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Title: Improving the EU Immigration System: Reflections in the Light of the Return Directive Author(s): OLMOS GIUPPONI, Maria Belen Date: 2009 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI MWP Abstract: This paper focuses on the current state of EU immigration legislation and aims to provide a critical analysis and suggestions for improvement in the future. Over the past ten years, EU Summits have emphasized the need for ...

Title: In movimento: ‘contamination’ in action and the Italian Global Justice Movement Author(s): DELLA PORTA, Donatella; MOSCA, Lorenzo Date: 2007 Type of Publication: Article

Title: In Search of Gender Differences in Access to Continuing Training: Is There a Gender Gap and If Yes, Why? Author(s): DIECKHOFF, Martina; STEIBER, Nadia Date: 2009 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: WZB Discussion Paper Abstract: Gender differences in access to continuing training are often argued to be a central cause of persisting gender inequalities in occupational attainment. Yet, existing empirical work has presented rather mixed evidence ...

Title: Incomplete Markets and the Evolution of the US. Consumer Wealth Distribution Author(s): HINTERMAIER, Thomas; KOENIGER, Winfried Date: 2008 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI MWP Abstract: We use a buffer-stock saving model to explain the evolution of the consumer net-worth distribution in the US between 1983 and 2004. We focus on net-worth up to the 90th percentile due to the well-known problem of matching ...

Title: Indirect Estimation of Elliptical Stable Distributions Author(s): LOMBARDI, Marco J.; VEREDAS, David Date: 2008 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI MWP Abstract: We present an indirect estimation approach for elliptical stable distributions which relies on the use of a multivariate Student-t distribution as auxiliary model. This distribution is also elliptical and we show that ...

Title: The informal communication network built by Domingo del Monte from Havana between 1824 and 1845 Author(s): AGUILERA-MANZANO, José María Date: 2007 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI MWP Abstract: The aim of this research is to study the informal channels of communication built by Domingo del Monte, and the circle of authors around him, during the transition from the Ancien Régime to liberalism, in order to spread ...

Title: Information Disclosure and the Equivalence of Prospective Payment and Cost Reimbursement Author(s): MA, Ching-to Albert; MAK, Henry Y. Date: 2012 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI MWP Abstract: A health care provider chooses medical service quality and cost-reduction effort. Both choices are non-contractible. An insurer observes both quality and cost effort, and may credibly disclose them to consumers. In prospective ...

Title: Informazione e consultazione dei lavoratori Author(s): BONI, Guido Date: 2007 Type of Publication: Contribution to book

Title: Innocent Victims of Red KZs? West German Representations of Soviet Internment 1945-55 Author(s): BEATTIE, Andrew Date: 2007 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI MWP Abstract: The paper seeks to contribute to the growing literature on Soviet internment camps established in eastern Germany in the wake of the Second World War. Since 1990 there has been heated debate about who was in the camps and ...

Title: Innovation, Kreativität und immaterialgüterrechtliche Fragestellungen: Ein indisch-europäischer Dialog, 19.-20. November 2010 in Kalkutta, Indien Author(s): MACKENRODT, Mark-Oliver; WECHSLER, Andrea Date: 2011 Type of Publication: Article

Title: An Inquiry into the International Rule of Law Author(s): BEAULAC, Stephane Date: 2007 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI MWP Abstract: The modern articulation of the constitutional principle of the rule of law is credited to A.V. Dicey, who identified three essential elements of what is generally considered a formal version of the concept. Namely, (1) ...

Title: Insecure Alliances: Risk, inequality, and support for the Welfare State Author(s): REHM, Philipp; HACKER, Jacob S.; SCHLESINGER, Mark Date: 2012 Type of Publication: Article Abstract: Popular support for the welfare state varies greatly across nations and policy domains. We argue that these variations—vital to understanding the politics of the welfare state—reflect in part the degree to which economic ...

Title: Insiders, Outsiders and the Politics of Corporate Governance. How Ownership Structure Shapes Party Positions in Britain, Germany and France Author(s): CALLAGHAN, Helen Date: 2008 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI MWP Abstract: This article argues that differences in the dispersion of corporate ownership help explain why party positions on corporate governance vary across countries and over time. I show that British, French and German political ...

Title: The Institutionalization of the European Parliament Author(s): GUNGOR, Gaye Date: 2009 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI MWP Abstract: This paper analyzes the extent to which the ‘world’s only elected supranational assembly’ has become institutionalized. More specifically, it asks the following question: Has the European Parliament become more complex, ...

Title: Institutions and Sectoral Logics in Creative Industries: The media cluster in Cologne Author(s): APITZSCH, Birgit; PIOTTI, Geny Date: 2012 Type of Publication: Article Abstract: Institutional actors at the regional or local level increasingly see the development of the creative industry sector as a means of improving local competitiveness. However, research on relations between institutions and ...

Title: Integration Requirements in EU Migration Law Author(s): DE VRIES, Karin Date: 2012 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI MWP Abstract: In recent years, integration requirements have come to play a role in EU immigration law. Several directives – the Family Reunification Directive (2003/86), the Long-Term Residents Directive (2003/109) and the Blue Card ...

Title: Intellectual Property Law in the Peoples' Republic of China: A powerful economic tool for innovation and development Author(s): WECHSLER, Andrea Date: 2011 Type of Publication: Article

Title: International Competition and U.S. R&D Subsidies: A Quantitative Welfare Analysis Author(s): IMPULLITI, Giammario Date: 2008 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI MWP Abstract: The geographical distribution of R&D investment changes dramatically in the 1970s and 1980s. In the early 1970s U.S. firms are the uncontested world leaders in R&D investment in most manufacturing sectors. Later, led by ...

Title: International Consumption Insurance and Within-Country Risk Reallocation Author(s): LO PRETE, Anna Date: 2008 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI MWP Abstract: Institutions meant to reallocate risks that cannot be fully diversified on financial markets, such as labour income fluctuations, may also affect the response of aggregate consumption to country-specific income shocks. ...

Title: International Finance and Policy Cooperation: Before and After the 2007-2010 Financial Crisis Author(s): KONOE, Sara Date: 2010 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI MWP Abstract: The purpose of this paper is to assess regional and international policy cooperation in financial regulation from the 1980s to the early 2000s. Despite the development of regulatory and supervisory standards from Basel I ...

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