Title:E Pluribus Europa? Assessing the Viability of the EU
Author(s):GLENCROSS, AndrewDate:2007Type of Publication:ThesisSeries/Report no.:EUI PhD thesesAbstract:As a novel and complex polity, also subject to endless proposals for institutional reform, the viability of the EU is an open but under-theorized question. This thesis conceptualizes EU viability from an internal perspective, ...
Title:Eating the Last Seed: Famine, empire, survival and order in Ottoman Anatolia in the late 19th century
Author(s):ERTEM, ÖzgeDate:2012Type of Publication:ThesisSeries/Report no.:EUI PhD thesesAbstract:This dissertation explores the social and cultural history of two Anatolian famines in the late-Ottoman Empire, situating them in the economic and political environment of the 1870s. It focuses on the central Anatolian ...
Title:Econometric Models for Mixed-Frequency Data
Author(s):FORONI, ClaudiaDate:2012Type of Publication:ThesisSeries/Report no.:EUI PhD thesesAbstract:This thesis addresses different issues related to the use of mixed-frequency data. In the first chapter, I review, discuss and compare the main approaches proposed so far in the literature to deal with mixed-frequency data, ...
Title:An Economic Analysis of the Regulation of Pharmaceutical Markets
Author(s):SAURÍ, LluísDate:2012Type of Publication:ThesisSeries/Report no.:EUI PhD thesesAbstract:Regulation in pharmaceutical markets is pervasive in most countries, especially in Europe. The nature of existing regulations is diverse, as they serve a number of purposes: guaranteeing safety, efficacy and security of ...
Title:Economic Disadvantage in Central and Eastern Europe: What difference does social assistance make?
Author(s):AVRAM, SilviaDate:2012Type of Publication:ThesisSeries/Report no.:EUI PhD thesesAbstract:The present study analyses the impact of social assistance programs on poverty, broadly construed as economic disadvantage, in eight Central and East European countries during the mid-2000s. It does that by examining ...