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

Title:Non-obviousness and screening Author(s):REY, Patrick; WANG, TongDate:2013Citation:Journal of industrial economics, 2013, Vol. 61, No. 3, pp. 700-732Type:ArticleSeries/Number:[Florence School of Regulation]Abstract:The paper offers a novel justification for the non‐obviousness patentability requirement. An innovation involves two stages: research results in a technology blueprint, which development transforms into a profitable activity. ...

Title:Non-state Actors in Global Environmental Governance Author(s):FINGER, Matthias

; SVARIN, DavidDate:2012Citation:Peter DAUVERGNE (ed.), Handbook on Global Environmental Politics, Second edition, Cheltenham/Northampton, Edward Elgar Publishing, 2012, 285-297Type:Contribution to book

Title:Non-tariff measure estimations in different impact assessments Author(s):BEKKERS, Eddy; ROJAS-ROMAGOSA, HugoDate:2018Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:EUI RSCAS; 2018/40; Global Governance Programme-314; [Global Economics]Abstract:The reduction of non-tariff measures (NTMs) has become the key policy variable to evaluate modern and deep free trade agreements (FTAs), such as the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP). In this chapter ...

Title:Non-trade objectives and EU external policy : survey responses on RESPECT research findings Author(s):BONDI, Arianna

; HOEKMAN, Bernard M.

Date:2022Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:EUI RSC; 2022/12; Global Governance Programme-466; [Global Economics]Abstract:This report summarizes the results of an expert survey conducted as part of the consultations with practitioners and other stakeholders on the findings of a Horizon 2020-supported research project “Realizing European Soft ...

Title:Non-universal suffrage : measuring electoral inclusion in contemporary democracies Author(s):SCHMID, Samuel D.

; PICCOLI, Lorenzo

; ARRIGHI, Jean-Thomas

Date:2019Citation:European political science, 2019, Vol. 18, No. 4, pp. 695-713Type:ArticleSeries/Number:[Global Governance Programme]; [Global Citizenship Governance]Abstract:The electoral franchise has become more universal as restrictions based on criteria such as sex or property have been lifted throughout the process of democratisation. Yet, a broad range of exclusions has persisted to this ...

Title:Noncooperation by popular vote : expectations, foreign intervention, and the vote in the 2015 Greek bailout referendum Author(s):WALTER, Stefanie; DINAS, Elias

; JURADO, Ignacio; KONSTANTINIDIS, NikitasDate:2018Citation:International organization, 2018, Vol. 72, No. 4, pp. 969-994Type:ArticleAbstract:When popular referendums fail to ratify new international agreements or succeed in reversing existing ones, it not only affects domestic voters but also creates negative spillovers for the other parties to such agreements. ...

Title:Nondiscrimination in standard essential patents; ND Prong V. Art. 102(C) TFEU Author(s):BOTTA, Marco

Date:2021Citation:Journal of competition law and economics, 2021, Vol. 17, No. 4, pp. 947–977Type:ArticleAbstract:The article analyses the meaning of the nondiscriminatory principle in disputes concerning Standard Essential Patents (SEPs) under EU competition and contract law (that is, ND prong). The article reviews the economics ...

Title:Noneconomic objectives, global value chains and international cooperation Author(s):HOEKMAN, Bernard M.

; MAVROIDIS, Petros C.

; NELSON, Douglas

Date:2023Citation:Italian economic journal, 2023, OnlineFirstType:ArticleAbstract:Systemic conflicts increasingly affect the global value chains (GVCs) underpinning globalization by creating policy uncertainty and politicizing trade and investment decisions. Unilateral policies to attain competitiveness ...

Title:Nonlinearities in sovereign risk pricing : the role of CDS index contracts Author(s):DELATTE, Anne-Laure; FOUQUAU, Julien; PORTES, RichardDate:2014Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:CEPR Discussion Paper; 2014/9898Abstract:Is the pricing of sovereign risk linear during bearish episodes? Or can initial shocks on economic fundamentals be exacerbated by endogenous factors that create nonlinearities? We test for nonlinearities in the sovereign ...

Title:Nonlinearities in sovereign risk pricing : the role of CDS index contracts Author(s):DELATTE, Anne-Laure; FOUQUAU, Julien; PORTES, RichardDate:2014Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:NBER Working Paper; 2014/19985Abstract:Is the pricing of sovereign risk linear during bearish episodes? Or can initial shocks on economic fundamentals be exacerbated by endogenous factors that create nonlinearities? We test for nonlinearities in the sovereign ...

Title:Nord Stream 2 and the EU regulatory framework : challenges ahead Author(s):DUDEK, Jerzy

; PIEBALGS, Andris

Date:2017Type:OtherSeries/Number:Policy Briefs; 2017/26; Florence School of Regulation; Energy; GasAbstract:Highlights: • An approach towards Nord Stream 2 (NS2) will set a precedent for other new pipelines importing gas from third countries into EU. • The EU-part of NS2 should follow rules of the Third Energy Package and the ...

Title:The Nordic parliaments and the EU Author(s):COOPER, IanDate:2015Citation:Caroline HOWARD GRØN, Peter NEDERGAARD and Anders WIVEL (eds.), The Nordic countries and the European Union : still the other European Community?, Abingdon : Routledge, 2015, Routledge advances in European Politics, pp. 104-121Type:Contribution to book

Title:Norm localisation and migration laws in the Maghreb Author(s):ROCCHINI, Ylenia

Date:2016Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:EUI RSCAS; 2016/43; BORDERLANDSAbstract:In the 2000s, Morocco, Tunisia and Algeria have proceeded to revise their outdated laws regulating the movements of people across national borders. Such timely legislative action has been deemed to be the result of the ...

Title:Normative Empire Europe : the European Union, its borderlands, and the 'Arab Spring' Author(s):DEL SARTO, Raffaella A.

Date:2016Citation:Journal of common market studies, 2016, Vol. 54, No. 2, pp. 215–232Type:ArticleSeries/Number:[BORDERLANDS]Abstract:Focusing on the EU's relations with its periphery, this paper takes issue both with persistent ‘normative’ conceptions of the EU's international role in the European Studies literature and with the constructivist–rationalist ...

Title:Normative foundations and political party views of differentiated integration Author(s):BELLAMY, Richard (Richard Paul)

; KRÖGER, Sandra Beate

; LORIMER, MartaDate:2022Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:EUI RSC; 2022/23; Integrating Diversity in the European Union (InDivEU) Abstract:To prevent differentiated integration from being itself a source of unfairness, the report identifies certain substantive and procedural conditions that it should meet to remain fair. Substantively, no member states should ...

Title:Normative power under contract? : commercial support to European crisis management operations Author(s):GIUMELLI, Francesco; CUSUMANO, Eugenio

Date:2014Citation:International peacekeeping, 2014, Vol. 21, No. 1, pp. 37-55Type:ArticleAbstract:The increasing privatization of military and stability operations has received considerable scholarly attention. Existing scholarship, however, has largely focused on the privatization of state foreign policy, overlooking ...

Title:North African countries and firms in international production networks Author(s):DEL PRETE, Davide; GIOVANNETTI, Giorgia

; MARVASI, EnricoDate:2016Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:EUI RSCAS; 2016/26; Global Governance Programme-216; [Global Economics]Abstract:This paper analyzes the participation of North African countries into international production networks and examines if/to what extent being part of a global value chain affects firms' performance. Using largely unexploited ...

Title:North America : weak regionalism, strong borders Author(s):HADJ-ABDOU, Leila

Date:2019Citation:Andrew GEDDES, Marcia VERA ESPINOZA, Leila HADJ-ABDOU and Leiza BRUMAT (eds), The dynamics of regional migration governance, Cheltenham ; Northampton : Edgar Elgar Publishing, 2019, pp. 146-165Type:Contribution to bookSeries/Number:[Migration Policy Centre]Abstract:The issue of immigration plays a central role in the processes of regionalization and regional integration. Given its growing contestation, migration also spurs processes of disintegration and regional political conflict. ...

Title:North American regionalism and global spread Author(s):HUSSAIN, A. Imtiaz; DOMÍNGUEZ, RobertoDate:2015Citation:New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2015Type:BookAbstract:With Canada, Mexico, and the United States independently searching trade-agreements outside North America, this volume examines the puzzle if the 1993 North American Free Trade Agreement was a means to other ends or an end ...

Title:North-south standard harmonization and international trade Author(s):DISDIER, Anne-Célia; FONTAGNÉ, Lionel; CADOT, OlivierDate:2015Citation:World bank economic review, 2015, Vol. 29, No. 2, pp. 327-352Type:ArticleAbstract:Recent years have seen a surge in economic integration agreements (EIAs) and the development of non-tariff measures (NTMs). As a consequence, a growing number of EIAs include provisions on NTMs. However, little attention ...