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    Title: European networking and training for national competition enforcers (ENTRANCE 2011) : selected case notes  Author(s): MONTI, Giorgio; PARCU, Pier Luigi Date: 2013 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI RSCAS Abstract: The working paper includes a collection of the case notes written by the national judges who attended the European Networking and Training for National Competition Enforcers (ENTRANCE 2011). The training program was organized ...
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    Title: A concept of the global to conceive global governance : four metaphorical proposals  Author(s): INNERARITY, Daniel Date: 2013 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI RSCAS Abstract: This paper suggests four metaphors to correct our habitual way of thinking about globalization. It begins with the idea that the world can be understood more effectively based on the properties of gases, rather than liquids; ...
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    Title: A survey of econometric methods for mixed-frequency data  Author(s): FORONI, Claudia; MARCELLINO, Massimiliano Date: 2013 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI ECO Abstract: 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 ...
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    Title: Prince or pariah? : the place of freedom of religion in a system of international human rights  Author(s): ZUCCA, Lorenzo Date: 2013 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI RSCAS Abstract: The human right to freedom of religion (HRFR) at the international level is a deeply contested concept and is interpreted in radically different ways in the respective historical constitutional instruments of the US and ...
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    Title: Cooperation hidden frontiers : the behavioral foundations of the Italian north-south divide  Author(s): BIGONI, Maria; BORTOLOTTI, Stefania; CASARI, Marco; GAMBETTA, Diego; PANCOTTO, Francesca Date: 2013 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI ECO Abstract: Socio-economic performance differs not only across countries but within countries too and can persist even after religion, language, and formal institutions are long shared. One interpretation of these disparities is that ...
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    Title: Bite the bullet : trade retaliation, EU jurisprudence and the law and economics of ‘taking one for the team’  Author(s): HOEKMAN, Bernard M.; MAVROIDIS, Petros C. Date: 2013 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI RSCAS Abstract: This paper discusses the Fedon case law of the European Court of Justice (ECJ), which involved a claim for compensation by Fedon (an Italian producer of eye glass cases) from the EU for the imposition of WTO-authorized ...
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    Title: Multilevel judicial governance in European and international economic law  Author(s): PETERSMANN, Ernst-Ulrich Date: 2013 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI LAW Abstract: Law and governance need to be justified vis-à-vis citizens in order to be accepted as legitimate and supported by civil society. This contribution argues that the legal and judicial methodologies of multilevel governance ...
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    Title: L’Union européenne en crise face au dogme de l’efficience des marchés financiers  Author(s): PRÜM, André Date: 2013 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI RSCAS Abstract: The European Union crisis responses and the Efficient Capital Markets Hypothesis (ECMH) : The hypothesis that capital markets naturally function in an efficient way - possibly one of the widest accepted dogmas of contemporary ...
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    Title: Why do emitters trade carbon permits? : firm-level evidence from the European Emission Trading Scheme  Author(s): ZAKLAN, Aleksandar Date: 2013 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI RSCAS Abstract: The creation of the EU’s Emission Trading Scheme (EU ETS) has turned the right to emit CO2 into a positively priced intermediate good for the affected firms. Firms thus face the decision whether to source compliance with ...
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    Title: The EU and India : common interests, divergent policies  Author(s): KUMAR, Radha Date: 2013 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI RSCAS Abstract: 2013 marks 50 years of India-EU relations. Most of this period witnessed cordial but largely unsubstantial relations. It was only a decade ago that relations took a leap forward, when the EU and India launched a Strategic ...
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    Title: Private law and the visible hand of EU regulation  Author(s): SVETIEV, Yane Date: 2013 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI MWP Abstract: A question that is central to current debates about the Europeanisation of private law is that of how to conceptualise the relationship between European law and national private law. And a key aspect of that question is ...
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    Title: Brain imaging as a diagnostic and as a communicative tool in disorders of consciousness  Author(s): BAGGIO, Giosuè; MORATTI, Sofia Date: 2013 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI MWP Abstract: Recently, a number of neuroimaging studies have been conducted, aimed at detecting signs of consciousness in patients with a diagnosis of vegetative or minimally conscious state. The contributions appeared during an ongoing ...
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    Title: Geographic access rules and investments  Author(s): BOURREAU, Marc; CAMBINI, Carlo; HOERNIG, Steffen Date: 2013 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI RSCAS Abstract: We analyze competition between vertically-integrated operators who build infrastructure and provide access in different geographical areas. Under full commitment, the regulator sets socially-optimal access rates that depend ...
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    Title: New political actors in Europe : Beppe Grillo and the M5S  Author(s): BARTLETT, Jamie; FROIO, Caterina; LITTLER, Mark; MCDONNELL, Duncan Date: 2013 Type of Publication: Technical Report Series/Report no.: Demos Country briefing papers Abstract: New social and political movements from radically different political positions have emerged across Europe using the Internet to challenge existing parties and structures. Beppe Grillo, the Italian comedian and blogger, ...
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    Title: Risk-sharing and contagion in networks  Author(s): CABRALES, Antonio; GOTTARDI, Piero; VEGA-REDONDO, Fernando Date: 2013 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI ECO Abstract: The aim of this paper is to investigate how the capacity of an economic system to absorb shocks depends on the specific pattern of interconnections established among financial firms. The key trade-off at work is between ...
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    Title: Financial intermediation, house prices, and the distributive effects of the U.S. great recession  Author(s): MENNO, Dominik; OLIVIERO, Tommaso Date: 2013 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI ECO Abstract: This paper quantifies the effects of credit spread and income shocks on aggregate house prices and households’ welfare. We address this issue within a stochastic dynamic general equilibrium model with heterogeneous households ...
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    Title: Translating modernity : visions and uses of Europe in Finland  Author(s): NYGÅRD, Stefan Date: 2013 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI MWP Abstract: Translating modernity to the periphery is a recurring theme in the discussions on Europe at its geocultural margins. In small and young countries such as Finland, “Europe” has been mobilized for nation-building in terms ...
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    Title: 'All’s well that ends well' : the strategy of electoral (mis)behavior in competitive-authoritarian regimes  Author(s): LEVIN, Ines Date: 2013 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI MWP Abstract: In competitive authoritarian regimes, formal democratic institutions and periodic elections are sponsored by the authoritarian ruler, but voting outcomes are sometimes manipulated to prevent government turnover. In this ...
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    Title: The capabilities approach as a bridge between animals and robots  Author(s): LAUKYTE, Migle Date: 2013 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI MWP Abstract: In this paper I argue that robots, understood as artificially intelligent and autonomous entities, may one day be regarded as subjects of rights. The argument is built by looking at Martha Nussbaum’s capabilities approach, ...
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    Title: Financing investment in the European electricity transmission network : consequences on long-term sustainability of the TSOs financial structure  Author(s): HENRIOT, Arthur Date: 2013 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI RSCAS Abstract: This article focuses on the ability of European TSOs to meet the demand for substantial investments in the electricity transmission grid over the next two decades. We employ quantitative analysis to assess the impact of ...