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Title:Wage dispersion over the business cycle Author(s):MORIN, AnnaïgDate:2013Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:EUI MWP; 2013/28Abstract:In this paper, I establish a positive correlation between wage dispersion and GDP at business cycle frequencies. Moreover, I provide a rationale for the procyclical properties of wage dispersion by studying a dynamic search ...
Title:Waiting for the paycheck : individual and aggregate effects of wage payment Author(s):BERNIELL, InésDate:2016Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:EUI MWP; 2016/05Abstract:This paper shows that the frequency at which workers are paid affects the within-month patterns of both household expenditure and aggregate economic activity. To identify causal effects, I exploit two novel sources of ...
Title:Western Marxism or Marxism in the "periphery"? : the cases of Gramsci and Tosaka Author(s):CHINO, TakahiroDate:2015Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:EUI MWP; 2015/12Abstract:This paper aims to show that two eminent Italian and Japanese Marxists in the 1930s, Antonio Gramsci and Tosaka Jun, shared four important characteristics of so-called Western Marxism. These are: 1) a rejection of crude ...
Title:Westphalia, Dualism and Contextual Interpretation: How to Better Engage International Law in Domestic Judicial Decisions Author(s):BEAULAC, StephaneDate:2007Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:EUI MWP; 2007/03Abstract:The matrix within which the states operate and international affairs are conducted continues to be based on the Westphalian model, with its external-internal dichotomy. Consequently, the constitutional mandate of domestic ...
Title:What can we learn about news shocks from the late 1990s and early 2000s boom-bust period? Author(s):BEN ZEEV, NadavDate:2013Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:EUI MWP; 2013/25Abstract:The boom-bust period of 1997-2003 is commonly viewed as an expectations-driven episode in which overly optimistic expectations about information and communications technology (ICT) were followed by their downward revision. ...
Title:What Makes for Charitable Giving and Philanthropy? The Case of the Childless Elderly in Germany and the U.S. Author(s):ADLOFF, FrankDate:2007Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:EUI MWP; 2007/20Abstract:It has been suggested that the growing number of childless elderly may develop into charitable donors and pioneers in the field of a post-familial civic engagement. They may do so by giving to existing charities or by ...
Title:What Makes Social Mortality Differences Decline in Old Age? Author(s):HOFFMANN, RasmusDate:2009Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:EUI MWP; 2009/17Abstract:In many empirical studies mortality differences between socioeconomic groups (SES) decrease in the higher age groups. However, the mechanism behind this convergence is unknown. This study presents empirical evidence and ...
Title:What the Bombing of Hanoi Tells Us About Compellence Theory Author(s):DEKKER, Willem MartijnDate:2011-01-01Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:EUI MWP; 2011/28Abstract:This paper analyses the dynamics of coercion and counter-coercion and argues that, for compellence to be successful, the opponent’s counter-coercive strategy must be undermined. Existing theories rely on a cost-benefit ...
Title:What's Left to Trade: the Changing Logic of Corporatist Policymaking in Europe Author(s):AFONSO, AlexandreDate:2011Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:EUI MWP; 2011/14Abstract:This paper outlines evolutions in the underlying logic of corporatist policymaking in Western Europe. Starting from the discrepancy between the observable decline in the power of organised labour on the one hand, and the ...
Title:When a fence becomes a cage: the principle of autonomy in EU external relations law Author(s):ODERMATT, JedDate:2016Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:EUI MWP; 2016/07Abstract:In Opinion 2/13 the Court of Justice of the European Union found that the draft agreement on the EU’s accession to the European Convention on Human Rights was “liable adversely to affect the specific characteristics of EU ...
Title:Which are the SIFIs? : a Component Expected Shortfall (CES) approach to systemic risk Author(s):BANULESCU, Georgiana-Denisa; DUMITRESCU, Elena-IvonaDate:2013Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:EUI MWP; 2013/23Abstract:This paper proposes a component approach to systemic risk which allows to decompose the risk of the aggregate financial system (measured by Expected Shortfall, ES) while accounting for the firm characteristics. Developed ...
Title:Why do People Choose to be Silent? Simulating Electoral Behaviour Author(s):BARTHA, Eszter; WOLSZCZAK-DERLACZ, JoannaDate:2008Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:EUI MWP; 2008/26Abstract:This paper investigates opinion contagion in collective behaviour, using an extension of Granovetter’s (1978) and Krassa’s (1988) threshold models. The theoretical background is the spiral of silence concept developed ...
Title:WIPO and the Public-Private Web of Global Intellectual Property Governance Author(s):WECHSLER, AndreaDate:2012Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:EUI MWP; 2012/32Abstract:The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) has always been recognized as an important international economic institution for the global governance of intellectual property (IP) law. Moreover, its role in promoting, ...
Title:With Strings Attached: Grandparent-provided child care, fertility, and female labour market outcomes Author(s):GARCIA-MORAN, Eva; KUEHN, ZoeDate:2012Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:EUI MWP; 2012/29Abstract:Grandparents are regular providers of free child care. Similar to any other form of child care, availability of grandparent-provided child care affects fertility and labor market decisions of women positively. We find that ...