Title:The Macroeconomic and Financial Landscape in the Aftermath of the 2007 Crisis: New Challenges and Perspectives
Author(s):CARLETTI, Elena; CORSETTI, Giancarlo; SIMONELLI, Saverio; COOLEY, Thomas F.; MARCELLINO, Massimiliano; JAMES, Harold; GRAY, Joanna; O'CALLAGHAN,Patrick; ALLEN, Franklin; GUISO, LuigiDate:2011Type of Publication:OtherSeries/Report no.:EUI RSCAS PPAbstract:The paper by Thomas Cooley (New York University) discusses the challenges for the
European Central Bank in the current situation both in terms of long term fiscal adjustments
and of potential fragility of the European ...
Title:Mercosur as a Regional and Global Protagonist
Author(s):PEÑA, FélixDate:2012Type of Publication:OtherSeries/Report no.:EUI RSCAS PPAbstract:Developing a climate of mutual trust and promoting a renewed regional integration, especially one that enables to connect the economic systems and encourage the proliferation of transnational production chains, are two ...
Title:A New Governance for the European Union and the Euro: Democracy and justice
Author(s):POIARES PESSOA MADURO, Luis MiguelDate:2012Type of Publication:OtherSeries/Report no.:EUI RSCAS PPAbstract:The report provides a democratic explanation for the crisis and the EU’s failure in successfully addressing it so far. It argues that the solution to the crisis and the future of EU governance must depart from a renewed ...
Title:A Public Choice View of IP(rizes)
Author(s):LEVMORE, SaulDate:2012Type of Publication:OtherSeries/Report no.:EUI RSCAS PPAbstract:Interest groups have played an important if unappreciated role in shaping intellectual property rights. As economies are driven by ideas, rather than manufactured goods, there is likely to be a reconfiguration of the ...
Title:Quelle Charte Constitutionnelle pour l'Union Européenne : Stratégies et options pour renforcer le caractère constitutionnel des traités
Author(s):Centre Robert Schuman, Institut Universitaire Européen; Robert Schuman Centre, European University InstituteDate:1999Type of Publication:OtherSeries/Report no.:TREATYAbstract:L'Union européenne a-t-elle besoin d'une Constitution? Le concept de Constitution est intimement lié à la création d'un État. Or, sans même devoir reprendre ici l'éternelle controverse sur la nature de la Communauté ou de ...
Title:Re-thinking economic development in the WTO
Author(s):HOEKMAN, Bernard M.Date:2013Type of Publication:OtherSeries/Report no.:EUI RSCAS PPAbstract:The disagreements between the old and new trade powers in the WTO on market access issues that have deadlocked the Doha Round are in part a reflection of the “special and differential treatment” that developing countries ...
Title:Rescue at Sea: Human Rights obligations of states and private actors, with a focus on the EU’s external borders
Author(s):SCHEININ, MartinDate:2012Type of Publication:OtherSeries/Report no.:EUI RSCAS PPAbstract:This Policy Paper results from a lecture delivered as part of the Executive Seminar on global governance and transnational human rights obligations, convened at the European University Institute in late November 2011. The ...
Title:The role of economic theory in WTO arbitrations
Author(s):RUTA, MicheleDate:2013Type of Publication:OtherSeries/Report no.:EUI RSCAS PPAbstract:How can economic theory be useful in WTO arbitrations? Motivated by this question, this paper reviews the approach that is often used to determine the level of permissible retaliation in international trade disputes (the, ...
Title:Supply chains and international cooperation : thinking outside the box
Author(s):HOEKMAN, Bernard M.Date:2013Type of Publication:OtherSeries/Report no.:EUI RSCAS PPAbstract:The value of world trade has increased 27-fold since 1950, three time more that the growth of global GDP. An increasing share of that trade involves international supply chains and the global fragmentation of production. ...