Title:Is there a Tension between Transparency and Efficiency in Decisions? The case of the Council of the European Union
Author(s):NOVAK, StéphanieDate:2011-01-01Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI MWPAbstract:Decision makers sometimes refer to the tension between transparency and efficiency in decisions. Yet, this argument is not so obvious, partly because the notion of efficiency is unclear. As a first step in the analysis of ...
Title:The Israel Defense Forces and the Al-Aqsa Intifada: When Tactical Virtuosity Meets Strategic Disappointment
Author(s):CATIGNANI, SergioDate:2008Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI MWPAbstract:The following paper analyzes the Israel Defense Forces’ (IDF) counter-insurgency strategy and campaign carried out against the Palestinian insurgency within the Occupied/Disputed Territories of the West Bank and Gaza Strip ...
Title:Jovan Jovanovic Zmaj and the Serbian Identity between Poetry and History
Author(s):ALEKSOV, BojanDate:2007Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI MWPAbstract:The recent violent outburst of Serbian nationalism has attracted significant interest in the ever-growing field of nationalism studies. In addition, the so-called ‘cultural turn’ has engaged scholars in the reappraisal of ...
Title:Juan Valverde, or Building a “Spanish Anatomy” in 16th Century Rome
Author(s):ANDRETTA, ElisaDate:2009Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI MWPAbstract:The paper focus on the sojourn in Rome of the Spanish anatomist Juan de Valverd. His role, both within the Spanish community and the political and cultural framework of the city, will be examined in various places of the ...
Title:Judging in the Multilevel Legal Order: Exploring the Techniques of ‘Hidden Dialogue’
Author(s):MARTINICO, GiuseppeDate:2010-01-01Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract:The aim of this paper is to focus on that particular form of judicial conversation represented by what I have endeavoured to call the techniques of 'hidden dialogue' between the European Court of Justice (ECJ) and the ...
Title:Just A Matter of Time: Empirical Evidence of the Causal Effect of Education on Fertility in Italy
Author(s):FORT, MargheritaDate:2007Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI MWPAbstract:This paper assesses the causal effects of education on fertility, allowing for
heterogeneity in the effects while controlling for the self-selection of women into
education. Identification relies on exogenous variation ...
Title:Keeping Government Secrecy Safe: Beyond Whack-a-Mole
Author(s):CURTIN, DeirdreDate:2011-01-01Type of Publication:OtherSeries/Report no.:EUI MWP LSAbstract:The concept of secrecy as a mechanism for not providing government information, on the one hand, and the commitment to openness of government, on the other, reflect certain historical understandings of the relationship ...