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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 ...
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    Title: The Structure of the Lattices of Pure Strategy Nash Equilibria of Binary Games of Strategic Complements  Author(s): RODRIGUEZ BARRAQUER, Tomas Date: 2012 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI MWP Abstract: It has long been established in the literature that the set of pure strategy Nash equilibria of any binary game of strategic complements among a set N of players can be seen as a lattice on the set of all subsets of N under ...
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    Title: Suffering as a Political Situation: A Phenomenological Approach  Author(s): GATTA, Giunia Date: 2010-10-22 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI MWP Abstract: In this paper I argue that, despite resistance by many to its incorporation into public discourse, suffering is a constitutive element of politics today, both a consequence of and a motive for political action. I consider ...
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    Title: Sunspots and Multiplicity  Author(s): HOELLE, Matthew Date: 2011-01-01 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI MWP Abstract: This paper proves that a multiplicity of certainty equilibria is not necessary for the existence of sunspot effects in two-period general equilibrium models with incomplete markets. Sunspot effects are present, by definition, ...
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    Title: Talent Utilization, a Source of Bias in Measuring TFP  Author(s): ZOABI, Hosny Date: 2007 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI MWP Abstract: This paper analyzes a model of economic growth that explains differences in economic structure across countries. It highlights the interplay between productivity, talents utilization and entrepreneurship incentives. The ...
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    Title: Talent Utilization, a Source of Bias in Measuring TFP  Author(s): ZOABI, Hosny Date: 2007 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI ECO Abstract: This paper analyzes a model of economic growth that explains differences in economic structure across countries. It highlights the interplay between productivity, talents utilization and entrepreneurship incentives. The ...
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    Title: Taxation and Capital Market Liberalization: A Political-Economy Model  Author(s): SAND, Edith Date: 2009 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI MWP Abstract: This paper investigates the effects of financial liberalization on the welfare state from a politicaleconomy point of view. Most research on the subject does not treat financial liberalization as a political process, but ...
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    Title: "Those Who Give Are Not All Generous": Tips and bribes at the sixteenth-century papal court  Author(s): FLETCHER, Catherine Date: 2011-01-01 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI MWP Abstract: Ambassadors in early modern Europe were frequent disbursers of tips, rewards and bribes, and usually expected something in return for their liberality. This paper considers the conventions, both written and unwritten, that ...
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    Title: Three Worlds of Institutional Change: Back-End, Front-End, and Informal Change in the Contemporary Welfare State  Author(s): GINGRICH, Jane Date: 2009 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI MWP Abstract: While the financing of many existing welfare programs have been ‘sticky’ and resistant to change, through the 1980s reformers have radically altered the ways services are produced and administered. Much of the literature ...
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    Title: Ties and Ruptures: Welfare States and Migration in Central and Eastern Europe  Author(s): LENDVAI, Noemi Date: 2010 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI MWP Abstract: In the last 20 years, Central Eastern Europe has witnessed a number of momentous events that have marked landmark changes in its countries’ political, social, and economic systems. Throughout the momentous changes of the ...
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    Title: To Strike or not to Strike : Assessing the Legality of a Potential Strike against Iran’s Nuclear Facilities  Author(s): HOFMEISTER, Hannes Date: 2008 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI MWP Abstract: This working paper deals with a highly topical issue in public international law: the legality of a preemptive military strike against Iran’s nuclear facilities. It analyses whether such a strike would violate the ...
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    Title: Toward a Military History for the Cold War: a Bibliographic Essay  Author(s): TRAUSCHWEIZER, Ingo Date: 2009 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI MWP Abstract: This essay discusses the historiography of the Cold War from the perspective of American policy and strategy, civil-military relations, and politico-military culture. It presents the history and historical literature of ...
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    Title: Trade Liberalization, Offshoring and Firm Heterogeneity  Author(s): REBEYROL, Vincent Date: 2009 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI MWP Abstract: This paper analyses the impact of trade liberalization in a model where heterogeneous firms can freely offshore their production. Firms choose whether to produce, and if so whether to sell on the domestic market only or ...