving and Philanthropy? The Case of the Childless Elderly in Germany and the U.S. Author(s): ADLOFF, Frank Date: 2007 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI MWP Abstract: It has been suggested that the growing number of childless elderly may develop into charitable donors and pioneers in the field of a post-familial civic engagement. They may do so by giving to existing charities or by ...

Title: What Makes Social Mortality Differences Decline in Old Age? Author(s): HOFFMANN, Rasmus Date: 2009 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI MWP Abstract: In many empirical studies mortality differences between socioeconomic groups (SES) decrease in the higher age groups. However, the mechanism behind this convergence is unknown. This study presents empirical evidence and ...

Title: What model for the Committee of the Regions? : past experiences and future perspectives Author(s): DEHOUSSE, Renaud Date: 1995 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: European Forum

Title: What Price for the Community Enforcement of WTO Law? Author(s): ARCURI, Alessandra; POLI, Sara Date: 2010 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI LAW Abstract: Under the World Trade Organization (WTO) legal framework, when a violation is deemed to occur, Members have recourse to a quasi-automatic dispute settlement system. If the breach persists after the WTO Dispute Settlement ...

Title: What shapes local public transportation in Europe? Economics, Mobility, Institutions, and Geography Author(s): ALBALATE, Daniel; BEL, Germà Date: 2009 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI RSCAS Abstract: This paper analyzes the factors that explain supply and demand of local public transportation. Together with variables related to economics and mobility, we consider variables reflecting institutional characteristics and ...

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