Title:Identification and Estimation of Latent Variables and their Effect on Social and Economic Outcomes
Author(s):EL-ATTAR VILALTA, MayssunDate:2010Type of Publication:ThesisSeries/Report no.:EUI PhD thesesAbstract:Recently, there has been strong interest among economists in the impact of social and cultural factors on economic outcomes. For instance, concepts like culture, social capital or social attitudes have been used to explain ...
Title:Identification and Estimation of Sources of Common Fluctuations: New methodologies and applications
Author(s):MACIEJOWSKA, KatarzynaDate:2010Type of Publication:ThesisSeries/Report no.:EUI PhD thesesAbstract:This thesis addresses the problem of how to identify and model sources of common fluctuations of economic variables. It is an interesting question not only for researchers but also for policy makers and other authorities. ...
Title:Identification and the Politics of Information Security
Author(s):BRIGHT, JonathanDate:2012Type of Publication:ThesisSeries/Report no.:EUI PhD thesesAbstract:The security of identification systems such as passports and national identity cards is a current policy priority for many governments. False identities allow criminals to cross borders, launder money, claim benefits and ...
Title:Ideologia libertaria y movilización clandestina: El anarquismo español durante el franquismo (1939-1975)
Author(s):ROMANOS FRAILE, EduardoDate:2007Type of Publication:ThesisSeries/Report no.:EUI PhD thesesAbstract:Este trabajo examina el conjunto de creencias, valores e ideas políticas de los libertarios que en España se movilizaron contra la dictadura franquista entre 1939 y 1975. La tesis principal de la investigación es la ...
Title:Igea in colonia: biomedicina, istituzioni sanitarie e professioni mediche a Tripoli (1880-1940)
Author(s):PELLITTERI, PaolaDate:2009Type of Publication:ThesisSeries/Report no.:EUI PhD thesesAbstract:Alcune domande, ad esempio, sorgono immediate: perché erano diffuse 'malattie tropicali' in quello spazio geografico, la Tripolitania, che l’immaginario comune italiano usava additare sin dalla guerra di Libia come un ...