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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 ...

Title: National Security and Expulsion to a Risk of Torture Author(s): LETNAR CERNIC, Jernej Date: 2008 Type of Publication: Article Abstract: In Saadi v Italy, the European Court of Human Rights held that article 3 of the European Convention on Human Rights prohibits expulsion of individuals to states where they would face a "real risk" of torture, inhuman or ...

Title: National Security – a Trump Card? The European Court of Human Rights decisions in Herri Batasuna and Batasuna v. Spain, Etxeberria and Others v. Spain and Herritarren Zerrenda v. Spain Author(s): LETNAR CERNIC, Jernej Date: 2010 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI MWP Abstract: On 30 June 2009, the European Court of Human Rights delivered three decisions deriving from the situation in the Basque country, Herri Batasuna and Batasuna v. Spain, Etxeberría and Others v. Spain and Herritarren Zerrenda ...

Title: Natural Law and Personhood: Samuel Pufendorf on Social Explanation Author(s): HAAKONSSEN, Knud Date: 2010 Type of Publication: Other Series/Report no.: EUI MWP LS Abstract: Today the idea of natural law is generally considered a subject in ethics, politics and jurisprudence and concerned with the status of basic norms. During the last one and a half centuries natural law has come to be seen ...

Title: Neoliberalism’s Three Faces Author(s): LEE MUDGE, Stephanie Date: 2008 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI MWP Abstract: Neoliberalism is oft invoked but ill-defined in the social sciences. This paper develops a tripartite definition of neoliberalism using tools from institutionalism and field theory. It argues that neoliberalism is a sui ...

Title: Nested Models and Model Uncertainty Author(s): KRIWOLUZKY, Alexander; STOLTENBERG, Christian A. Date: 2009 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI MWP Abstract: Uncertainty about the appropriate choice among nested models is a central concern for optimal policy when policy prescriptions from those models differ. The standard procedure is to specify a prior over the parameter space ...

Title: Nested Models and Model Uncertainty Author(s): KRIWOLUZKY, Alexander; STOLTENBERG, Christian A. Date: 2009 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI ECO Abstract: Uncertainty about the appropriate choice among nested models is a central concern for optimal policy when policy prescriptions from those models differ. The standard procedure is to specify a prior over the parameter space ...

Title: Neue Beschäftigungsstrategien jenseits von externer und interner Flexibilisierung Author(s): TÜNTE, Markus; APITZSCH, Birgit; SHIRE, Karen A. Date: 2011 Type of Publication: Article Abstract: Recent research about regular employment in core areas of high qualified service work in Germany yields contradictory findings about continuities and changes in employment stability. In addressing current debates about ...

Title: A new approach to bootstrap inference in functional coefficient models Author(s): HERWARTZ, Helmut; XU, Fang Date: 2009 Type of Publication: Article

Title: Nominal Debt as a Burden on Monetary Policy Author(s): DIAZ-GIMENEZ, Javier; GIOVANNETTI, Giorgia; MARIMON, Ramon; TELES, Pedro Date: 2007 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI MWP Abstract: We characterize the optimal sequential choice of monetary policy in economies with either nominal or indexed debt. In a model where nominal debt is the only source of time inconsistency, the Markov-perfect equilibrium ...

Title: (Non-)retours à l’Église gréco-catholique roumaine, entre adhésion et transmission religieuse Author(s): MAHIEU, Stephanie Date: 2006 Type of Publication: Article Abstract: The author analyses the individual and collective motives which have pushed some of the Greek-Catholics to Join their former Church since 1989. The Romanian Greek-Catholic Church, founded in 1687, was outlawed by the ...

Title: Non-domination and the State: A Response to the Subaltern Critique Author(s): LAMBA, Rinku Date: 2008 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI MWP Abstract: The aim of this paper is to create some positive conceptual space for the relevance of the instrumentalities of the state when it comes to the politics of religious and multicultural accommodation. The challenge is to steer ...

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