Title:Supporting Clean Energy RD&D: Grants for all?
Author(s):RUESTER, Sophia; OLMOS, LuisDate:2012Type of Publication:Contribution to bookSeries/Report no.:[Loyola de Palacio Chair]
Title:The Surprising Convergence of Antitrust and Regulation in Europe
Author(s):PARCU, Pier LuigiDate:2011-06-21Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI RSCASAbstract:This paper examines the progressive steps of convergence of antitrust enforcement and regulation in Europe. As far as competition law enforcement is concerned, both classical essential facilities remedies and recent changes ...
Title:Sustainable Social Spending and Stagnant Public Services: Baumol's Cost Disease Revisited
Author(s):VAN DER PLOEG, FrederickDate:2007Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract:If demand for human services is inelastic or manufactured goods are necessities, labor shifts from manufacturing to services and the budget share of services rises. Higher productivity growth in the market sector pushes ...
Title:The Svenska Kraftnät Case: Introduction of bidding zones in Sweden
Author(s):DE HAUTECLOCQUE, Adrien; HANCHER, LeighDate:2011Type of Publication:ArticleSeries/Report no.:[Florence School of Regulation]Abstract:The recent Svenska Kraftnät case has shown that even ownership-unbundled TSOs pursuing non-economic goals can feel the cold wind of EU competition law.
Title:Swedish Case Study: Indian migration and population in Sweden
Author(s):MYRVOLD, KristinaDate:2012Type of Publication:Technical ReportSeries/Report no.:Migration Policy CentreAbstract:The Indian migration to Sweden began in the twentieth century with students, labour migrants, and asylum seekers settling in the country and children being adopted from India by Swedish parents. In the beginning of the ...
Title:Syrian Refugees in Lebanon: The humanitarian approach under political divisions
Author(s):NAUFAL, HalaDate:2012Type of Publication:Technical ReportSeries/Report no.:Migration Policy Centre Research ReportAbstract:Since the beginning of the revolt in Syria in March 2011, the number of Syrian refugees in Lebanon has significantly gone up with the escalating violence, spreading all over the country, particularly in Homs, Deir ez-Zor, ...
Title:Take-or-Pay Contract Robustness: A three step story told by the Brazil-Bolivia gas case?
Author(s):GLACHANT, Jean-Michel; HALLACK, MichelleDate:2009Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract:Neo-institutional economics (NEI) has long shown that take-or-pay (ToP) long-term contracts provide a robust framework for safeguarding the interests of both upstream and downstream parties in the gas industry. The case ...