Browsing Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies (RSC) by Title

Title:Facilitating sustainable investment to build back better Author(s):BERGER, Axel; CHI, Manjiao; HOEKMAN, Bernard M.

; MBENGUE, Makane Moïse; SAUVANT, Karl; STEPHENSON, MatthewDate:2021Citation:Journal of world trade, 2021, Vol. 55, No. 6, pp. 881-894Type:ArticleSeries/Number:[Global Governance Programme]; [Global Economics]Abstract:Foreign direct investment (FDI) flows are at a low point as a result of not only the COVID-19 pandemic but also restrictive FDI policies adopted in recent years. Investment facilitation has gained in importance as a set ...

Title:Facilitating trade in services Author(s):HOEKMAN, Bernard M.

Date:2020Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:EUI RSCAS; 2020/13; Global Governance Programme-384; [Global Economics]Abstract:In 2016, the Government of India proposed negotiations on an agreement to facilitate trade in services to complement the 2013 WTO agreement on facilitation of trade in goods. The proposal did not find much support, but ...

Title:Facing the challenges of water governance Editor(s):PORCHER, Simon; SAUSSIER, Stéphane

Date:2018Citation:Basingstoke : Palgrave Macmillan, 2019, Palgrave studies in water governance : policy and practiceType:BookSeries/Number:[Florence School of Regulation]; [Water]Abstract:Access to water is one of the most pressing global issues of the twenty-first century, particularly when set against the background of a rapidly growing global population. This book provides a cutting-edge, comprehensive ...

Title:Facing the challenges of water governance Editor(s):PORCHER, Simon; SAUSSIER, Stéphane

Date:2019Citation:London : Palgrave Macmillan, 2019Type:BookSeries/Number:[Florence School of Regulation]; [Water]Abstract:Access to water is one of the most pressing global issues of the twenty-first century, particularly when set against the background of a rapidly growing global population. This book provides a cutting-edge, comprehensive ...

Title:Factor Analysis in a Model with Rational Expectations Author(s):BEYER, Andreas; FARMER, Roger E. A.; HENRY, Jérôme; MARCELLINO, Massimiliano

Date:2008-01-01Citation:Econometrics Journal, 2008, 11, 2, 271-286Type:ArticleAbstract:DSGE models are characterized by the presence of expectations as explanatory variables. To use these models for policy evaluation, the econometrician must estimate the parameters of expectation terms. Standard estimation ...

Title:Factor analysis in a model with rational expectations Author(s):BEYER, Andreas; FARMER, Roger E. A.; HENRY, Jérôme; MARCELLINO, Massimiliano

Date:2007Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:NBER Working Paper Series; 2007/13404Abstract:DSGE models are characterized by the presence of expectations as explanatory variables. To use these models for policy evaluation, the econometrician must estimate the parameters of expectation terms. Standard estimation ...

Title:Factor based identification-robust inference in IV regressions Author(s):KAPETANIOS, George; KHALAF, Lynda; MARCELLINO, Massimiliano

Date:2015Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:CEPR Discussion Paper; 2015/10390

Title:Factor based identification-robust inference in IV regressions Author(s):KAPETANIOS, George; KHALAF, Lynda; MARCELLINO, Massimiliano

Date:2016Citation:Journal of applied econometrics, 2016, Vol. 31, No. 5, pp. 821–842Type:ArticleAbstract:Robust methods for instrumental variable inference have received considerable attention recently. Their analysis has raised a variety of problematic issues such as size/power trade-offs resulting from weak or many instruments. ...

Title:Factor-augmented error correction models Author(s):BANERJEE, Anindya; MARCELLINO, Massimiliano

Date:2008Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:CEPR Discussion Paper; 2008/6707Abstract:This paper brings together several important strands of the econometrics literature: error-correction, cointegration and dynamic factor models. It introduces the Factor-augmented Error Correction Model (FECM), where the ...

Title:Factor-augmented error correction models Author(s):BANERJEE, Anindya; MARCELLINO, Massimiliano

Date:2008Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:IGIER Working Paper; 2008/335Abstract:This paper brings together several important strands of the econometrics literature: errorcorrection, cointegration and dynamic factor models. It introduces the Factor-augmented Error Correction Model (FECM), where the ...

Title:Factor-GMM estimation with large sets of possibly weak instruments Author(s):KAPETANIOS, George; MARCELLINO, Massimiliano

Date:2006Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:Queen Mary University of London; Working Papers; 2006/577Abstract:This paper analyses the use of factor analysis for instrumental variable estimation when the number of instruments tends to infinity. We consider cases where the unobserved factors are the optimal instruments but also cases ...

Title:Factor-MIDAS for now- and forecasting with ragged-edge data : a model comparison for German GDP Author(s):MARCELLINO, Massimiliano

; SCHUMACHER, ChristianDate:2007Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:Deutsche Bundesbank; Discussion Paper; Series 1: Economic Studies; 2007/34Abstract:This paper compares different ways to estimate the current state of the economy using factor models that can handle unbalanced datasets. Due to the different release lags of business cycle indicators, data unbalancedness ...

Title:Factor-MIDAS for now- and forecasting with ragged-edge data : a model comparison for German GDP Author(s):MARCELLINO, Massimiliano

; SCHUMACHER, ChristianDate:2007Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:IGIER Working Paper; 2007/333Abstract:This paper compares different ways to estimate the current state of the economy using factor models that can handle unbalanced datasets. Due to the different release lags of business cycle indicators, data unbalancedness ...

Title:Factor-MIDAS for Now- and Forecasting with Ragged-Edge Data: A Model Comparison for German GDP Author(s):MARCELLINO, Massimiliano

; SCHUMACHER, ChristianDate:2008Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:EUI ECO; 2008/16Abstract:This paper compares different ways to estimate the current state of the economy using factor models that can handle unbalanced datasets. Due to the different release lags of business cycle indicators, data unbalancedness ...

Title:Factoring the economy into Colombia’s peace agreement : what has failed? Author(s):AGUIRRE, MarianoDate:2022Type:Technical ReportSeries/Number:Middle East Directions (MED); 2022/06; [Libya Dialogue Platform]Abstract:After five decades of war and four years of negotiations, in October 2016 the government of Colombia and the FARC guerilla movement signed a peace agreement. The 2016 Peace Agreement contains significant political measures ...

Title:Factors that Influence the Targets and Criteria for Electricity Interconnector Investments Author(s):SUPPONEN, MattiDate:2012Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:EUI RSCAS; 2012/54; Florence School of Regulation; EnergyAbstract:This paper analysis various factors that influence electricity interconnector investments. It shows that several features linked to zonal market design, in particular the possibility to favour market participants in the ...

Title:Failing forward in Eastern enlargement : problem solving through problem making Author(s):ANGHEL, Veronica

; JONES, Erik

Date:2021Citation:Journal of European public policy, 2021, Vol. 29, No, 7, pp. 1092-1111Type:ArticleAbstract:The ‘failing forward’ synthesis of liberal intergovernmentalism and neofunctionalism puts European member states governments in charge of the process of integration. However, this placement does not show clearly whether ...

Title:Failing forward? : crises and patterns of European integration Author(s):JONES, Erik

; KELEMEN, R. Daniel; MEUNIER, SophieDate:2021Citation:Journal of European public policy, 2021, Vol. 28, No. 10, pp. 1519-1536Type:ArticleAbstract:A succession of major crises has tested the resilience of the European Union (EU), leading many observers to predict its imminent demise. The Eurozone crisis, the refugee crisis, Brexit, and rule-of-law backsliding have ...

Title:The failure of parliamentary government Author(s):ROSE, Richard

Date:2020Citation:Richard ROSE (ed.), How referendums challenge European democracy : Brexit and beyond, London : Palgrave Macmillan, 2020, Palgrave Studies in European Union Politics, pp. 191-207Type:Contribution to bookAbstract:Membership of the EU tested the authority of parliamentary government in the UK. In the traditional model, the government of the day has wide discretion to make policies as long as it has a majority in Parliament. This is ...

Title:Fair Brexit for a just Europe Author(s):VAN PARIJS, Philippe

Date:2018Citation:Benjamin MARTILL and Uta STAIGER (eds), Brexit and beyond : rethinking the futures of Europe, London : UCL Press, 2018, pp. 251-259Type:Contribution to book