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Title: States and Migration Industries in Taiwan, Japan and South Korea Author(s): SURAK, Kristin Date: 2011-01-01 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI MWP Abstract: Among the crescendo of calls for “systemic” approaches to the study of international migration, a small body of literature has emerged around what might be termed the migration industry, or the matrix of border-spanning ...

Title: Stochastic Stability in Binary Choice Coordination Games Author(s): STAUDIGL, Mathias Date: 2011 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI MWP Abstract: Recent literature in evolutionary game theory is devoted to the question of robust equilibrium selection under noisy best-response dynamics. In this paper we present a complete picture of equilibrium selection for asymmetric ...

Title: The strange non-death of multiculturalism Author(s): MODOOD, Tariq Date: 2013 Type of Publication: Other Series/Report no.: EUI MWP LS Abstract: One of the strange features of the ‘Multiculturalism is dead’ discourses is that they now define ‘multiculturalism’. It is now commonplace for even neutral commentators to define multiculturalism as a view which emphasises ...

Title: Strategic Campaigning with Vote and Turnout Buying: Theory and evidence Author(s): CASAS, Agustin Date: 2012 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI MWP Abstract: In this paper, I model the relationship between potential voters and a politician, who can pay citizens to vote for him – vote buying – or to show up to vote – turnout buying. This model is used to explore the optimal ...

Title: Striking a pose : transparency and position taking in the Council of the European Union Author(s): CROSS, James P. Date: 2013 Type of Publication: Article Abstract: In recent years, transparency (or the lack thereof) has become a central concern of the European Union and its attempts to increase the democratic legitimacy of the legislative decision-making process. The claim regularly ...

Title: The Structure of Social Practices and the Connection between Law and Morality Author(s): VALENTINI, Chiara; BONGIOVANNI, Giorgio; ROTOLO, Antonino; ROVERSI, Corrado Date: 2009 Type of Publication: Article

Title: The Structure of the Lattices of Pure Strategy Nash Equilibria of Binary Games of Strategic Complements Author(s): RODRIGUEZ BARRAQUER, Tomas Date: 2012 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI MWP Abstract: It has long been established in the literature that the set of pure strategy Nash equilibria of any binary game of strategic complements among a set N of players can be seen as a lattice on the set of all subsets of N under ...

Title: Suddivisione napoleonica del territorio e risposte locali Author(s): PANSINI, Valeria Date: 2007 Type of Publication: Contribution to book

Title: Suffering as a Political Situation: A Phenomenological Approach Author(s): GATTA, Giunia Date: 2010-10-22 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI MWP Abstract: In this paper I argue that, despite resistance by many to its incorporation into public discourse, suffering is a constitutive element of politics today, both a consequence of and a motive for political action. I consider ...

Title: Sunspots and Multiplicity Author(s): HOELLE, Matthew Date: 2011-01-01 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI MWP Abstract: This paper proves that a multiplicity of certainty equilibria is not necessary for the existence of sunspot effects in two-period general equilibrium models with incomplete markets. Sunspot effects are present, by definition, ...

Title: Survey on Research Funding for the Social Sciences in Europe Author(s): MARIMON, Ramon; GUARDIANCICH, Igor; MARIATHASAN, Mike; ROSSI, Eva Date: 2011 Type of Publication: Book Abstract: From mid-2010 through early 2011, the Academic Careers Observatory (ACO) of the Max Weber Programme (MWP) carried out three separate surveys of economists, sociologists and political scientists, the majority of whom held ...

Title: The Survival and Return of Institutions: Examples from Pension Reforms in Central, Eastern and South-eastern Europe Author(s): GUARDIANCICH, Igor Date: 2011-01-01 Type of Publication: Article Abstract: Opening a new phase in historical institutionalism, Wolfgang Streeck and Kathleen Thelen show how a rigid dichotomy between incremental adaptation and radical transformation fails to capture important transformative processes ...

Title: Swimming in a Sea of Law: Reflections on Water Borders, Irish (-British)-Euro Relations and Opting-Out and Opting-In After the Treaty of Lisbon Author(s): FAHEY, Elaine Date: 2010 Type of Publication: Article

Title: A systematic literature review of studies analyzing the effects of sex, age, education, marital Status, obesity and smoking on health transitions Author(s): DOBLHAMMER, Gabriele; HOFFMANN, Rasmus; MUTH, Elena; WESTPHAL, Anne Kruse Date: 2009 Type of Publication: Article Abstract: Sex, age, education, marital status, obesity, and smoking have been found to affect health transitions between non-disabled, disabled, and death. Our aim is to review the research literature on this topic and provide ...

Title: Talent Utilization, a Source of Bias in Measuring TFP Author(s): ZOABI, Hosny Date: 2007 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI MWP Abstract: This paper analyzes a model of economic growth that explains differences in economic structure across countries. It highlights the interplay between productivity, talents utilization and entrepreneurship incentives. The ...

Title: Talent Utilization, a Source of Bias in Measuring TFP Author(s): ZOABI, Hosny Date: 2007 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI ECO Abstract: This paper analyzes a model of economic growth that explains differences in economic structure across countries. It highlights the interplay between productivity, talents utilization and entrepreneurship incentives. The ...

Title: Taxation and Capital Market Liberalization: A Political-Economy Model Author(s): SAND, Edith Date: 2009 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI MWP Abstract: This paper investigates the effects of financial liberalization on the welfare state from a politicaleconomy point of view. Most research on the subject does not treat financial liberalization as a political process, but ...

Title: Teleology, deontology, and the priority of the right: on some unappreciated distinctions Author(s): RONZONI, Miriam Date: 2010 Type of Publication: Article Abstract: The paper analyses Rawls's teleology/deontology distinction, and his concept of priority of the right. The first part of the paper aims both 1) to clarify what is distinctive about Rawls's deontology/teleology distinction ...

Title: The Challenges of Abortion and Assisted Reproductive Technologies Policies in Europe Author(s): ENGELI, Isabelle Date: 2009 Type of Publication: Article Abstract: Most European countries face regulatory challenges in the reproduction field that were triggered by feminist claims for reproductive rights and by the technological development of assisted reproductive technologies ( ART). ...

Title: The complexity of compellence: revisiting the causal logic of denial Author(s): DEKKER, Willem Martijn Date: 2010 Type of Publication: Article Abstract: Robert A. Pape's denial theory forms the best corroborated theory to guide coercive strategy. Denial theory, however, provides a fundamentally flawed causal model because it neglects the complexity of the causal dynamics ...

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