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Title: Get out the vote : how encouraging voting changes political outcomes Author(s): VALASEK, Justin-Mattias Date: 2012 Type of Publication: Article Abstract: How do measures to increase turnout affect election outcomes? I use a novel approach to analyze how these measures influence both voter turnout and the candidates' political positions. In general, lowering the net expense ...
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Title: Global Democracy and the World Social Forum Author(s): SMITH, Jakie; DELLA PORTA, Donatella; MOSCA, Lorenzo; [et al.] Date: 2007 Type of Publication: Book Abstract: Contents List of Tables and Figures Preface and Acknowledgments About the Authors 1 Globalization and the Emergence of the World Social Forums 2 What is the World Social Forums? 3 Who Participates in the World Social ...
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Title: A Global History of Ottoman Cotton Textiles, 1600-1850 Author(s): GEKAS, Athanasios Date: 2007 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI MWP; 2007/30 Abstract: This paper arises from the project on "Cotton textiles as a global industry, 1200-1800", carried out at the LSE and as part of the Global Economic History Network. The paper revisits and situates the historiography of ... -
Title: The Global Justice Movement in Italy Author(s): REITER, Herbert; ANDRETTA, Massimiliano; DELLA PORTA, Donatella; MOSCA, Lorenzo Date: 2007 Type of Publication: Contribution to book
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Title: The Global Order as a Potential Case of Background Injustice Author(s): RONZONI, Miriam Date: 2009 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI MWP; 2009/23 Abstract: Is the global order unjust? And if so, why? The paper argues that the central question to be asked within the debate on global distributive and economic justice is not whether the global order is characterized by the ...
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Title: The Global Order: A Case of Background Injustice? A Practice-Dependent Account Author(s): RONZONI, Miriam Date: 2009 Type of Publication: Article
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Title: Global Warming and Climate Policies Author(s): GUESNERIE, Roger Date: 2008 Type of Publication: Other Series/Report no.: EUI MW LS; 2008/01 Abstract: The paper starts reviewing some basics of the climate science and economics of the greeenhouse effect. It stresses the nature and extent of uncertainty on both sides as well as the political background of present climate ...
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Title: Global Witness v. Afrimex Ltd.: Decision Applying OECD Guidelines on Corporate Responsibility for Human Rights Author(s): LETNAR CERNIC, Jernej Date: 2009 Type of Publication: Article Abstract: On August 28, 2008, the United Kingdom's National Contact Point (UK-NCP) issued its decision in Global Witness v. Afrimex Ltd. In this case, Global Witness, a non-governmental organization, alleged that Afrimex Ltd. ...
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Title: The globalisation of inequality Author(s): BOURGUIGNON, François Date: 2013 Type of Publication: Other Series/Report no.: EUI MWP LS; 2013/02 Abstract: There has been an apparently contradictory trend in the global inequality in living standards over the past quarter-century. On the one hand, global inequality between countries has decreased significantly, while on the ...
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Title: Globalization and the Politics of Subsidies Author(s): AYDIN, Umut Date: 2008 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI MWP; 2008/11 Abstract: State subsidies to attract investment have proliferated since the 1980s, yet we know little about the factors that influence governments’ subsidy policies. In this paper, I propose that in making subsidy policies, governments ...
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Title: A Good Buy – If You Can Get One. Purchasing cars under socialist conditions Author(s): GATEJEL, Luminita Date: 2010 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI MWP; 2010/14 Abstract: This paper gives a panoramic mapping of the infamous socialist ‘economy of shortages’ (Kornai) as it was lived and experienced by ordinary socialist citizens. It starts out by framing the general conditions under which ...
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Title: Good Luck or Good Policy? An expectational theory of macro volatility switches Author(s): GABALLO, Gaetano Date: 2011-01-01 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI MWP; 2011/19 Abstract: In an otherwise unique-equilibrium model, agents are segmented into a few informational islands according to the signal they receive about others' expectations. Even if agents perfectly observe fundamentals, rational-exuberance ...
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Title: Governance, Development, and Foreign Direct Investment Author(s): DIXIT, Avinash Date: 2012 Type of Publication: Other Series/Report no.: EUI MWP LS; 2012/01 Abstract: Less-developed countries and transition economies wish to attract foreign direct investment (FDI), but are often handicapped by their weak governance structures, i.e. by insecurity of property rights and contracts. Potential ...
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Title: Governing America: the Emergence of Behavioral Law and Economics Author(s): JOLLS, Christine Date: 2010 Type of Publication: Other Series/Report no.: EUI MWP LS; 2010/03 Abstract: Bounded rationality is an important and pervasive characteristic of much human behavior. Legal policy under American President Barack Obama has been strongly influenced by behavioral economics' understanding of boundedly ...
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Title: Government Without Trust Author(s): HARDIN, Russell Date: 2007 Type of Publication: Other Series/Report no.: EUI MW LS; 2007/03
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Title: The Great Moderation, the Great Panic and the Great Contraction Author(s): BEAN, Charles Date: 2010 Type of Publication: Other Series/Report no.: EUI MWP LS; 2010/02 Abstract: This lecture examines the causes of the recent financial crisis and subsequent recession. On the macroeconomic side, the Great Moderation encouraged an overly optimistic assessment of risk. Combined with low interest rates, ...
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Title: The Greater and Lesser Nobility in Early Modern Europe: Poland-Lithuania and England and Wales in the Sixteenth Century Author(s): GROMELSKI, Tomasz W. Date: 2010 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI MWP; 2010/25 Abstract: This paper comparatively discusses the relationship between the greater and lesser nobilities in two contrasting polities - sixteenth-century Poland-Lithuania and Tudor England. It argues that the szlachta’s and the gentry’s ...
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Title: Greece : a critical assessment of Europeanization Author(s): GEMENIS, Kostas; LEFKOFRIDI, Zoe Date: 2013 Type of Publication: Contribution to book
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Title: Green spending reforms, growth, and welfare with endogenous subjective discounting Author(s): VELLA, Eugenia; DIOIKITOPOULOS, Evangelos V.; KALYVITIS, Sarantis Date: 2014 Type of Publication: Article Abstract: This paper studies optimal fiscal policy, in the form of taxation and the allocation of tax revenues between infrastructure and environmental investment, in a general-equilibrium growth model with endogenous subjective ...
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