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

Title:Foreign assistance and emigration : accounting for the role of non-transferred aid Author(s):LANATI, Mauro

; THIELE, RainerDate:2020Citation:World economy, 2020, Vol. 43, No. 7, pp. 1951-1976Type:ArticleAbstract:Since policymakers increasingly regard foreign aid as a means to manage international flows of migrants, it is important to obtain accurate empirical evidence on the complex link between aid and migration. Recent research ...

Title:Foreign assistance and migration choices : disentangling the channels Author(s):LANATI, Mauro

; THIELE, RainerDate:2018Citation:Economics letters, 2018, Vol. 172, pp. 148-151Type:ArticleSeries/Number:[Migration Policy Centre]; [MEDAM]Abstract:At least since the large refugee movements to the EU in 2015, many policymakers see foreign aid as a means to stem migrant inflows. Yet, little is known about the mechanisms through which foreign aid might affect migration ...

Title:Foreign direct investment and structural transformation in Africa Author(s):HOEKMAN, Bernard M.

; SANFILIPPO, Marco

; TAMBUSSI, MargheritaDate:2023Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:EUI; RSC; Working Paper; 2023/02; Global Governance Programme-490; [Global Economics]Abstract:This paper analyzes the relationship between inward FDI and structural transformation of local labour markets in Africa. We combine geolocalized information on the distribution of FDI with a novel database that provides ...

Title:Foreign direct investment in Sub-Saharan Africa : drivers and the challenge of the land-energy nexus Author(s):GIOVANNETTI, Giorgia

; TICCI, ElisaDate:2013Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:UNIFI; Economics Working Paper; 2013/09

Title:Foreign direct investment in Sub-Saharan Africa : drivers and the challenge of the land-energy nexus Author(s):GIOVANNETTI, Giorgia

; TICCI, ElisaDate:2013Citation:QA Rivista dell’Associazione Rossi-Doria, 2013, No. 2, pp. 57-86Type:ArticleAbstract:His paper explores recent patterns of foreign direct investments (FDI) in land in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), with the focus on investment in biofuel crops. It describes the drivers and features of this type of investment ...

Title:Foreign human capital and total factor productivity : a sectoral approach Author(s):FASSIO, Claudio; KALANTARYAN, Sona

; VENTURINI, Alessandra

Date:2020Citation:Review of income and wealth, 2020, Vol. 66, No. 3, pp. 613-646Type:ArticleAbstract:We analyze the role of migrants in productivity growth in the three largest European countries-France, Germany and the United Kingdom-in the years 1994-2007, using Total Factor Productivity. Unlike previous research, which ...

Title:Foreign participation in public procurement and firm performance : evidence from sub-Saharan Africa Author(s):HOEKMAN, Bernard M.

; SANFILIPPO, Marco

Date:2020Citation:Review of world economics, 2020, Vol. 156, No. 1, pp. 43-71Type:ArticleSeries/Number:[Global Governance Programme]; [Global Economics]Abstract:This paper exploits a firm-level dataset for nineteen sub-Saharan African countries that provides information on the share of total sales to government entities to provide new insights into the relative importance of ...

Title:Foreigners in Alpine to Apennine 'inner areas' : the evidence of a territorial public policy Author(s):LUISI, Daniela; NORI, Michele

Date:2019Citation:Manfred PERLIK, Giulia GALERA, Ingrid MACHOLD and Andrea MEMBRETTI (eds), Alpine refugees : immigration at the core of Europe, Newcastle upon Tyne : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2019, pp. 169-182Type:Contribution to book

Title:Foreigners, citizens and the tyrannical edges of the 'Vox Populi' : empirical and normative evidence from Switzerland Author(s):ARRIGHI, Jean-Thomas

Date:2017Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:GRITIM-UPF Working Paper; 2017/33Abstract:The debate on the tyrannical consequences of direct democratic rule on minority rights is almost as old as democracy itself. Yet, it has regained considerable vigour in recent years, as the ‘plebiscitarian turn’ widely ...

Title:Foreword Author(s):BARDI, Luciano

Date:2014Citation:Luciano BARDI, Hanspeter KRIESI and Alexander H. TRECHSEL, (eds), Elections in Europe in times of crisis : contributions from the 2013 EUDO dissemination conference, Florence : European University Institute, 2014, pp. 5-10Type:Contribution to bookSeries/Number:[EUDO]

Title:Foreword Author(s):FARGUES, Philippe

Date:2017Citation:Agnieszka WEINAR, Anne UNTERREINER and Philippe FARGUES (eds), Migrant integration between homeland and host society : Volume 1: where does the country of origin fit?, Cham : Springer, 2017, Global migration issues ; 7, pp. v-viiiType:Contribution to book

Title:Forma e funzioni delle reti di imprese : evidenze da una ricerca nel settore vitivinicolo Author(s):CASAROSA, Federica

; GOBBATO, MarioDate:2010Citation:Economia e società regionale, 2010, No. 3, pp. 61-91Type:ArticleAbstract:Il tema delle reti di imprese, già da tempo studiato, si presenta ora in tutta la sua rilevanza. La rete, infatti, costituisce uno strumento per incrementare la competitività delle imprese e per decretare il successo delle ...

Title:Formal and Informal Institutions in the EU's Legislative Process Author(s):HERITIER, Adrienne

Date:2012Citation:Thomas CHRISTIANSEN and Christine NEUHOLD (eds), International Handbook on Informal Governance Northampton, Edward Elgar Publishing, 2012Type:Contribution to book

Title:Formal independence of regulatory agencies and varieties of capitalism : a case of institutional complementarity? Author(s):GUARDIANCICH, Igor; GUIDI, Mattia

Date:2016Citation:Regulation & governance, 2016, Vol. 10, No. 3, pp. 211–229Type:ArticleAbstract:The Varieties of Capitalism literature posits that national economic institutions reflect the mode of coordination of a country's market actors. Despite the importance of this claim and a rich literature on the emergence ...

Title:Formal versus informal legislative bargaining Author(s):DE GROOT RUIZ, Adrian; RAMER, Roald; SCHRAM, Arthur

Date:2016Citation:Games and economic behavior, 2016, Vol. 96, pp. 1-17Type:ArticleAbstract:We study how the formality of a bargaining procedure affects its outcome. We compare a formal Baron–Ferejohn bargaining procedure to an informal procedure where players make and accept proposals in continuous time. Both ...

Title:Formalizing arguments about the burden of persuasion Author(s):PRAKKEN, Henry; SARTOR, Giovanni

Date:2007Citation:Anne GARDNER and Radboud G. F. WINKELS (eds), Proceedings of the 11th international conference on Artificial intelligence and law, New York : ACM, 2007, pp. 97-106Type:Contribution to bookAbstract:This paper presents an argument-based logic for reasoning about allocations of the burden of persuasion. The logic extends the system of Prakken (2001), which in turn modified the system of Prakken & Sartor (1996) with the ...

Title:Former Soviet Union countries and European Union : overcoming the energy efficiency gap Author(s):PODKORYTOVA, Olga; RASKINA, YuliaDate:2014Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:EUI RSCAS; 2014/03; Global Governance Programme-74; Europe in the WorldAbstract:This paper evaluates convergence of energy intensity for the former USSR countries during 1995-2010. We divide these countries into three clubs and show convergence in income and in energy intensity for each club. We also ...

Title:Forum "Convergence in the EU" Author(s):HEFEKER, Carsten; TORRES, Francisco S.; BONGARDT, Annette; WUNSCH, Pierre; HERMANN, ChristophDate:2013Citation:Intereconomics : Review of European Economic Policy, 2013, Vol. 48, No. 2, pp. 72-92Type:ArticleAbstract:The EU has long viewed economic and institutional convergence as important goals, but the results thus far have been decidedly mixed, and there remain several open questions: How exactly should convergence be defined? How ...

Title:Forum on agriculture, rural development and migration in the Mediterranean : a better understanding of the drivers and impacts for forward-looking policies and programmes Editor(s):NORI, Michele

; TRIANDAFYLLIDOU, Anna

; LE HENAFF, Marie Hélène; CLEMENCE, Robert; CASTRO, Giulia; ABDELALI-MARTINI, Malika; PROVENZANO, GiuseppeDate:2019Type:Technical ReportSeries/Number:Global Governance Programme; 2019/01; [Cultural Pluralism]Abstract:Most rural areas in the Mediterranean and beyond are characterised by migratory flows, which affect local economies, societies and agroecologies. This is significant for both the countries of origin and those of destination. ...

Title:Forum shopping for ex-post gas-balancing services Author(s):KEYAERTS, Nico

; D'HAESELEER, WilliamDate:2014Citation:Energy policy, 2014, Vol. 67, pp. 209–221Type:ArticleSeries/Number:[Florence School of Regulation]; [Gas]Abstract:The patchwork of different imbalance-settlement rules in geographically adjacent gas regions induces shippers to go “forum shopping” to minimize costs of ex-post balancing services. This shopping increases efficiency, and ...