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

Title:Back to the ‘future of Europe’ : a political sociology of EU constitutional saga Author(s):COHEN, Antonin; VAUCHEZ, AntoineDate:2008Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:EUI RSCAS; 2008/33Abstract:Looking back at eight years of controversies over Europe’s future, this paper develops a new research agenda towards a political sociology of EU constitutional politics. As a preliminary step, we make the case for reflexivity, ...

Title:Background note Author(s):CARLETTI, Elena

Date:2010Type:Technical ReportSeries/Number:Competition, concentration and stability in the banking sector; OECD Competition Committee Roundtable; 2010/09

Title:Backstage behaviour? : lobbyists in public and private settings in Sweden and the European Union Author(s):NAURIN, Daniel

Date:2007Citation:Comparative politics, 2007, Vol. 39, No. 2, pp. 209-228Type:ArticleAbstract:Union According to deliberative democratic theory, transparency and publicity have a civilizing effect on political behavior, forcing actors to argue with regard to the public rather than engage in self-interested bargaining. ...

Title:Backward and forward integration along global value chains Author(s):DEL PRETE, Davide; RUNGI, ArmandoDate:2019Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:EUI RSCAS; 2019/91; Global Governance Programme-377; [Global Economics]Abstract:Backward and forward vertical integrations both shape the organization of Global Value Chains (GVCs). Yet, many studies make the unrealistic assumption that integration decisions are binary and one-directional, i.e., ...

Title:Backward participation in global value chains and exchange rate driven adjustments of Swiss exports Author(s):FAUCEGLIA, Dario; LASSMANN, Andrea; SHINGAL, Anirudh

; WERMELINGER, MartinDate:2018Citation:Review of world economics, 2018, Vol. 154, No. 3, pp. 537-584Type:ArticleAbstract:This paper examines the effect of exchange rate movements on export volume, export revenues and propensity to export taking into account the extent of foreign value added content of exports (backward integration) in global ...

Title:A bad dream come true : ICT patent prosecution against EU competition law Author(s):GALLI, Niccolò

Date:2022Citation:Market and competition law review, 2022, Vol. 6, No. 2, pp. 89-124Type:ArticleAbstract:The article scrutinises patent prosecution practices in the ICT sector under Arts. 101 and 102 TFEU in light of the CJEU case law and economic arguments pointing to their anti- and pro-competitive effects. Although the ...

Title:Bad governance and corruption Author(s):ROSE, Richard

; PEIFFER, CarynDate:2019Citation:Cham : Palgrave Macmillan, 2019, Political Corruption and GovernanceType:BookAbstract:This book explains why the role of corruption varies greatly between public services, between people, between national systems of governance, and between measures of corruption. More than 1.8 billion people pay the price ...

Title:Badante or bride? : patterns of female migration in Italy, Japan, Korea, and Spain Author(s):CAPONIO, Tiziana

; ESTÉVEZ-ABE, MargaritaDate:2022Citation:International migration review, 2022, Vol. 56, No. 4, pp. 1167–1194Type:ArticleAbstract:This article investigates the intersection of care and migration regimes by comparing four carefully matched familialist countries—Italy, Japan, South Korea, and Spain. These four countries, while sharing a similar familialist ...

Title:Bahrain's legal framework of migration Author(s):ZAHRA, MaysaDate:2015Type:Technical ReportSeries/Number:Migration Policy Centre; GLMM; Explanatory note; 08/2015Abstract:This overview of Bahrain's regulatory framework of migration is intended to serve as a guide for researchers looking to navigate the set of laws and implementing regulations covering a broad range of migration-related ...

Title:Bailouts : the lesser of two evils? Author(s):CALÒ, SilviaDate:2019Citation:Journal of policy modeling, 2019, Vol. 41, No. 1, pp. 84-98Type:ArticleAbstract:This paper investigates the relation between bailouts and regulation. Regulation, by limiting the room for government intervention in the market, can affect the likelihood and size of a bailout. While a higher level of ...

Title:"A Balance of Power that Favors Freedom". The Historical and Ideological Roots of the Neo-Conservative Persuasion Author(s):DEL PERO, MarioDate:2005Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:EUI RSCAS; 2005/22

Title:Balancing Freedom, Autonomy and Accountability in Education: Belarus Author(s):ULASIUK, IrynaDate:2012Citation:Charles GLENN and Jan DE GROOF (eds), Balancing Freedom, Autonomy and Accountability in Education (Volume 3), Oisterwijk, Wolf Legal Publishers (WLP), 2012, 48-60Type:Contribution to bookAbstract:Freedom, autonomy and accountability are commonly regarded as very important, but policy-makers do not always pay sufficient attention to the tensions among them. Thus freedom or school autonomy may be sacrificed to ...

Title:Balancing independence with accountability : a third-metre waltz? Author(s):PETIT, Christy Ann

Date:2019Citation:Maastricht journal of European and comparative law, 2019, Vol. 26, No. 1, 17-34Type:ArticleAbstract:This article assesses the past and current balance of independence with accountability for the European Central Bank (ECB). The concept of accountability is adapted to the central bank context, notably with the contextualisation ...

Title:Balancing positive and negative integration : the regulatory options to Europe Author(s):SCHARPF, Fritz W.Date:1997Citation:Florence : European University Institute, 1997Type:OtherSeries/Number:RSCAS PP; 1997/04

Title:Balancing Security and Democracy: The Politics of Biometric Identification in the European Union Author(s):LIBERATORE, AngelaDate:2005Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:EUI RSC; 2005/30

Title:The Bali trade facilitation agreement and rulemaking in the WTO : milestone, mistake or mirage? Author(s):HOEKMAN, Bernard M.

Date:2016Citation:Jagdish N. BHAGWATI, Pravin KRISHNA and Arvind PANAGARIYA (eds), The world trade system : trends and challenges, Cambridge : MIT Press, 2016, pp.Version:Published version of EUI RSCAS WP 2014/102 Global Governance Programme-132Type:Contribution to bookSeries/Number:[Global Governance Programme]; [Global Economics]

Title:The Bali Trade Facilitation Agreement and rulemaking in the WTO : milestone, mistake or mirage? Author(s):HOEKMAN, Bernard M.

Date:2014Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:EUI RSCAS; 2014/102; Global Governance Programme-132; Global EconomicsAbstract:The Agreement on Trade Facilitation (TFA) embodies the first set of new multilateral rules to have been negotiated under auspices of the WTO since the launch of the Doha Development Agenda, part of a small package of ...

Title:The Bali trade facilitation agreement and rulemaking in the WTO : milestone, mistake or mirage? Author(s):HOEKMAN, Bernard M.

Date:2014Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:CEPR Discussion Paper; 2014/10212; [Global Governance Programme]; [Global Economics]

Title:The Balkanisation of Politics: Crime and Corruption in Albania Author(s):IRRERA, DanielaDate:2006Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:EUI RSCAS; 2006/18

Title:Ballast or Catalyst? Domestic politics and transatlantic relations after Iraq Author(s):KAHLER, MilesDate:2004Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:EUI RSC; 2004/09