Browsing Max Weber Programme (MWP) by Title

Title:Economic diplomacy in Africa : the impact of regional integration versus bilateral diplomacy on bilateral trade Author(s):AFESORGBOR, Sylvanus KwakuDate:2016Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:EUI MWP; 2016/18Abstract:The paper examines the impact of two main instruments of economic diplomacy - regional integration and commercial diplomacy - on export flows among African states. We test whether there is any evidence of a trade-off or ...

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, MatthiasDate:2008Citation:Jahrbuch für Wirtschaftsgeschichte, 2008, 2, 21-140Type:Article

Title:The Economics of Patent Enforcement and its Reception in Asia Author(s):WECHSLER, AndreaDate:2011Citation:Kung-Chung LIU and Reto M. HILTY (eds), The Enforcement of Patents, Alphen aan den Rijn, Kluwer International (Law and Business), 2011, 65-81, Max Planck series on Asian Intellectual Property LawType:Contribution to book

Title:Economists as political philosophers : a critique of normative trade theory Author(s):LEPENIES, RobertDate:2014Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:EUI MWP; 2014/11Abstract:Economists are political philosophers. This claim is defended based on an investigation of normative arguments made in economics textbooks. The paper aims to explain, reconstruct and contest the neoclassical vision implicit ...

Title:The Edges of the Family: Family Life, Political Concerns and the Treatment of Children in Post-War Italy and Britain Author(s):BERNINI, StefaniaDate:2007Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:EUI MWP; 2007/38Abstract: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, PaoloDate:2010Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:EUI MWP; 2010/03Abstract: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, StefanDate:2010Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:EUI MWP;2010/33Abstract: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 ...

Title:The Effect of Language at School on Identity and Political Outlooks Author(s):ASPACHS-BRACONS, Oriol; CLOTS-FIGUERAS, Irma; MASELLA, PaoloDate:2008Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:EUI MWP; 2008/36Abstract:The process of individual identity formation is still an enigma, as it is the capacity of public bodies to intervene in it. In 1983 the Catalan education system became bilingual, and Catalan, together with Spanish, was ...

Title:The effect of the increasing demand for elite schools on stratification Author(s):ESTRADA, RicardoDate:2016Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:EUI MWP; 2016/02Abstract:I use detailed applications data to document a case in which, contrary to prevailing concerns, increasing school stratification by ability co-existed with stable stratification by family income: Mexico City public high ...

Title:The effects of cigarette excise taxes on health and wages Author(s):RESTREPO, BrandonDate:2013Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:EUI MWP; 2013/32Abstract:The cigarette excise tax is viewed as an important policy tool to reduce smoking-related health problems and productivity losses. This is based on evidence that higher cigarette taxes reduce cigarette consumption and induce ...

Title:The effects of congruence in policy priorities on satisfaction with democracy Author(s):REHER, StefanieDate:2015Citation:Journal of elections, public opinion and parties, 2016, Vol. 26, No. 1, pp. 40-57Type:ArticleAbstract:There is widespread agreement that better policy representation increases citizens’ satisfaction with democracy. Previous research on this topic has generally focused on ideological congruence between citizens and ...

Title:Effects of Tobin Taxes in Minority Game markets Author(s):OLMOS GIUPPONI, Maria Belen; BIANCONI, Ginestra; GALLA, Tobias; MARSILI, MatteoDate:2009Citation:Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 2009, 70, 231-240.Type:Article

Title:Efficiency, equity, and optimal income taxation Author(s):BRENDON, CharlesDate:2013Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:EUI MWP; 2013/22Abstract:Social insurance schemes must resolve a trade-off between competing efficiency and equity considerations. Yet there are few direct statements of this trade-off that could be used for practical policymaking. To this end, ...

Title:Egypt in 2011: A regime that no longer knows how to adapt? Fluid conjunctures and regime transformations in perspective Author(s):COLLOMBIER, VirginieDate:2012Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:EUI MWP; 2012/03Abstract:The popular uprising that took place in Egypt in January and February 2011 may eventually lead to regime change. Whatever the end result of the ongoing process, however, the theories of authoritarian consolidation – which ...

Title:Egypte : les frères musulmans et la bataille pour le pouvoir Author(s):COLLOMBIER, VirginieDate:2012Citation:Politique étrangère, 2012, Vol. 3, pp. 615-628Type:ArticleAbstract:Mohamed Morsi is the first civilian president of Egypt, but no one knows what powers he has. This will inevitably need to be specified within the framework of the negotiations between the Muslim Brotherhood and the Supreme ...

Title:Eight Degrees of Separation Author(s):PIN, PaoloDate:2008Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:EUI MWP; 2008/44Abstract:We present a network formation game whose equilibria are undirected networks. Every connected couple contributes to the aggregate payoff by a fixed quantity, and the outcome is split between players according to the Myerson ...

Title:Eighteenth century Central Europe in transcontinental trade : the trading company of Molla Mustafa and the Viennese Conscription of 1767 Author(s):DO PAÇO, DavidDate:2013Citation:Daniel DUMITRAN and Valer MOGA (eds), Economy and society in Central and Eastern Europe : territory, population, consumption, Berlin ; Münster : LIT Verlag, 2013, Osteuropa, Band 8, pp. 31-42Type:Contribution to bookAbstract:The lake of notarials, the difficulty - during a long period - to access to Central European sources and historiographies as well as the specificity of the Austrian materials have turn Western economic historians away from ...

Title:El uso político de la epidemia de cólera morbo en La Habana Author(s):AGUILERA-MANZANO, José MaríaDate:2007Citation:Canadian Journal of Latin America and Caribbean Studies, 2007, 64, 202-228Type:Article

Title:Electoral participation in pursuit of policy representation : ideological congruence and voter turnout Author(s):LEFKOFRIDI, Zoe; GIGER, Nathalie; GALLEGO, AlinaDate:2014Citation:Journal of elections public opinion and parties, 2014, Vol. 24, No. 3, pp. 291-311Type:ArticleAbstract:In this article, we examine whether lack of ideological congruence with the viable party options discourages turnout, and under which conditions. We conceive congruence from the perspective of the individual citizen, and, ...

Title:The electoral tango : the evolution of electoral integrity in competitive authoritarian regimes Author(s):BIRCH, SarahDate:2016Type:OtherSeries/Number:EUI MWP LS; 2016/02Abstract:In recent decades, the politics of electoral reform has revolved mainly around the implementation of democratic electoral principles rather than around the principles themselves. This means that electoral authoritarian ...