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Title: Rule Application in EU and US Conciliation Committees Author(s): RASMUSSEN, Anne Date: 2008 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI MWP Abstract: Important rules regulating conciliation committees in the EU and the U.S. look similar but are applied very differently in practice. This article examines why rule application is different in the two systems. In accordance ...
Title: Rural Communities and the Reformation: Social discipline and the process of confessionalization in Montbéliard, 1524-1660 Author(s): DERMINEUR, Elise Date: 2011-01-01 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI MWP Abstract: In the sixteenth century, the dukes of Württemberg, also sovereigns of Montbéliard, enforced Lutheranism as the new faith in the city and its surrounding dependent villages. The dukes sought to convert the French-speaking ...
Title: Sample Kurtosis, GARCH-t and the Degrees of Freedom Issue Author(s): HERACLEOUS, Maria S. Date: 2007 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI MWP Abstract: Econometric modeling based on the Student's t distribution introduces an additional parameter -- the degree of freedom. In this paper we use a simulation study to investigate the ability of (i) the GARCH-t model (Bollerslev, ...
Title: Sanction as a Viable Tool for Promoting Cooperation: A Cognitive and Simulation Model Author(s): ANDRIGHETTO, Giulia; VILLATORO, Daniel Date: 2011-01-01 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI MWP Abstract: Punishment plays a crucial role in achieving and maintaining norm compliance. Several works have shown that cooperation greatly increases when punishment opportunities are allowed. However, these studies have mainly looked ...
Title: Saranno Rispettati Come Per il Passato. Italian Colonial Policy towards Libyan Religious Endowments Author(s): GAZZINI, Claudia Date: 2010 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI MWP Abstract: This paper offers a survey of Italian colonial policy towards Muslim religious endowments (waqf, pl. awqaf) in Libya from 1911 to 1943. Through an analysis of 41 lawsuits presented to the colonial Court of Appeals and a ...
Title: Satisfaction with Democracy in Post-Communist Multi-Ethnic Countries. The Effect of Political Institutions Author(s): RUIZ-RUFINO, Rubén Date: 2008 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI MWP Abstract: Why are some ethnic minorities more satisfied with democracy than others in postcommunist countries? This paper explores this question by looking at the impact of political institutions on satisfaction with democracy. Using ...
Title: School-based vocational or workplace-based apprenticeship training ? evidence on the school-to- work transition of Hungarian apprentices Author(s): HORN, Daniel Date: 2013 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI MWP Abstract: Workplace-based training has been praised for its effectiveness in smoothing the school to work transition. Apprentices have been shown to have lower initial unemployment probabilities as compared to other secondary-school ...
Title: Self-fulfilling Beliefs and Bounded Bubbles in the U.S. Housing Market Author(s): KASHIWAGI, Masanori Date: 2011-01-01 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI MWP Abstract: This paper provides an equilibrium framework to organize the following empirical observations on the U.S. housing market from 1975 to 2007: (i) housing tenure and vacancies were approximately constant, (ii) rents were ...
Title: Self-Government in Our Times Author(s): PRZEWORSKI, Adam Date: 2008 Type of Publication: Other Series/Report no.: EUI MW LS Abstract: The eighteenth century ideal of self-government of the people was based on an assumption that renders it incoherent and unrealistic, namely, that interests and values are sufficiently harmonious that each individual needs ...
Title: Shaping Rule of Law through Dialogue: International and supranational experiences Author(s): FONTANELLI, Filippo; MARTINICO, Giuseppe; CARROZZA, Paolo Date: 2010 Type of Publication: Book
Title: Shaping Virtuous Friendship: the Jesuit Matteo Ricci (1552-1610) in late Ming China Author(s): HOSNE, Ana Carolina Date: 2011-01-01 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI MWP Abstract: Taking as a starting point his first treatise in Chinese, ‘On Friendship’ (Jiaoyou lun, 1595), this paper aims to analyze the process by which the Italian Jesuit Matteo Ricci (1583-1610) shaped the concept of virtuous ...
Title: Shifting from Academic ‘Brain Drain’ to ‘Brain Gain’ in Europe Author(s): GRIGOLO, Michele; LIETAERT, Matthieu; MARIMON, Ramon Date: 2010 Type of Publication: Article Abstract: Many researchers trained in Europe leave to work abroad, particularly in the USA. This brain drain phenomenon is the result of a lack of openness and competition in European academic systems. Some changes relating to the ...
Title: The Silent Republic: Popular Music and Nationalism in Socialist Croatia Author(s): VULETIC, Dean Date: 2011-01-01 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI MWP Abstract: This paper explores the development of popular music and its relationship to the political situation in Croatia and Yugoslavia from 1945 to 1991, and how global musical trends were used to construct and reinvent Croatian ...
Title: Simpler is better : how do simple unconditional central grants boost local own-source revenue in Benin ? Author(s): CALDEIRA, Emilie; ROTA-GRAZIOSI, Grégoire Date: 2013 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI MWP Abstract: Intergovernmental grants design is an important issue in developing countries, where the decentralization process involves a huge vertical gap, i.e. an imbalance between the costs of local public competences and local ...
Title: Simulacrum and Re-enactments: the experience of Pompeii in the nineteeth century Author(s): BEARD, Mary Date: 2010 Type of Publication: Technical Report Series/Report no.: EUI MWP LS Abstract: This lecture traces the changing experience of visiting Pompeii through the nineteenth century. It argues against the standard idea that there was a shift over the century from a Romantic view of the site to a more ...
Title: Size Matters: Why not for contemporary empirical democratic theory? Author(s): KLINE, Reuben Date: 2011-01-01 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI MWP Abstract: The question of how the size of a polity and the functioning of its democracy is curiously understudied, especially in a cross-national, empirical fashion. After introducing the issue, this survey offers an overview of the ...
Title: Skills and Recruitment in Flexible Work Settings Author(s): APITZSCH, Birgit Date: 2012 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI MWP Abstract: Over recent decades, we have witnessed profound changes in labour markets with an increase in flexible forms of work and employment, driven by organizational restructuring and institutional change at the macro- and at the ...
Title: Small States and New Norms of Warfare Author(s): PETROVA, Margarita H. Date: 2007 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI MWP Abstract: The paper focuses on the influence of small states on the development of new international norms regulating the conduct of warfare. It examines the role of two small European states – Belgium and Norway – in two cases of ...
Title: Social Class, Employment Contracts and Economic Security in the Russian Labour Market Author(s): BESSUDNOV, Alexey Date: 2011-01-01 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI MWP Abstract: In this paper I explore occupational class differences in employment contracts, fringe benefits and unemployment risks in Russia. Using panel data, I provide both a descriptive account of class differentials in these labour ...
Title: Social Science and the Causes of Happiness and Misery Author(s): LAYARD, Richard Date: 2008 Type of Publication: Other Series/Report no.: EUI MWP LS