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    Title: Satisfaction with Democracy in Post-Communist Multi-Ethnic Countries. The Effect of Political Institutions  Author(s): RUIZ-RUFINO, Rubén Date: 2008 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI MWP Abstract: Why are some ethnic minorities more satisfied with democracy than others in postcommunist countries? This paper explores this question by looking at the impact of political institutions on satisfaction with democracy. Using ...
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    Title: Self-fulfilling Beliefs and Bounded Bubbles in the U.S. Housing Market  Author(s): KASHIWAGI, Masanori Date: 2011-01-01 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI MWP Abstract: This paper provides an equilibrium framework to organize the following empirical observations on the U.S. housing market from 1975 to 2007: (i) housing tenure and vacancies were approximately constant, (ii) rents were ...
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    Title: Shaping Virtuous Friendship: the Jesuit Matteo Ricci (1552-1610) in late Ming China  Author(s): HOSNE, Ana Carolina Date: 2011-01-01 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI MWP Abstract: Taking as a starting point his first treatise in Chinese, ‘On Friendship’ (Jiaoyou lun, 1595), this paper aims to analyze the process by which the Italian Jesuit Matteo Ricci (1583-1610) shaped the concept of virtuous ...
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    Title: The Silent Republic: Popular Music and Nationalism in Socialist Croatia  Author(s): VULETIC, Dean Date: 2011-01-01 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI MWP Abstract: This paper explores the development of popular music and its relationship to the political situation in Croatia and Yugoslavia from 1945 to 1991, and how global musical trends were used to construct and reinvent Croatian ...
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    Title: Size Matters: Why not for contemporary empirical democratic theory?  Author(s): KLINE, Reuben Date: 2011-01-01 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI MWP Abstract: The question of how the size of a polity and the functioning of its democracy is curiously understudied, especially in a cross-national, empirical fashion. After introducing the issue, this survey offers an overview of the ...
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    Title: Skills and Recruitment in Flexible Work Settings  Author(s): APITZSCH, Birgit Date: 2012 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI MWP Abstract: Over recent decades, we have witnessed profound changes in labour markets with an increase in flexible forms of work and employment, driven by organizational restructuring and institutional change at the macro- and at the ...
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    Title: Small States and New Norms of Warfare  Author(s): PETROVA, Margarita H. Date: 2007 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI MWP Abstract: The paper focuses on the influence of small states on the development of new international norms regulating the conduct of warfare. It examines the role of two small European states – Belgium and Norway – in two cases of ...
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    Title: Social Class, Employment Contracts and Economic Security in the Russian Labour Market  Author(s): BESSUDNOV, Alexey Date: 2011-01-01 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI MWP Abstract: In this paper I explore occupational class differences in employment contracts, fringe benefits and unemployment risks in Russia. Using panel data, I provide both a descriptive account of class differentials in these labour ...
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    Title: Social Stratification and Cultural Participation in Hungary: A Post-communist Pattern of Consumption?  Author(s): BUKODI, Erzsebet Date: 2007 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI MWP Abstract: Drawing on data from a recent time-budget survey, this paper investigates the relationship between cultural consumption and social stratification in Hungary. Education continues to exert a powerful influence on cultural ...
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    Title: Soft Europeanisation? How the Soft Pressure from Above Affects the Bottom (Differently): The Belgian, Spanish and Swedish Experiences  Author(s): LÓPEZ-SANTANA, Mariely Date: 2007 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI MWP Abstract: The aim of this paper is to capture and explain the differential influences of non-binding agreements (i.e., soft law) launched by the European Union. More specifically, this piece proposes a theoretical framework to ...
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    Title: Soothing Politics  Author(s): LEVY, Raphaël Date: 2010 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI MWP;2010/30 Abstract: Political issues are particularly prone to motivated beliefs, as the individual cost of manipulating one's information is negligible in large elections. We consider a political agency model in which voters learn information ...
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    Title: The Sources of Use-Information: A Review of Relevant Literature and an Exploration into Innovation and Aging  Author(s): PEINE, Alexander Date: 2007 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI MWP Abstract: This paper deploys a research agenda on innovation in aging societies. It identifies an important yet under-researched question concerning the relationship between technology and aging. How is knowledge about individual ...
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    Title: Specification tests for the distribution of errors in nonparametric regression: a martingale approach  Author(s): MORA, Juan; PEREZ-ALONSO, Alicia Date: 2007 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI MWP Abstract: We discuss how to test whether the distribution of regression errors belongs to a parametric family of continuous distribution functions, making no parametric assumption about the conditional mean or the conditional ...
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    Title: Spinster, Prostitute or Pioneer? Images of Refugee Women in Post-Partition Calcutta  Author(s): SEN, Uditi Date: 2011-01-01 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI MWP Abstract: This paper explores the various images or stereotypes regarding Bengali middle-class refugee women that circulated in post-partition West Bengal. It identifies four main discursive images or constructions of refugee women: ...
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    Title: State and Civil Society as defined by the Muslim Brothers in Europe  Author(s): LARISE, Dunja Date: 2011-01-01 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI MWP Abstract: In the last ten years political Islam, as well as its aims and strategies, has developed into one of the most discussed political issues in Europe. Nevertheless scant attention has been paid to the concrete theoretical ...
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    Title: State Discretion as a Paradox of EU Evolution  Author(s): FOROWICZ, Magdalena Date: 2011-01-01 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI MWP Abstract: The notion of State discretion is a fundamental concept for the determination of powers and the effective functioning of regional and international legal systems. It is an inherently controversial notion in a system such ...
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    Title: State of the Art? Advances in Explaining Women’s Employment Patterns  Author(s): STEIBER, Nadia; HAAS, Barbara Date: 2010 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI MWP Abstract: This paper provides a multidisciplinary review of research aimed at explaining the substantial differences in women’s employment trajectories that still exist within and across countries. It covers research that emphasises ...
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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 ...
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    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 ...
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    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 ...