Title:Online collective action and policy change citation
Author(s):CALDERARO, Andrea; KAVADA, AnastasiaDate:2013Type of Publication:BookAbstract:The Internet has multiplied the platforms available to influence public opinion and policy making. It has also provided citizens with a greater capacity for coordination and mobilisation, which can strengthen their voice ...
Title:Openness and the Case for Flexible Exchange Rates
Author(s):CORSETTI, GiancarloDate:2006Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract:Models of stabilization in open economy traditionally emphasize the role of exchange rates as a substitute for nominal price flexibility in fostering relative price adjustment. This view has been recently criticized on the ...
Title:‘Opt-out’ Clauses for EU Energy Islands in the Third Liberalization Package: Striking balances?
Author(s):DE HAUTECLOCQUE, Adrien; AHNER, NicoleDate:2012Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI RSCASAbstract:The Third Package allows EU energy islands to be exempted from most if not all of the acquis communautaire in energy, both on market design and the regulatory framework. However, even if a supply monopoly is the most ...
Title:Optimal Currency Area Revisited
Author(s):MERSCH, YvesDate:2011Type of Publication:OtherSeries/Report no.:EUI RSCAS DLAbstract:Several euro area member states are under increased market scrutiny although public finances in the euro area as a bloc are in a much better shape than in the US or Japan. The main reason is that the euro area is an alliance ...
Title:Optimal Monetary Policy and the Sources of Local-Currency Price Stability
Author(s):CORSETTI, Giancarlo; DEDOLA, Luca; LEDUC, SylvainDate:2007Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI RSCASAbstract:We analyze the policy trade-offs generated by local currency price stability of imports in economies where upstream producers strategically interact with downstream firms selling the final goods to consumers. We study the ...
Title:Optimal Monetary Policy in Open Economies
Author(s):CORSETTI, Giancarlo; DEDOLA, Luca; LEDUC, SylvainDate:2010Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI ECOAbstract:This chapter studies optimal monetary stabilization policy in interdependent open economies, by proposing a unified analytical framework systematizing the existing literature. In the model, the combination of complete ...
Title:Optimal Wind Power Deployment in Europe - a Portfolio Approach
Author(s):ROQUES, Fabien A.; HIROUX, Céline; SAGUAN, MarceloDate:2009Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI RSCASAbstract:Geographic diversification of wind farms can smooth out the fluctuations in wind power generation and reduce the associated system balancing and reliability costs. The paper uses historical wind production data from five ...
Title:Optimists and Skeptics: Why do people believe in the value of their single vote?
Author(s):BLAIS, André; RHEAULT, LudovicDate:2011Type of Publication:ArticleSeries/Report no.:[EUDO Public Opinion Observatory]Abstract:We investigate the origins of voters' beliefs about the value of their single vote. We construe such beliefs as a function of psychological predispositions and exposure to information about the competitiveness of the ...
Title:L'Ordre juridique de l'Union europeenne
Author(s):LOUIS, Jean-Victor; RONSE, ThierryDate:2005Type of Publication:BookSeries/Report no.:Dossier de droit europeen ; 13
Title:The Organization of Regulated Production: Complementarities, Correlation and Collusion
Author(s):JANSEN, Jos; JEON, Doh-Shin; MENICUCCI, DomenicoDate:2008Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract:We analyze the choice between vertical separation (VS) and vertical integration (VI) when two regulated firms produce complementary inputs with correlated costs and are protected by ex post break-even constraints. First, ...
Title:Organizzazione e funzioni degli Europartiti. Il Caso di Sinistra Europea
Author(s):CALOSSI, EnricoDate:2011Type of Publication:BookSeries/Report no.:[EUDO Political Parties and Representation Observatory]Abstract:I partiti politici sono stati attori importanti del processo di integrazione europea. Sin dai primi anni della Comunità Europea i partiti nazionali hanno cercato di coordinare le loro attività in strutture sovranazionali ...