Title:Partial Regulation in Vertically Differentiated Industries
Author(s):BERGANTINO, Angela S.; BILLETTE DE VILLEMEUR, Etienne; VINELLA, AnnalisaDate:2007Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:IDEI Working PaperAbstract:In this paper we provide theoretical foundations for a price-and-quality cap regulation of recently liberalized utilities. We model a partially regulated oligopoly where vertically differentiated services are provided by ...
Title:Partisan Liberalizations. A New Puzzle from OECD Network Industries?
Author(s):BELLOC, Filippo; NICITA, AntonioDate:2010Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI RSCASAbstract:We investigate the political determinants of liberalization in OECD network industries, performing a
panel estimation over thirty years, through the largest and most updated sample available. Contrary to
traditional ...
Title:Partition of Palestine and Political Stability: Ottoman Legacy and International Influences (1922 – 1948)
Author(s):ROSSI, ChristianDate:2010-01-01Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI RSCASAbstract:Political stability in the Middle East seems an illusion, particularly in Palestine. This paper compares
three variables (religious, political and international interests) that, through a four-period partition (the
fall ...
Title:Party and Leader Effects in Parliamentary Elections: Towards a reassessment
Author(s):GARZIA, DiegoDate:2012Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract:Social-psychological models of voting behaviour systematically downsize the relevance of party leader evaluations by conceiving them as mere consequences of causally prior partisan attachments. However, the validity of ...
Title:Party Contestation and Europe on the News Agenda: The 2009 European Parliamentary elections
Author(s):SCHUCK, Andreas R.T.; XEZONAKIS, Georgios; ELENBAAS, Matthijs; BANDUCCI, Susan A.; DE VREESE, Claes H.Date:2011Type of Publication:ArticleSeries/Report no.:[EUDO Public Opinion Observatory]Abstract:In this article we analyse the news coverage of the 2009 EP elections in all 27 EU member states (N = 52,009). We propose that the extent to which these second-order elections are salient to the media depends on political ...
Title:Party Identification, Leader Effects and Vote Choice in Italy, 1990-2008
Author(s):GARZIA, Diego; VIOTTI, FedericoDate:2012Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract:Previous studies have portrayed the personalization of politics as a consequence of the changes in the electoral market and the resulting transformations at the party level. However, empirical research has not reached a ...