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Title: Distribution-Free Learning Author(s): SCHLAG, Karl H. Date: 2007 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI ECO Abstract: We select among rules for learning which of two actions in a stationary decision problem achieves a higher expected payoffs when payoffs realized by both actions are known in previous instances. Only a bounded set containing ...

Title: Do all Good Things Go Together? Conflicting objectives in democracy promotion Author(s): FREYBURG, Tina; GRIMM, Sonja; LEININGER, Julia Date: 2012 Type of Publication: Book Abstract: The promotion of democracy in post-conflict or transition countries often does not prove to be successful. Trying to achieve peace, security, prosperity and other desirable goals at the same time often leads to conflicting ...

Title: Do Sunspots Matter under Complete Ignorance? Author(s): GIORDANI, Paolo; COZZI, Guido Date: 2006 Type of Publication: Article Abstract: In a two-period, sunspot, pure-exchange economy we analyse the case in which agents do not assign subjective probabilistic beliefs to the ‘sunspot activity’. Two generations, each of which is made up of identical agents, ...

Title: Does Europeanisation Weaken the Left? Changing coalitions and veto power in Swiss decision-making processes Author(s): AFONSO, Alexandre; FONTANA, Marie-Christine; PAPADOPOULOS, Yannis Date: 2010 Type of Publication: Article Abstract: This article analyses how Europeanisation affects the power resources of social democratic forces in Switzerland. Whereas political economy arguments would assume that processes of internationalisation invariably weaken ...

Title: Does One Currency Mean One Price? Author(s): WOLSZCZAK-DERLACZ, Joanna Date: 2008 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI MWP Abstract: European Monetary Union was expected to have many consequences for the economies of participant countries. Theory suggested that through a higher volume of trade and stronger competition in the Eurozone, a single currency ...

Title: Does Political Culture Matter? Deciphering the Whys of Ukrainian Tax Compliance Author(s): BERENSON, Marc P. Date: 2008 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI MWP Abstract: In gauging how well residents in the new post-communist states such as Ukraine become true citizens, who are capable of fulfilling their obligations to their governments, it is necessary to measure how compliant the populace ...

Title: Does Trade Foster Institutions? An Empirical Assessment Author(s): NICOLINI, Marcella; PACCAGNINI, Alessia Date: 2011 Type of Publication: Article Abstract: The relationship between trade and institutions has been extensively debated by trade economists and political scientists. The aim of the present paper is to provide some empirical evidence on the causal relationship between ...

Title: Does Trust have a History? Author(s): FREVERT, Ute Date: 2009 Type of Publication: Other Series/Report no.: EUI MWP LS Abstract: Authors like Francis Fukuyama or Robert Putnam claim that modern societies suffer from a decline of trust. On the other hand political scientists like Margaret Levi or Susan Stokes and sociologists like Karen Cook contend ...

Title: Domination, Social Status, and Distributive Inequality Author(s): SCHEMMEL, Christian J. Date: 2010-01-01 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI MWP;2010/28 Abstract: Is the political value of equality a distributive ideal, governing the allocation of goods, or an idealdemanding egalitarian social and political relationships? Theories of social justice that argue for thelatter understanding ...

Title: Donatella della Porta and Manuela Caiani. Social Movements and Europeanization. Book Review Author(s): ZAHN, Rebecca Date: 2011 Type of Publication: Article

Title: A Double-Faced Medium? The challenges and opportunities of the Internet for social movements Author(s): MOSCA, Lorenzo Date: 2007 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI MWP Abstract: While most of the literature focusing on the Internet and politics tends to assess the positive contribution of Computer-Mediated Communication to political processes, this paper stresses both positive and negative ...

Title: Družbena odgovornost podjetij v tranzicijskih demokracijah (Corporate social responsibility in transitional democracies) Author(s): LETNAR CERNIC, Jernej Date: 2009 Type of Publication: Contribution to book Abstract: Družbena odgovornost podjetij pomeni, da podjetja ne stremijo samo k pridobivanju čim višjih prihodkov in dobičkov, temveč da v poslovanje vključujejo tudi spoštovanje in spodbujanje človekovih pravic ter skrb za okolje. ...

Title: The dynamic nature of the acquis communautaire in EU external relations Author(s): PETROV, Roman Date: 2006 Type of Publication: Article

Title: Dynamics of Radicalisation in the Relationship between Militant Islamist Groups and their Constituencies: The case of al-Jamaa al-Islamiyya in Egypt, 1986-1998 Author(s): MALTHANER, Stefan Date: 2012 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI MWP Abstract: Research on political violence has increasingly adopted relational approaches to analysing processes of radicalisation and escalation, focusing mainly on interactions between protest movements and the police, and the effects ...

Title: Early conclusion in the co-decision legislative procedure Author(s): RASMUSSEN, Anne Date: 2007 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI MWP Abstract: There are broader democratic implications in whether legislative deals are concluded between the European Parliament and the Council of Ministers in the co-decision procedure at first reading, as the potential of different ...

Title: Economics and integration in Western and Eastern Europe after the Second World War Author(s): PLUMPE, Werner; STEINER, André; FAURI, Francesca; BÜHRER, Werner; AHRENS, Ralf; FAVA, Valentina; JUDT, Matthias Date: 2008 Type of Publication: Article

Title: The Economics of Patent Enforcement and its Reception in Asia Author(s): WECHSLER, Andrea Date: 2011 Type of Publication: Contribution to book

Title: The Edges of the Family: Family Life, Political Concerns and the Treatment of Children in Post-War Italy and Britain Author(s): BERNINI, Stefania Date: 2007 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI MWP Abstract: The paper explores approaches to child protection in post-war Italy and Britain between 1945 and the mid 1960s. Both in Italy and in Britain, the Second World War represented a watershed in the treatment of children, giving ...

Title: The Effect of Birthright Citizenship on Parental Integration Outcomes Author(s): AVITABILE, Ciro; CLOTS-FIGUERAS, Irma; MASELLA, Paolo Date: 2010 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI MWP Abstract: This paper provides empirical evidence on whether child legal status at birth affects the level of cultural integration of immigrant parents with native community. We consider the 1999 reform of the German nationality ...

Title: The Effect of Capital Controls on Exchange Rate Risk Author(s): VERSTEEG, Roald; STRAETMANS, Stefan Date: 2010 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI MWP;2010/33 Abstract: Many countries try to smooth their exchange rate movements by means of capital controls or otherwise. By the use of statistical extreme value analysis, we investigate if capital controls succeed in lowering foreign exchange ...

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