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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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    Title: The Covert War against Iran’s Nuclear Program: An effective counterproliferation strategy?  Author(s): MAHER, Richard Date: 2012 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI MWP Abstract: For nearly a decade the United States and some of its key allies have sought to disrupt, delay, and potentially reverse Iran’s nuclear program through diplomatic pressure, economic sanctions, and veiled threats of military ...
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    Title: Credibilty Concerns in Optimal Policy Design  Author(s): LU, Yang K. Date: 2010 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI MWP Abstract: This paper provides a transparent framework for thinking about optimal investment in reputation by a trustworthy government. This topic has been neglected by the existing literature on reputation games but is potentially ...
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    Title: Currency Unions, Optimal Currency Areas and the Integration of Financial Markets: Central Europe from the Fourteenth to the Sixteenth Centuries  Author(s): BOERNER, Lars; VOLCKART, Oliver Date: 2008 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI MWP Abstract: This paper employs a new method and dataset to estimate the effect of currency unions on the integration of financial markets in late medieval Central Europe. The analysis reveals that membership of a union strongly and ...
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    Title: David Hume on Norms and Institutions. Conference Proceedings  Author(s): ZALUSKI, Wojciech Date: 2009 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI MWP
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    Title: Decision Makers Facing Uncertainty: Theory versus Evidence  Author(s): GIORDANI, Paolo; SCHLAG, Karl H.; ZWART, Sanne Date: 2007 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI MWP Abstract: We consider three competing normative theories of how to make choices when facing uncertainty: subjective expected utility, maximin utility and minimax regret. In simple decision problems, we compare how decision makers ...
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    Title: Democratic Diffusion under the Magnifying Glass: A micro perspective on the change of attitudes toward democratic governance through transnational linkages in authoritarian contexts  Author(s): FREYBURG, Tina Date: 2012 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI MWP Abstract: Students of democratic diffusion argue that strong ties to democracies foster political transformation in non-democratic regimes. They theoretically specify a long causal chain linking the micro-phenomenon of the democratic ...
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    Title: DGSE Model Evaluation and Hybrid Models: A Comparison  Author(s): PACCAGNINI, Alessia Date: 2011-01-01 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI MWP Abstract: This paper discusses the estimation of Dynamic Stochastic General Equilibrium (DSGE) models using hybrid models. These econometric tools provide the combination of an atheoretical statistical representation and the theoretical ...
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    Title: Distribution-Free Learning  Author(s): SCHLAG, Karl H. Date: 2007 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI ECO Abstract: We select among rules for learning which of two actions in a stationary decision problem achieves a higher expected payoffs when payoffs realized by both actions are known in previous instances. Only a bounded set containing ...
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    Title: Does One Currency Mean One Price?  Author(s): WOLSZCZAK-DERLACZ, Joanna Date: 2008 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI MWP Abstract: European Monetary Union was expected to have many consequences for the economies of participant countries. Theory suggested that through a higher volume of trade and stronger competition in the Eurozone, a single currency ...