Title:Three essays on labor markets
Author(s):BARRABES SOLANES, ClaraDate:2007Type of Publication:ThesisSeries/Report no.:EUI PhD thesesAbstract:The three chapters presented in the following apply the concept of general equilibrium to topics related to labor markets. The first chapter "Decentralization of wage bargaining" focuses on the changes in collective ...
Title:Three essays on the econometric analysis of high frequency financial data
Author(s):OOMEN, Roel C. A.Date:2003Type of Publication:ThesisSeries/Report no.:EUI PhD thesesAbstract:This thesis is motivated by the observation that the time series properties of financial security prices can vary fundamentally with their sampling frequency. Econometric models developed for low frequency data may thus ...
Title:Three essays on the economics of public utilities
Author(s):BARONE, AndreaDate:2007Type of Publication:ThesisSeries/Report no.:EUI PhD thesesAbstract:Public utilities provide fundamental services both to households and firms. Continuous, adequate, and reasonably priced supplies of water, electricity and gas are essential for healthy living in every modern society. ...
Title:Three essays on the oil-macroeconomy relationship
Author(s):MARAVALLE, AlessandroDate:2008Type of Publication:ThesisSeries/Report no.:EUI PhD thesesAbstract:Oil represents a key commodity in the world energy market and it is not a surprise that its price is largely viewed as one of the leading indicator of the global economic health. Therefore, the recent soaring up of the ...
Title:Three Studies on the Sources and Consequences of Social and Cultural Capital among European Adolescents
Author(s):PROKIC-BREUER, TijanaDate:2011Type of Publication:ThesisSeries/Report no.:EUI PhD thesesAbstract:This dissertation has two main themes. First, it studies the role of social and cultural capital in educational achievement from a comparative perspective. Second, it investigates determinants of social trust among ...
Title:Through a Glass Darkly or a Mirror Clear? Study of the general restrictions to Human Rights
Author(s):REITER-KORKMAZ, AxelleDate:2010Type of Publication:ThesisSeries/Report no.:EUI PhD thesesAbstract:This thesis analyses the general restrictions to the exercise of human rights in three parts; dealing respectively with the limits of individual rights and the aim and specificity of general restrictions, states of emergency, ...
Title:A Time for Pride and Prejudice: Anglo-American relations at the UN during the Congo crisis, 1960-1965
Author(s):O'MALLEY, AlannaDate:2012Type of Publication:ThesisSeries/Report no.:EUI PhD thesesAbstract:This thesis examines the Anglo-American relationship at the United Nations during the Congo crisis from 1960-1964. The United Nations headquarters in New York became a focal point for British and American foreign policies ...
Title:To Liberalise or Not to Liberalise? Explaining European shipbuilding policy
Author(s):WU, Po-KuanDate:2011Type of Publication:ThesisSeries/Report no.:EUI PhD thesesAbstract:Why did European member states agree to liberalise an industrial sector by decreasing the level of state aid allocated to it? In this thesis, I aim to research the neglected study of the European shipbuilding industry from ...
Title:Toward a relational bioethics
Author(s):BOTTI, CaterinaDate:1998Type of Publication:ThesisSeries/Report no.:EUI PhD theses
Title:Towards a European energy policy : resources and constraints in EU law
Author(s):BONAFÉ MARTÍNEZ, ErnestoDate:2010Type of Publication:ThesisSeries/Report no.:EUI PhD thesesAbstract:The European Union (EU) has set the objective to achieve a secure, sustainable and competitive energy. The development of a European energy policy is constantly emphasised in the declarations of EU political leaders. This ...