Title:Public Support for the Financing of RD&D Activities in New Clean Energy Technologies
Author(s):OLMOS, Luis; RÜSTER, Sophie; LIONG, Siok Jen; GLACHANT, Jean-MichelDate:2010Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI RSCASAbstract:Several market failures, as well as other technical, economic and regulatory barriers to the market
penetration of clean energy technologies result in under-investment of private innovators in RD&D.
Therefore, public ...
Title:Public Support to Low-Carbon Innovation: Grants for all?
Author(s):RUESTER, Sophia; OLMOS, LuisDate:2012Type of Publication:ArticleSeries/Report no.:[Loyola de Palacio Chair]Abstract:Sophia Ruester and Luis Olmos focus on research, development and demonstration activities that belong to the early, highly risky stages of innovation and, thus, need direct public support.
Title:Public Television, Private Television and Citizens’ Political Knowledge
Author(s):TÓKA, Gábor; POPESCU, MarinaDate:2009Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI RSCASAbstract:This paper examines cross-national variance in the impact of public and commercial television on
citizens’ political knowledge level and whether and how that variance may be related to differences in
the content of public ...
Title:Public v. Private Enforcement in the Electronic Communications Sector
Author(s):STOYANOVA, MilenaDate:2009Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract:The 2002 Common Regulatory Framework diversifies remedies to competition problems according to the market strength of telecoms providers. One set of remedies is particularly targeted at posing constraints on (pre-)existing ...
Title:Public v. Private Enforcement in the Electronic Communications Sector
Author(s):STOYANOVA, MilenaDate:2009Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI RSCASAbstract:The 2002 Common Regulatory Framework diversifies remedies to competition problems according to the market strength of telecoms providers. One set of remedies is particularly targeted at posing constraints on (pre-)existing ...
Title:Putting All One's Eggs in One Basket: Relational Contracts and the Provision of Local Public Services
Author(s):DESRIEUX, Claudine; CHONG, Eshien; SAUSSIER, StéphaneDate:2010Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI RSCASAbstract:The provision of local public services is increasingly being contracted out to private companies. We observe that local governments regularly choose the same private operator for a range of different services, and develop ...
Title:Qualitative Research in Migration Studies
Author(s):DÜVELL, FranckDate:2012Type of Publication:Technical ReportSeries/Report no.:Migration Policy CentreAbstract:Remittances flowing from Ukrainian migrants working in high-income countries to Ukraine are an increasingly important source of extra income for migrants’ families. Given the increasing size of aggregate remittance inflows, ...
Title:Quality and Environmental Regulation: Verifying Compliance along the Supply Chain
Author(s):TZAVARA, Dionisia; HERITIER, AdrienneDate:2010-03-01Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI RSCASAbstract:Among the factors providing incentives to monitor the behaviour of input suppliers are the regulatory requirements to which downstream firms are subject. We develop a formal economic model to examine the relationship between ...
Title:Quelle Charte Constitutionnelle pour l'Union Européenne : Stratégies et options pour renforcer le caractère constitutionnel des traités
Author(s):Centre Robert Schuman, Institut Universitaire Européen; Robert Schuman Centre, European University InstituteDate:1999Type of Publication:OtherSeries/Report no.:TREATYAbstract:L'Union européenne a-t-elle besoin d'une Constitution? Le concept de Constitution est intimement lié à la création d'un État. Or, sans même devoir reprendre ici l'éternelle controverse sur la nature de la Communauté ou de ...
Title:The Quest for Intercultural Dialogue in the Euro-Mediterranean Region: Opportunities and Challenges
Author(s):KHALIFA ISAAC ATWAN, SallyDate:2010Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI RSCASAbstract:This paper tackles the question of intercultural dialogue in the framework of the Euro-Mediterranean
partnership. It focuses mainly on a fundamental point in the now persistent intercultural swing that the
Euro-Mediterranean ...
Title:The Quiet Indian Revolution in Italy´s Dairy Industry
Author(s):LUM, KathrynDate:2012Type of Publication:Technical ReportSeries/Report no.:Migration Policy CentreAbstract:This paper discusses why and how Indians from the Punjab state of India have come to dominate the dairy industry in Northern Italy. Through interviews with Italian employers, we learn how Indians came to replace native ...