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Title: Family Life and Individual Welfare in Post-war Europe. Britain and Italy Compared Author(s): BERNINI, Stefania Date: 2007 Type of Publication: Book Abstract: Throughout the postwar period, changes in individual behaviour and legal reforms have transformed traditional notions of family life throughout Western Europe. However, interpretations of what constituted a desirable family ...

Title: A Farewell to Constitutional Authorship? A Critique of the Presentist Turn in the Legitimacy of Constitutional Democracy Author(s): KUO, Ming-Sung Date: 2008 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI MWP Abstract: “We the People” and the corresponding concept of constitutional authorship have gripped our imagination of the legitimacy of constitutional democracy since the American and French Revolutions. In contrast to this Big ...

Title: Fear Reverence Terror. Reading Hobbes Today Author(s): GINZBURG, Carlo Date: 2008 Type of Publication: Other Series/Report no.: EUI MW LS Abstract: Lecture Delivered February 13th 2008

Title: Fears and Hope in Numbers: Financial Data and the Writing of History Author(s): MARCUS, Nathan Date: 2011 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI MWP Abstract: This paper puts forward the methodological view that certain data produced by financial markets can be used without the need to look into how they were compiled. It argues that when trying to understand the causes of the ...

Title: Financial Crises and International Trade: The Long Way to Recovery Author(s): BERMAN, Nicolas Date: 2009 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI MWP Abstract: Standard theoretical models would predict that a currency depreciation generates an increase in net exports. However, recent emerging market crises, accompanied by sharp exchange rate devaluation, have often been followed ...

Title: Financial Crises, Politics and Financial Sector Restructuring: A Comparison between Japan and the United States Author(s): KONOE, Sara Date: 2009 Type of Publication: Article Abstract: This article analyzes and compares the financial sector restructuring process after the financial crises in Japan and the United States. As these financial crises deepened, countries shifted their policies away from ...

Title: Financial Crisis Resolution Author(s): SCHROTH, Josef Date: 2012 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI MWP Abstract: This paper studies a dynamic version of the Holmstrom-Tirole model of intermediated finance. I show that competitive equilibria are not constrained efficient when the economy experiences a financial crises. A pecuniary ...

Title: Financial Factors and the Margins of Trade: Evidence from cross-country firm-level data Author(s): BERMAN, Nicolas; HÉRICOURT, Jérôme Date: 2008 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: Working Paper University Paris 1

Title: Financial Market Imperfections and the Impact of Exchange Rate Movements on Exports Author(s): BERMAN, Nicolas; BERTHOU, Antoine Date: 2009 Type of Publication: Article

Title: Financial Markets as a Commitment Device for the Government Author(s): SIMON, Jenny Date: 2012 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI MWP Abstract: How does the presence of financial markets shape the government's ability to implement social redistribution? Individuals do not typically constrain consumption to equal their net-of-tax income every period. Instead, access ...

Title: Fixing the Quorum: Representation versus Abstention Author(s): ZWART, Sanne Date: 2007 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI ECO Abstract: The majority of the participating voters in referenda does not necessarily re°ect the majority of the whole population since voters can ab- stain. This paper shows that a quorum exists for which the outcome of the referendum ...

Title: Focusing the Mind? How the European Union Affects Issue Coverage in National Elections Author(s): NANOU, Kyriaki Date: 2011-01-01 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI MWP Abstract: It is commonplace to assume that what determines the coverage of issues in parties’ political agendas are domestic factors such as their own issue priorities and those of their political rivals, the attention devoted by ...

Title: "For One More Year with You": Changes in Compulsory Schooling, Education and the Distribution of Wages in Europe Author(s): BRUNELLO, Giorgio; FORT, Margherita; WEBER, Guglielmo Date: 2008 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI MWP Abstract: Using data from 12 European countries and the variation across countries and over time in the changes of minimum school leaving age, we study the effects of the quantity of education on the distribution of earnings. We ...

Title: For One More Year with You: Changes in Compulsory Schooling, Education and the Distribution of Wages in Europe Author(s): FORT, Margherita; BRUNELLO, Giorgio; WEBER, Guglielmo Date: 2007 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: 3102 Abstract: Using data from 12 European countries and the variation across countries and over time in the changes of minimum school leaving age, we study the effects of the quantity of education on the distribution of earnings. We ...

Title: Forecasting Annual Inflation with Seasonal Monthly Data: Using Levels versus Logs of the Underlying Price Index Author(s): LUETKEPOHL, Helmut; XU, Fang Date: 2009 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI MWP Abstract: This paper investigates whether using natural logarithms (logs) of price indices for forecasting inflation rates is preferable to employing the original series. Univariate forecasts for annual inflation rates for a number ...

Title: Formation des opinions militaires face aux autorités dans la seconde moitié du XVIIIe siècle Author(s): SERIU, Naoko Date: 2008 Type of Publication: Article

Title: Fractional Integration and Cointegration Testing Using the Sample Mean Author(s): DEMETRESCU, Matei Date: 2008 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI MWP Abstract: The convergence rate of the sample mean of fractionally integrated processes is exploited to build test statistics for the fractional integration parameter d of univariate series, as well as for the rank of fractional ...

Title: Free Trade Agreements and WTO Law: A Perspective on the Trade in Services Author(s): WANG, Heng Date: 2011 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI MWP Abstract: China’s free trade agreements in services are developing at a fast pace. This paper examines the major differences between these agreements and the General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS) and their relationship with ...

Title: From an Old Foe to a New Friend? Analyzing the Shift in France’s Security Policy Towards Germany after WWII from a Pragmatist Perspective Author(s): DELORI, Mathias Date: 2009 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI MWP Abstract: From 1945 to 1949, France implemented a security policy towards Germany based on annexing border territories, dismantling German industry and impeding the reconstitution of German political institutions. On 9 May 1950, ...

Title: From Workers to Enemies: National security, state building, and America's war on 'illegal' immigrants Author(s): KING, Desmond; VALDEZ, Inés Date: 2011 Type of Publication: Contribution to book Abstract: In this chapter we argue that since the mid- 1980s immigration policy toward “illegal” immigrants has assumed the character of a war expressed in growing border militarization and fortification, expanded border manpower, ...

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