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Title:The 2018 Italian parliamentary election and the first populist government in western Europe Author(s):GARZIA, Diego Date:2019Citation:West european politics, 2019, Vol. 42, No. 3, pp. 670-680Type:ArticleAbstract:The 2013 election had heralded an unprecedented tripolar era for Italian politics, with the two traditional forces of the Second Italian Republic (Silvio Berlusconi’s centre-right and variously assorted centre-left alliances) ...
Title:2018 MEDAM assessment report on asylum and migration policies in Europe : sharing responsibility for refugees and expanding legal immigration Editor(s):LÜCKE, MatthiasDate:2018Type:Technical ReportSeries/Number:Kiel Institute for the World Economy (IfW); MEDAM; 2018; [Migration Policy Centre]Abstract:The EU faces major challenges in asylum and migration policy: reorganize the EU asylum system, secure the external border, curb irregular immigration through cooperation with African governments, and support developing ...
Title:2022 MEDAM assessment report on asylum and migration policies in Europe : refugee protection in the EU : building resilience to geopolitical conflict Author(s):CARTA, Silvia; HAHN, Helena; HEIDLAND, Tobias; KACZMARCZYK, Pawel; LÜCKE, Matthias; ŁUKASIEWICZ, Karolina; MARU, Mehari Taddele ; PACHOCKA, Marta; RUHS, Martin Date:2022Type:Technical ReportSeries/Number:Mercator Dialogue on Asylum and Migration (MEDAM); 2022/266254; [Migration Policy Centre]Abstract:In this MEDAM Assessment Report, we review EU policy developments-both in response to recent geopolitical conflicts and with respect to the broader reform agenda for the EU asylum system. We then turn to the reception and ...
Title:The 2022 Syrian Chambers of Industry and Syrian Federation of Chambers of Industry elections : dynamics, results and implications Author(s):DAHER, Joseph Date:2023Type:Technical ReportSeries/Number:EUI; RSC; Research Project Report; Middle East Directions (MED); Syrian Trajectories Project; 2023/02Abstract:On 30 October 2022, members registered in the four Syrian chambers of industry, including the most prominent ones in Damascus and Rural Damascus and in Aleppo, elected their new boards of directors for the period 2022-2026. ...
Title:The 2022 Syrian local elections : a leadership rooted in regime networks Author(s):AWAD, Ziad; زياد عوادDate:2023Type:Technical ReportSeries/Number:EUI; RSC; Middle East Directions (MED); 2023/01; Syrian TrajectoriesAbstract:The 2022 Syrian local elections shows that the regime reasserted its control over local administrative councils. The selection of a majority of Baathist civil servants in the executive offices of these councils allows to ...
Title:21st Century democracy in Europe : data dossier Author(s):GUIDI, Caterina Francesca ; UMBACH, Gaby Date:2019Type:OtherSeries/Number:Policy Briefs; 2019/10; Global Governance Programme; GlobalStatAbstract:The main Data Dossier on ‘21st Century Democracy in Europe’ offers key statistics and data visualisations on main topics of the EUI’s The State of the Union 2019 conference to provide a first insight into Democratic ...
Title:21st Century trade agreements and the owl of Minerva Author(s):HOEKMAN, Bernard M. ; NELSON, Douglas R.Date:2018Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:EUI RSCAS; 2018/04; Global Governance Programme-293; [Global Economics]Abstract:The post Second World War liberal trade order has been a driver of global economic growth and rising average per capita incomes. This order confronts increasing opposition, reflecting concerns about adjustment costs and ...
Title:25 years of Arctic environmental agency : changing issues and power relations Author(s):FINGER-STICH, Andrea; FINGER, Matthias Date:2012Citation:Lassi HEININEN (ed.), The 2012 Arctic Yearbook, Rovaniemi, University of the Arctic, 2012, 194-222Type:Contribution to bookAbstract:This paper proposes a retrospective of the changes in environmental policies and the various actors' positions and strategies concerning the Arctic since Mikhaïl Gorbachev, then the Soviet Union's General Secretary, visited ...
Title:30 Years of Railway Liberalization in Europe: What does it mean for us? Author(s):FINGER, Matthias Date:2012Citation:[VAP (ed.)] Wettbersfähige Güterbahn: vom Wunschtraum zur Wirklichkeit. Festschrift zum 100-Jahr-Jubiläum des VAP, Zürich, Cargorail, 2012, 167-170Type:Contribution to bookAbstract:The aim of this text is to crystallize the challenges of European railway liberalization for Switzerland, as well as for the railway freight. In order to do that, I will proceed in three steps: I will first recall European ...
Title:35 years of forced displacement in Iraq : contexualising the ISIS threat, unpacking the movements Author(s):THIBOS, CameronDate:2014Type:OtherSeries/Number:Migration Policy Centre; Policy Briefs; 2014/04Abstract:This brief situates the astonishing rise of the group Islamic State of Iraq and as-Sham (ISIS) within Iraq’s much larger history of violent displacement. Looking across the past 35 years, it argues that ISIS may be distinct ...
Title:40 vuotta Euroopan unionin budjetointia: yleisen talousarvion kehitys vuosina 1968-2008 Author(s):SAARILAHTI, IlkkaDate:2009Citation:Florence, European Press Academic Publishing, 2009Type:BookAbstract:The budget of the European Union is one of the most important instruments used to achieve the Union's objectives. This book examines in detail the evolution of the general budget of the European Communities since 1968 by ...
Title:The 5th EU electricity market reform : a renewable jackpot for all Europeans package? Author(s):MEEUS, Leonardo ; BATLLE, Carlos ; GLACHANT, Jean-Michel ; HANCHER, Leigh ; POTOTSCHNIG, Alberto ; RANCI, Pippo ; SCHITTEKATTE, Tim Date:2022Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:Policy Briefs; 2022/59; Florence School of Regulation; [Energy]Abstract:We think that the electricity markets that were developed over the last two decades did what they were supposed to do during this crisis: through higher prices, they convey the message that energy is scarce. “Shooting the ...
Title:Der 9.11. und der 11.9. - Folgen fur das Fach Internationale Beziehungen Author(s):RISSE, ThomasDate:2004Citation:Zeitschrift fUr Internationale Beziehungen, 2004, 11, 1, 111-121Type:Article
Title:A comparative analysis of the migration and integration of Indian and Chinese immigrants in the United States Author(s):HOOPER, Kate; GROVES, SusannaDate:2014Type:Technical ReportSeries/Number:Migration Policy Centre; INTERACT Research Report; Corridor Report; 2014/32Abstract:Indian and Chinese nationals comprise two of the largest foreign-born nationality groups in the United States - and are growing rapidly. Indian and Chinese immigrants tend to enter the United States through skilled migration ...
Title:A comparison of direct and iterated multistep AR methods for forecasting macroeconomic time series Author(s):MARCELLINO, Massimiliano ; STOCK, James H.; WATSON, Mark W.Date:2006Citation:Journal of econometrics, 2006, Vol. 135, No. 1-2, pp. 499-526Type:ArticleAbstract:“Iterated” multiperiod-ahead time series forecasts are made using a one-period ahead model, iterated forward for the desired number of periods, whereas “direct” forecasts are made using a horizon-specific estimated model, ...
Title:A comparison of methods for the construction of composite coincident and leading indexes for the UK Author(s):CARRIERO, Andrea; MARCELLINO, Massimiliano Date:2007Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:Queen Mary University of London; Working Papers; 2007/590Abstract:In this paper we provide an overview of recent developments in the methodology for the construction of composite coincident and leading indexes, and apply them to the UK. In particular, we evaluate the relative merits of ...
Title:A comparison of methods for the construction of composite coincident and leading indexes for the UK Author(s):CARRIERO, Andrea; MARCELLINO, Massimiliano Date:2007Citation:International journal of forecasting, 2007, Vol. 23, No. 2, pp. 219-236Type:ArticleAbstract:In this paper, we provide an overview of recent developments in the methodology for the construction of composite coincident and leading indexes, and apply them to the UK. In particular, we evaluate the relative merits of ...
Title:A comparison of mixed frequency approaches for nowcasting Euro area macroeconomic aggregates Author(s):FORONI, Claudia; MARCELLINO, Massimiliano Date:2014Citation:International journal of forecasting, 2014, Vol. 30, No. 3, pp. 554-568Type:ArticleAbstract:In this paper, we focus on the different methods which have been proposed in the literature to date for dealing with mixed-frequency and ragged-edge datasets: bridge equations, mixed-data sampling (MIDAS), and mixed-frequency ...
Title:A comprehensive labour market approach to EU labour migration policy Author(s):MARTIN, Iván; VENTURINI, Alessandra Date:2015Type:OtherSeries/Number:Migration Policy Centre; Policy Briefs; 2015/07Abstract:Opening up new legal migration channels' to respond to economic needs for labour is one of the four priorities of the European Commission for its upcoming European Agenda on Migration. The EU approach to legal labour ...
Title:A conceptual framework for the evolution of the operation and regulation of electricity transmission systems towards a decarbonised and increasingly integrated electricity system in the EU Author(s):GLACHANT, Jean-Michel ; VASCONCELOS, Jorge; RIOUS, VincentDate:2015Type:Technical ReportSeries/Number:Florence School of Regulation; 2015; Research Reports; Energy; ElectricityAbstract:The electricity industry is undergoing major changes mainly dictated by the need to simultaneously accomplish integration of European energy markets and build a low-carbon economy. This process was facilitated if not ...