Title:The Refoundation of Symmetric Equilibrium in Schumpeterian Growth Models
Author(s):COZZI, Guido; GIORDANI, Paolo; ZAMPARELLI, LucaDate:2007Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract:We provide a refoundation of the symmetric growth equilibrium characterizing the research sector of vertical R&D-driven growth models. We argue that the usual assumptions made in this class of models leave the agents ...
Title:Shifting from Academic ‘Brain Drain’ to ‘Brain Gain’ in Europe
Author(s):GRIGOLO, Michele; LIETAERT, Matthieu; MARIMON, RamonDate:2010Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract: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:Social Stratification and Cultural Consumption in Hungary: Book Readership
Author(s):BUKODI, ErzsebetDate:2007Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract:Drawing on data from a recent time-budget survey, this paper investigates the relationship between cultural consumption, specifically book readership, and social stratification in Hungary. Results show that status, education ...
Title:Striking a pose : transparency and position taking in the Council of the European Union
Author(s):CROSS, James P.Date:2013Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract: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:Teleology, deontology, and the priority of the right: on some unappreciated distinctions
Author(s):RONZONI, MiriamDate:2010Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract: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, IsabelleDate:2009Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract: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 MartijnDate:2010Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract: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 ...
Title:The EU Conciliation Committee - One Or Several Principals?
Author(s):RASMUSSEN, AnneDate:2008Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract:Since the introduction of the co-decision legislative procedure, the EU has had the possibility to resort to a Conciliation Committee made up of representatives from the European Parliament and the Council to reconcile ...