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Title: MayDay parade. Movilizaciones juveniles contra la precariedad laboral Author(s): MOSCA, Lorenzo Date: 2007 Type of Publication: Article Abstract: (Downloadable at: http://www.injuve.mtas.es/injuve/contenidos.downloadatt.action?id=1275392638)

Title: Measuring Proportionality. A Systematic Approach to World Electoral Systems in Parliamentary Elections between 1946-2000 Author(s): RUIZ-RUFINO, Rubén Date: 2008 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI MWP Abstract: This paper proposes a new way to measure proportionality using aggregated threshold functions. Electoral systems can be summarized by a single value that shows the necessary share of the total vote to win half of the seats ...

Title: Memory Politics in Western Europe Author(s): ART, David Date: 2010 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI MWP Abstract: This paper examines how ten West European states have dealt with the legacy of the Second World

Title: Migrantenjugendliche zwischen Schule und Beruf: Individuelle Übergänge und kommunale Strukturen der Ausbildungsförderung Author(s): AYBEK, Can Date: 2009 Type of Publication: Book

Title: Migration-Regime Liberalization and Social Security: Political-Economy Effect Author(s): SAND, Edith; RAZIN, Assaf Date: 2009 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: NBER Working Paper

Title: Modeling and Forecasting Stock Return Volatility Using a Random Level Shift Model Author(s): LU, Yang K.; PERRON, Pierre Date: 2010 Type of Publication: Article Abstract: We consider the estimation of a random level shift model for which the series of interest is the sum of a short-memory process and a jump or level shift component. For the latter component, we specify the commonly used ...

Title: Models of the Origins of Law. An Attempt at Appraisal from the Perspective of Evolutionary Theory Author(s): ZALUSKI, Wojciech Date: 2008 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI MWP Abstract: In this article I make an attempt at evaluating in the light of evolutionary theory various models of the origins of law proposed in philosophical literature. I start by presenting a classification of the models. As a ...

Title: Modern history - histoire contemporaine Author(s): VUSHKO, Iryna Date: 2009 Type of Publication: Article

Title: Money is an Experience Good: Competition and Trust in the Private Provision of Money Author(s): MARIMON, Ramon; NICOLINI, Juan Pablo; TELES, Pedro Date: 2011-01-01 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI ECO Abstract: We study the interplay between competition and trust as efficiency-enhancingmechanims in the private provision of money. With commitment, trust is automatically achieved and competition ensures efficiency. Without commitment, ...

Title: Money is an Experience Good: Competition and Trust in the Private Provision of Money Author(s): MARIMON, Ramon; NICOLINI, Juan Pablo; TELES, Pedro Date: 2011-01-01 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI MWP Abstract: We study the interplay between competition and trust as efficiency-enhancing mechanisms in the private provision of money. With commitment, trust is automatically achieved and competition ensures efficiency. Without ...

Title: More Secrecy...More Knowledge Disclosure? On Disclosure Outside of Patents Author(s): PONCE, Carlos J. Date: 2008 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI MWP Abstract: It is an important concern that innovators by waiving their patent rights might obstruct the disclosure of knowledge and therefore retard progress. This paper explores this concern by using a simple model of two innovators ...

Title: Mortality and Morbidity Transitions in Sub-Saharan Africa: Evidence from Adult Height Author(s): AKACHI, Yoko; CANNING, David Date: 2008 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI MWP Abstract: In most developing countries, rising levels of nutrition and improvements in public health have led to declines in infant mortality and rising adult height. In Sub-Saharan Africa, however, we see a different pattern. ...

Title: The Moses of Italian Unity: Mazzini and Nationalism as Political Religion Author(s): LEVIS SULLAM, Simon Date: 2008 Type of Publication: Contribution to book

Title: Motor vehicles vs. dollars: selling socialist cars in neutral markets. Some evidence from the ŠKODA Auto case. Author(s): FAVA, Valentina Date: 2007 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI MWP Abstract: The paper analyses the relationship of Škoda Auto with its dealers in the neutral countries in the years from 1948 to 1964. The takeover by the Czechoslovak Communist Party in 1948 and the rising tensions of the Cold War ...

Title: Multilevel Judicial Governance between Global and Regional Economic Integration. Systems: Institutional and Substantive Aspects Author(s): LAVRANOS, Nikolaos Date: 2009 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI MWP Abstract: The Brazilian Tyres case that was adjudicated by both MERCOSUR and WTO dispute settlement bodies illustrates the issues raised by multilevel judicial governance. The relationship between regional and global trading systems ...

Title: München: Integrationspolitik nach dem Neuen Steuerungsmodell Author(s): AYBEK, Can Date: 2009 Type of Publication: Contribution to book

Title: "My brain made me do it" (when neuroscientists think they can do philosophy) Author(s): DENNETT, Daniel C. Date: 2011-01-01 Type of Publication: Other Series/Report no.: EUI MWP LS Abstract: Some philosophers and neuroscientists have recently been saying that science shows that we don't have free will, but it turns out that this claim-which would be bad news if true-is due to misrepresentation and misinterpretation. ...

Title: National and European Identity: The case of France Author(s): GUINAUDEAU, Isabelle Date: 2011 Type of Publication: Contribution to book Abstract: There is no simple relationship between national and European identity. Identifications fluctuate over the course of time as well as between individuals and sub-groups within the same nation – elements which are too often ...

Title: National Identity and Political Identity: Resolving the Stateless Nationalists’ Dilemma Author(s): LLUCH, Jaime Date: 2009 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI MWP Abstract: The internal political tendencies making up national movements tend to bifurcate or, at times, trifurcate, into two or three basic nationalist orientations: independentist nationalism, autonomist nationalism, and federalist ...

Title: National Regulatory Models for PMSCs and Implications for Future International Regulation Author(s): QUIRICO, Ottavio Date: 2009 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI MWP Abstract: What is the current state of the regulation in the matter of private military and security companies (PMSCs)? This paper aims to provide a brief overview of the existing national legislations concerning PMSCs in a number ...

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