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

Title:A conditional Markov regime switching model to study margins : application to the French fuel retail markets Author(s):HOMAYOUN BOROUMAND, Raphaël; GOUTTE, Stéphane; PORCHER, Simon; PORCHER, ThomasDate:2014Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:INSMI Working Paper; 2014/hal-01090837; [Florence School of Regulation]Abstract:This paper uses a regime-switching model that is built on mean-reverting and local volatility processes combined with two Markov regime-switching processes to understand the market structure of the French fuel retail market ...

Title:A content analysis of media reports on the Indian community in Finland Author(s):MUSTONEN, Liina

Date:2015Type:Technical ReportSeries/Number:Migration Policy Centre; DEMO-India Research Report; Thematic Report; 2015/02Abstract:The report analyses the media representation of Indian community resident in Finland. The four major Finnish newspapers were analysed during the period between 2012 and 2015. In comparison with many other European countries ...

Title:A correlated random effects model for longitudinal data with non-ignorable drop-out : an application to university student performance Author(s):BELLOC, Filippo; MARUOTTI, Antonello; PETRELLA, LeaDate:2012Citation:Agostino DI CIACCIO, Mauro COLI and Jose Miguel ANGULO IBANEZ (eds), Advanced statistical methods for the analysis of large data-sets, Heidelberg ; New York : Springer-Verlag, 2012, Studies in theoretical and applied statistics, pp. 127-136Type:Contribution to bookAbstract:Empirical study of university student performance is often complicated by missing data, due to student drop-out of the university. If drop-out is non-ignorable, i.e. it depends on either unobserved values or an underlying ...

Title:A cultural narrative on the twice migrated Hindustanis of the Netherlands Author(s):LONGKUMER, LimanunglaDate:2013Type:Technical ReportSeries/Number:Migration Policy Centre; CARIM-India Research Report; 2013/23Abstract:This study undertakes a socio- cultural analysis to examine how the twice migrated Hindustani identify with both the societies, that is, ancestral India and the Netherlands as home. The paper aims to facilitate a disaggregated ...

Title:A democratic dividend from emigration? Author(s):RAPOPORT, Hillel

Date:2016Type:OtherSeries/Number:Migration Policy Centre; Policy Briefs; 2016/07Abstract:The recent political economy literature suggests that migrants can affect the institutional evolution of their home countries through political remittances, that is, the transfer of political norms and attitudes (e.g., for ...

Title:A diffusion model of an induced environmental market: Reconciling WTP to actual adoption of green energy tariffs Author(s):DIAZ-RAINEY, Ivan; TZAVARA, DionisiaDate:2009Citation:IEEE, 2009 6th international conference on the European energy market, Leuven : IEEE, 2009, pp. 1-8Type:ArticleAbstract:This paper develops a ldquoDiffusion Model of an Induced Environmental Consumer Marketrdquo in an attempt to link the willingness to pay literature with the established innovation diffusion literature. This concern arises ...

Title:A dose of competition : EU antitrust law in the pharmaceuticals sector Author(s):HANCHER, Leigh

; SAUTER, WolfDate:2015Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:TILEC Discussion Paper; DP2015/017; [Florence School of Regulation]; [Energy Union Law]Abstract:In the pharmaceuticals sector there is an inherent tension between intellectual property rights and antitrust. This paper examines this tension over the past 10 years since modernisation of EU competition law. It looks at ...

Title:A feminist approach to citizenship Author(s):BUBECK, DiemutDate:1995Citation:Florence : European University Institute, 1995Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:European Forum; 1995/01

Title:A framework for redesigning distribution network use of system charges under high penetration of distributed energy resources: new principles for new problems Author(s):PÉREZ-ARRIAGA, Ignacio J.; BHARATKUMAR, AshwiniDate:2014Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:MIT CEEPR Working Paper; 2014/006Abstract:The growing potential for widespread integration of distributed energy resources (DER) presents the electric power sector with significant changes to technical operations, business models, and industry structure. Management ...

Title:A game theoretical analysis of the design options of the real-time electricity market Author(s):KHALFALLAH, Haikel; RIOUS, VincentDate:2013Citation:Energy studies review, 2013, Vol. 20, No. 1, pp. 34-64Type:ArticleSeries/Number:[Florence School of Regulation]; [Electricity]Abstract:In this paper we study the economic consequences of two real-time electricity market designs (with or without penalties) taking into account the opportunistic behaviors of market players. We implement a two-stage dynamic ...

Title:A Gas Target Model for the EU: Florence School Proposes MECO-S Author(s):GLACHANT, Jean-Michel

Date:2011Type:OtherSeries/Number:Florence School of Regulation; 2011/07; Policy Briefs; Energy; GasAbstract:The discussion about the need for and the pros and cons of a gas target model started around the beginning of 2010 and found its first point of culmination in the conclusions of the 18th Madrid Forum in September 2010 which ...

Title:A Gas Target Model for the European Union: Contrasting MECOS and EURAM Proposal Author(s):ASCARI, Sergio

; GLACHANT, Jean-Michel

Date:2011Type:OtherSeries/Number:Florence School of Regulation; 2011/08; Policy Briefs; Energy; GasAbstract:At the 18th Madrid Forum (2010) the discussion of an EU gas target model was officially launched. It aims at defining a non-binding vision giving coherence to the coming set of European gas framework guidelines and grid ...

Title:A global perspective on media pluralism and diversity : introduction Author(s):VALCKE, Peggy; PICARD, Robert; SUKOSD, MiklosDate:2015Citation:Peggy VALCKE, Miklos SUKOSD and Robert PICARD (eds), Media pluralism and diversity : concepts, risks and global trends, Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2015, Palgrave global media policy and business, pp. 1-22Type:Contribution to bookSeries/Number:[Florence School of Regulation]

Title:A history of the fairy investigation society Author(s):YOUNG, SimonDate:2013Citation:Folklore, 2013, Vol. 124, No. 2, pp. 139-156Type:ArticleAbstract:The Fairy Investigation Society was an interwar British organization with its roots in English spiritualism. The organization was operational from 1927 to the years immediately before the Second World War. The Society was ...

Title:A household-based human development index Author(s):HARTTGEN, Kenneth; KLASEN, StephanDate:2012Citation:World development, 2012, Vol. 40, No. 5, pp. 878–899Type:ArticleAbstract:One of the most serious weaknesses of the human development index (HDI) is that it does not take into account the distribution of human development within a country. All attempts to capture inequality in the HDI have used ...

Title:A household-based human development index Author(s):HARTTGEN, Kenneth; KLASEN, StephanDate:2010Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:Human development research papers (HDRP); 2010/22

Title:A human development index at the household level Author(s):HARTTGEN, Kenneth; KLASEN, StephanDate:2011Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:Georg-August-Universität Göttingen; Courant Research Centre Discussion Paper; 2011/75Abstract:One of the most serious weaknesses of the human development index (HDI) is does not take into account the distribution of human development within a country. All previous attempts to capture inequality in the HDI have also ...

Title:A human development index by internal migrational status Author(s):HARTTGEN, Kenneth; KLASEN, StephanDate:2011Citation:Journal of human development and capabilities, 2011, Vol. 12, No. 3, pp. 393-424Type:ArticleAbstract:Domestic migration constitutes the largest flow of people in developing countries and is among the most important opportunities for people to improve their human development. We calculate the Human Development Index by ...

Title:A human dignitas? : remnants of the ancient legal concept in contemporary dignity jurisprudence Author(s):HENNETTE-VAUCHEZ, StéphanieDate:2011Citation:International journal of constitutional law, 2011, Vol. 9, No. 1, pp. 32-57Type:ArticleAbstract:This paper suggests that the contemporary principle of human dignity in some of its “dignitarian” uses (in such landmark cases as those concerning dwarf-throwing, as well as when it is employed to oppose prostitution, ...

Title:A hybrid public-private regime : the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) and the governance of the internet Author(s):CASINI, Lorenzo; CAROTTI, BrunoDate:2008Citation:Sabino CASSESE, Bruno CAROTTI, Lorenzo CASINI, Euan MACDONALD, Marco MACCHIA and Mario SAVINO (eds), Global administrative law : cases, materials, issues, Roma : IRPA, 2008, pp. 29-37Type:Contribution to book