Title:Taking Collective Interest of Consumers Seriously: A View from Poland
Author(s):SAFJAN, Marek; GORYWODA, Lukasz; JANCZUK-GORYWODA, AgnieszkaDate:2008Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI LAWAbstract:An increased focus on consumer collective redress marks the shift from substance- to
enforcement-oriented perspective in the EU consumer policy. The EU action in this
regard is currently at the stage of feasibility study ...
Title:Taking International Law Seriously. On the German Approach to International Law
Author(s):DUPUY, Pierre-Marie; TRAISBACH, KnutDate:2007Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI LAWAbstract:The short article outlines the systemic characteristics of what is identified here as the
German approach to international law. Starting from the post-WW II situation of
German legal scholarship, the paper describes a ...
Title:Taking Reasoning Seriously: The role of courts in enforcing argumentative rationality
Author(s):PASKALEV, VescoDate:2012Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI LAWAbstract:The regulation of new technologies, as well as many other areas of our increasingly complex and interdependent societies, involves high uncertainty which grants broad epistemic discretion to the usually unelected regulators. ...
Title:Taking rights territorially. On territorial rights and the right to exclude
Author(s):ANGELI, OlivieroDate:2008Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI SPSAbstract:What does it mean that rights are territorial? Do states have territorial rights? Do these rights justify the exclusion of would-be immigrants? This paper will address these questions and explore the problems associated. ...
Title:Talent Utilization, a Source of Bias in Measuring TFP
Author(s):ZOABI, HosnyDate:2007Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI MWPAbstract:This paper analyzes a model of economic growth that explains differences in
economic structure across countries. It highlights the interplay between
productivity, talents utilization and entrepreneurship incentives. The ...
Title:Talent Utilization, a Source of Bias in Measuring TFP
Author(s):ZOABI, HosnyDate:2007Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI ECOAbstract:This paper analyzes a model of economic growth that explains differences
in economic structure across countries. It highlights the interplay between
productivity, talents utilization and entrepreneurship incentives. The ...
Title:Taxation and Capital Market Liberalization: A Political-Economy Model
Author(s):SAND, EdithDate:2009Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI MWPAbstract:This paper investigates the effects of financial liberalization on the welfare state from a politicaleconomy point of view. Most research on the subject does not treat financial liberalization as a political process, but ...
Title:Taxes, Cigarette Consumption, and Smoking Intensity: Reply
Author(s):ADDA, Jérôme; CORNAGLIA, FrancescaDate:2011Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI ECOAbstract:This paper shows that smoking intensity, i.e. the amount of nicotine extracted per cigarette smoked, responds to changes in excise taxes and tobacco prices. We exploit data covering the period 1988 to 2006 across many US ...
Title:Taxing Hidden Wealth: Lessons for policy making
Author(s):JOHANNESEN, NielsDate:2012Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI RSCASAbstract:The past decade has seen several large-scale policy initiatives against offshore tax evasion and policy activity is still hectic. The present paper reviews available data sources on household wealth in offshore jurisdictions, ...
Title:Technology Adoption and the Selection Effect of Trade
Author(s):NAVAS-RUIZ, Antonio; SALA, DavideDate:2007Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI ECOAbstract:The reallocation of output across plants and the productivity growth at individual plants
are both important sources of productivity growth at the industry level. Recent evidence
has shown that trade liberalization is ...
Title:Technology Adoption, Turbulence and the Dynamics of Unemployment
Author(s):DUERNECKER, GeorgDate:2008Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI ECOAbstract:The divergence of unemployment rates between the U.S. and Europe coincided
with a substantial acceleration in capital-embodied technical change in the late 70’s.
Furthermore, evidence suggests that European economies ...