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Title: Collaborative Data Collection in Political Science: a New Data Infrastructure on Parties, Elections and Governments Author(s): DÖRING, Holger Date: 2010 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI MWP Abstract: Information on political institutions, data on parties, elections, and governments, has yet to be provided in a format which makes it easily accessible for empirical research. Contemporary data on political institutions ... -
Title: Collaborators and Parvenus? Fate and Fortune of Loyal Noblemen during the Dutch Revolt Author(s): SOEN, Violet Date: 2009 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI MWP Abstract: This working paper addresses the limits of Habsburg patronage during the Dutch Revolt, which became clear not only through the rebellion of Prince William of Orange, but also through the opposition of noblemen remaining ...
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Title: Collective Religious Autonomy under the European Convention on Human Rights: the UK Jewish Free School Case in International Perspective Author(s): KIVIORG, Merilin Date: 2010-12-22 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI MWP Abstract: What should the response be if a religious community (or an affiliated institution) violates the individual rights of either its own members or of others in society? This working paper analyses the UK Jewish Free School ...
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Title: Colonial Mapping and Local Knowledge in the Venetian Empire, 1684-1715 Author(s): STOURAITI, Anastasia Date: 2008 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI MWP Abstract: This paper seeks to illuminate the dialogic nature of early modern mapmaking in the context of the larger historiography on colonial cartography and the sociology of geographical knowledge. Taking as a case study the ...
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Title: COMECON Integration and the Automobile Industry: the Czechoslovak Case Author(s): FAVA, Valentina Date: 2008 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI MWP Abstract: This paper examines the effects of the actions of the Council for Mutual Economic Assistance (COMECON) negotiation on the development of automobile production in Czechoslovakia between 1949 and 1965. It investigates the ...
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Title: Competition, Human Capital and Income Inequality with Limited Commitment Author(s): MARIMON, Ramon; QUADRINI, Vincenzo Date: 2008 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI MWP Abstract: We develop a dynamic general equilibrium model with two-sided limited commitment to study how barriers to competition, such as restrictions to business start-up, affect the incentive to accumulate human capital. We show ...
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Title: Competition, Human Capital and Income Inequality with Limited Commitment Author(s): MARIMON, Ramon; QUADRINI, Vincenzo Date: 2008 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI ECO Abstract: We develop a dynamic general equilibrium model with two-sided limited commitment to study how barriers to competition, such as restrictions to business start-up, affect the incentive to accumulate human capital. We show ...
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Title: Complexity as the 'Efficient Secret' of the European Constitution: an Alternative (Explanatory) Proposal Author(s): MARTINICO, Giuseppe Date: 2011 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI MWP Abstract: In order to explain the specificity of the European Constitution this work aims to analyse the latest constitutional trends of the European integration process in light of the idea of constitutional complexity. It is divided ...
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Title: Compradors to Cosmopolitans? The Historiographical Fortunes of Merchants in Eastern Mediterranean Ports Author(s): GEKAS, Athanasios Date: 2008 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI MWP Abstract: This paper examines a complex and occasionally much debated issue: whether class analysis is a suitable analytical tool when studying the history of the merchant groups that developed in Eastern Mediterranean ports in ...
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Title: The Concept of the Citizen in the Early-Modern Netherlands, 1400 – 1700 Author(s): TILMANS, Karin Date: 2008 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI MWP Abstract: Impressed and inspired by the results of German, but increasingly also of international research in the field of conceptual history, a group of Dutch scholars in the 1990s decided to initiate a research project in Dutch ...
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Title: Conceptual Modalities of Social Classifications in Eighteenth-century France: Reasoning on a Natural Order or Observing Individuals Author(s): COHEN, Deborah Date: 2007 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI MWP Abstract: This article aims to measure the transition from a theological way of classifying to the initiation of political thinking in an aristocratic and well-read bourgeois milieu. The shift is from an essentialist conceptualization ...
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Title: Consensus Procedures in International Organizations Author(s): LOCKWOOD PAYTON, Autumn Date: 2010 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI MWP Abstract: Why do states occasionally select two di_erent mechanisms to govern decision-making in international organizations (IOs), one that provides for formal voting and another in which decisions are taken through consensus? ...
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Title: Constructing a German-Jewish Heimat: Berthold Rosenthal’s Heimat History of the Jews of Baden Author(s): DERMAN, Joshua Date: 2010 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI MWP Abstract: This paper examines how the historian Berthold Rosenthal (1875–1957) mobilized the idea of Heimat to address the challenges of being both German and Jewish during the Weimar Republic. By conceiving of the Jewish communites ...
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Title: Contractual Formalization and Governance of Long-Term Relationships Author(s): GOBBATO, Marco Date: 2011-01-01 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI MWP Abstract: In this paper I discuss the relationship between contractual formalization, contractual incompleteness and the governance of long-term relationships. I analyze data on contracts for the production and distribution of goods ...
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Title: Contractual Networks and the Access of Small and Medium Enterprises to Global Value Chains Author(s): JOPPERT SWENSSON, Luana F. Date: 2012 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI MWP Abstract: In the last three decades, the organisation of production has undergone major transformations, characterised by the movement from vertical integration towards de-verticalisation, with the increasing of outsourcing and ...
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Title: Corporate Obligations Under the Human Right to Water Author(s): LETNAR CERNIC, Jernej Date: 2010 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI MWP Abstract: Almost a billion people do not have access to clean and safe water. Access to safe drinking water and sanitation is increasingly being considered a fundamental human right. Corporations play an important role in the ...
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Title: Corporate Restructuring and Employment Protection: Towards a New Territorial Social Dialogue? Author(s): BONI, Guido Date: 2007 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI MWP Abstract: The aim of this study is to discuss the involvement of the social partners at territorial level in the event of business restructuring processes. In the first part, the phenomenon is framed, its relevance is explained, and ...
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Title: Correlation Breakdown and Extreme Dependence in Emerging Equity Markets Author(s): BEKIROS, Stelios D.; GEORGOUTSOS, Dimitris A. Date: 2009 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI MWP Abstract: This study investigates the dependence structure of extreme realization of returns between the mature markets of Japan and the U.S. and the emerging markets of Cyprus, Greece and that of six Asia- Pacific counties, with ...
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Title: Counter-terrorist Strategies in Western Europe: A Comparative Analysis of Germany, Italy, Spain and the UK Author(s): MURO, Diego Date: 2010 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI MWP Abstract: What should an effective counter-terrorist strategy look like? Can any lessons be drawn from past European experiences? How does terrorism end? Having answers to these three questions would be of great help to both ...
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Title: Countering Authoritarian States through Public Campaigns: A post-Soviet perspective Author(s): VARGA, Mihai Date: 2012 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI MWP Abstract: This paper contributes to growing research about the emergence of the rule of law, or horizontal accountability, still the key difference between Western institutionalized democracies and the new democracies in both Latin ...
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