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Title: International Competition and U.S. R&D Subsidies: A Quantitative Welfare Analysis Author(s): IMPULLITI, Giammario Date: 2008 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI MWP Abstract: The geographical distribution of R&D investment changes dramatically in the 1970s and 1980s. In the early 1970s U.S. firms are the uncontested world leaders in R&D investment in most manufacturing sectors. Later, led by ... -
Title: International Consumption Insurance and Within-Country Risk Reallocation Author(s): LO PRETE, Anna Date: 2008 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI MWP Abstract: Institutions meant to reallocate risks that cannot be fully diversified on financial markets, such as labour income fluctuations, may also affect the response of aggregate consumption to country-specific income shocks. ...
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Title: International Finance and Policy Cooperation: Before and After the 2007-2010 Financial Crisis Author(s): KONOE, Sara Date: 2010 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI MWP Abstract: The purpose of this paper is to assess regional and international policy cooperation in financial regulation from the 1980s to the early 2000s. Despite the development of regulatory and supervisory standards from Basel I ...
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Title: International Schumpeterian competition and optimal R&D subsidies Author(s): IMPULLITI, Giammario Date: 2007 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI MWP Abstract: This paper studies the welfare effects of international competition in the market for innovations, and analyzes how competition affects the costs and the benefits of cooperative and non-cooperative R&D subsidies. I set ...
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Title: Interpreting Murder Medically A Medico-Legal Case from an Early 20th Century European Periphery Author(s): SKÅLEVÅG, Svein Atle Date: 2007 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI MWP Abstract: The paper takes as its departure point a murder case from 1911, when four siblings killed their younger brother in a remote location in northern Norway. This episode becomes an occasion for discussing medical and juridical ...
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Title: Inventing Russian History: ‘Reflections on Russia’ – an unearthed essay by Yakov Ivanovič Bulgakov (1743-1809) Author(s): VELIZHEV, Mikhail Date: 2008 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI MWP Abstract: This paper analyzes the anonymous article “Reflections on Russia, or Some Remarks on Russians Civil and Moral Status Until Peter I’s Reign” published in 1807 in the Moscow literary magazine “Messenger of Europe”. ‘Reflections’ ...
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Title: Inventors and Impostors: An Economic Analysis of Patent Examination Author(s): SCHUETT, Florian Date: 2009 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI ECO Abstract: The objective of patent examination is to separate the wheat from the chaff. Good applications - those satisfying the patentability criteria, particularly novelty and nonobviousness - should be accepted, while bad applications ...
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Title: Inventors and Impostors: an Economic Analysis of Patent Examination Author(s): SCHUETT, Florian Date: 2009 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI MWP Abstract: The objective of patent examination is to separate the wheat from the chaff. Good applications – those satisfying the patentability criteria, particularly novelty and non-obviousness – should be accepted, while bad ...
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Title: Is there a Tension between Transparency and Efficiency in Decisions? The case of the Council of the European Union Author(s): NOVAK, Stéphanie Date: 2011-01-01 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI MWP Abstract: Decision makers sometimes refer to the tension between transparency and efficiency in decisions. Yet, this argument is not so obvious, partly because the notion of efficiency is unclear. As a first step in the analysis of ...
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Title: The Israel Defense Forces and the Al-Aqsa Intifada: When Tactical Virtuosity Meets Strategic Disappointment Author(s): CATIGNANI, Sergio Date: 2008 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI MWP Abstract: The following paper analyzes the Israel Defense Forces’ (IDF) counter-insurgency strategy and campaign carried out against the Palestinian insurgency within the Occupied/Disputed Territories of the West Bank and Gaza Strip ...
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Title: Jovan Jovanovic Zmaj and the Serbian Identity between Poetry and History Author(s): ALEKSOV, Bojan Date: 2007 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI MWP Abstract: The recent violent outburst of Serbian nationalism has attracted significant interest in the ever-growing field of nationalism studies. In addition, the so-called ‘cultural turn’ has engaged scholars in the reappraisal of ...
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Title: Juan Valverde, or Building a “Spanish Anatomy” in 16th Century Rome Author(s): ANDRETTA, Elisa Date: 2009 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI MWP Abstract: The paper focus on the sojourn in Rome of the Spanish anatomist Juan de Valverd. His role, both within the Spanish community and the political and cultural framework of the city, will be examined in various places of the ...
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Title: Just A Matter of Time: Empirical Evidence of the Causal Effect of Education on Fertility in Italy Author(s): FORT, Margherita Date: 2007 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI MWP Abstract: This paper assesses the causal effects of education on fertility, allowing for heterogeneity in the effects while controlling for the self-selection of women into education. Identification relies on exogenous variation ...
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Title: 'Korenizatsiia' and its Discontents: Ukraine and the Soviet Nationality Policies during the 1920s: A Review Essay Author(s): VUSHKO, Iryna Date: 2009 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI MWP Abstract: This essay reviews the recent literature on the nationalities policy in Soviet Ukraine during the 1920s. It brings together different Western (English and German) and native (Ukrainian and Russian) historical narratives, ...
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Title: Le droit international des droits de l’homme et la République Islamique d’Iran : respect des obligations internationales par un gouvernement islamique Author(s): VAN ENGELAND, Anicée Date: 2008 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI MWP Abstract: The Islamic republic of Iran has often been denounced by international organizations for its lack of respect for international obligations, in particular human rights obligations. To justify its lack of compliance towards ...
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Title: Learning about the Match Quality: Information Flows and Labor Market Outcomes of Skill Groups Author(s): SENGUL, Gonul Date: 2010 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI MWP Abstract: Workers with higher skills (more education) have lower unemployment rates, lower probabilities of separating from their jobs, and lower probabilities of losing their jobs conditional on tenure. This paper analyzes to what ...
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Title: Legal Basis and Scope of the New EU-Ukraine Enhanced Agreement. Is there any room for further speculation? Author(s): PETROV, Roman Date: 2008 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI MWP Abstract: The paper conducts a critical analysis of the potential legal basis and scope of the future European Union (EU)-Ukraine enhanced agreement. Accepting that the most probable and most beneficial possibility for Ukraine is ...
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Title: Legal Conflicts and Subnational Constitutionalism Author(s): DELLEDONNE, Giacomo; MARTINICO, Giuseppe Date: 2011-01-01 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI LAW Abstract: This paper analyses the increasing use of the concept of subnational identity, understood as a peculiar (to some extent) category that is opposed to the State or federal identity. References to it are included in the ...
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Title: Legal Europeanization as Legal Transformation: Some Insights from Swiss “Outer Europe” Author(s): MAIANI, Francesco Date: 2008 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI MWP Abstract: The “Europeanization” of non-EU countries’ laws is predominantly seen as an “export” of the EU acquis, especially in the case of so-called “quasi-member” states such as Switzerland. Based on an examination of the Swiss ...
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Title: Legal Issues in Medical Computer Software and Expert Systems in United States. Legislation and Practice Author(s): FIORIGLIO, Gianluigi Date: 2010 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI MWP Abstract: Today, hospitals are heavily computerized, but this process is still far from its ultimate goals and suffers from many deficiencies. Good quality software, correctly used, can improve health care under many different ...
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