Title:Access Regulation, Entry, and Investment in Telecommunications
Author(s):MANENTI, Fabio; SCIALÀ, AntonioDate:2011-06-24Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI RSCASAbstract:This paper presents a model of competition between an incumbent and an entrant firm in
telecommunications. The entrant has the option to enter the market with or without having preliminary
invested in its own infrastructure; ...
Title:Access Regulation, Financial Structure and Investment in Vertically Integrated Utilities:Evidence from EU Telecoms
Author(s):CAMBINI, Carlo; RONDI, LauraDate:2009Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI RSCASAbstract:We examine theoretically and empirically the relationship between access regulation, financial
structure and investment decisions in network industries, analyzing if financial variables can be
used as a strategic device ...
Title:Acculturation attitudes, Need for Cognitive Closure and Adaptation of Immigrants
Author(s):KOSIC, AnkicaDate:2002Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract:The author validated Berrys model of acculturation (Berry, 1990a, 1990b, 1991; Berry, Kim, Power, Young, [amp] Bujaki, 1989) and examined the relation between acculturation attitudes and sociocultural and psychological ...
Title:Acculturation strategies, coping process and immigrants' adaptation
Author(s):KOSIC, AnkicaDate:2004Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract:Using structural equation modelling, this study examines the influences of motivational factors (Need for Cognitive Closure -- NCC and Decisiveness), coping strategies and acculturation strategies on levels of acculturative ...
Title:The Achievement of the EU Electricity Internal Market through Market Coupling
Author(s):GLACHANT, Jean-MichelDate:2010Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI RSCASAbstract:The achievement of the internal market for energy is going ahead in the EU 15 since a model is
emerging for “coupling the national markets for electricity”.
For about 15 years the EU 15 was made up of national markets ...
Title:The Achievements of the Convention
Author(s):MENY, YvesDate:2003Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract:Building democracy at the supernational level is an unprecedented task, but so once was building democracy at the level of the modern state. By today's standards we would not likely classify France, Britain, or the United ...
Title:Achieving Learning Potentials in an Educational Simulation Game for Trading and Generating Electrical Energy
Author(s):DELARUE, Erik; LAGA, Elisabeth; MEEUS, Leonardo; BELMANS, Ronnie; D'HAESELEER, WilliamDate:2011Type of Publication:ArticleSeries/Report no.:[Florence School of Regulation]Abstract:This paper presents and motivates the development of a techno-economic education package, consisting of two simulation games,
to simulate both the trading and the generation of electricity in a liberalized market. Six ...
Title:Adjusting to Europe: The Impact of the European Union on National Institutions and Policies
Author(s):MENY, Yves; MULLER, Pierre; QUERMONNE, Jean-LouisDate:1996Type of Publication:BookAbstract:Adjusting to Europe provides lively coverage of the impact of Europe on national policies. With contributions from some of the leading writers on European politics and public policy--including Philippe Schmitter, Stanford ...
Title:The Adoption of Network Codes in the Field of Energy: Availability of judicial review in a multi-stage procedure
Author(s):VLACHOU, CharikleiaDate:2012Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI RSCASAbstract:The adoption of network codes is a crucial step towards the conclusion of the internal energy market by the year 2014. This paper aims to assess the availability of judicial review in the multi-stage procedure established ...
Title:Adverse Shocks and Social Protection in Africa: What Role for Formal and Informal Financial Institutions?
Author(s):ODURO, Abena D.Date:2010Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI RSCASAbstract:This paper presents evidence on the wide range of adverse shocks reported by African households.
The current financial and economic crisis adds another layer of risk to al-ready vulnerable households
and firms. In ...