Browsing RSCAS Working Papers by Title
Now showing items 1100-1119 of 1980
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Title:Managing European Conflicts through Devolution: Lessons from the League of Nations Author(s):JENNE, Erin K.Date:2010Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:EUI RSCAS; 2010/65Abstract:This paper conducts comparative historical analysis on three cases of devolution in interwar Europe (Aland Islands, Danzig and Memel) to identify the conditions under which devolving autonomy to minority regions is most ...
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Title:Managing security in a zone of peace : Brazil’s soft approach to regional governance Author(s):MALAMUD, Andres; ALCANIZ, IsabellaDate:2014Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:EUI RSCAS; 2014/50; Global Governance Programme-104; European, Transnational and Global GovernanceAbstract:Brazil’s home region has two peculiarities: first, it is essentially fuzzy as its extension and membership have changed overtime; second, regardless of its limits, its inner core has been characterized by a long period of ...
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Title:Managing US-EU Trade Relations Through Mutual Recognition and Safe Harbor Agreements: "New and "Global" Approaches to Transatlantic Economic Governance? Author(s):SHAFFER, Gregory C.Date:2002Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:EUI RSC; 2002/28
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Title:Manufacturing the EU Energy Markets. The Current Dynamics of Regulatory Practice Author(s):HANCHER, Leigh; DE HAUTECLOCQUE, AdrienDate:2010Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:EUI RSCAS; 2010/01; Loyola de Palacio Programme on Energy PolicyAbstract:This chapter aims to analysis the new dynamics at work in EU energy regulation. Since the publication of the European Commission’s ‘Sector Inquiry Report’ in January 2007, European energy companies have felt the cold ...
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Title:Mapping statistics on loss of nationality in the EU : a new online database Author(s):VINK, Maarten Peter; LUK, Ngo ChunDate:2014Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:CEPS Paper in Liberty and Security in Europe; 2014/76Abstract:Statistics can provide a useful perspective when assessing the practical relevance of varying rules and practices on the involuntary loss of nationality across EU Member States. Yet while much progress has been made in the ...
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Title:Mapping the course of the EU "Power Target Model"... on its own terms Author(s):GLACHANT, Jean-MichelDate:2016Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:EUI RSCAS; 2016/23; Florence School of RegulationAbstract:The European Union took more than 20 years to start defining a common market design for its internal electricity market: a European Power Target Model. And, a further 10 years to fully implement it. Meanwhile, the reference ...
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Title:The ‘Marco Polo’ Effect: Chinese FDI in Italy Author(s):PIETROBELLI, Carlo; RABELLOTTI, Roberta; SANFILIPPO, MarcoDate:2010Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:Chatham House International Economics Programme Paper; 2010/04Abstract:The study investigates the motivations driving Chinese outward direct investment to Italy. The analysis is based on secondary sources and in-depth interviews with key informants and senior managers of Chinese affiliates ...
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Title:The “Marco Polo” Effect: Chinese FDI in Italy Author(s):PIETROBELLI, Carlo; RABELLOTTI, Roberta; SANFILIPPO, MarcoDate:2010Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:PRIN 2007 Working Paper; 2010/10Abstract:This study investigates the motivations driving Chinese outward direct investment to Italy. The analysis is based on secondary sources and in-depth interviews with key informants and senior managers of Chinese affiliates ...
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Title:Market behaviour with large amounts of intermittent generation Author(s):GREEN, Richard; VASILAKOS, NicholasDate:2009Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:EUI RSCAS; 2009/19; Loyola de Palacio Programme on Energy PolicyAbstract:This paper evaluates the impact of intermittent wind generation on hourly equilibrium prices and output, using data on expected wind generation capacity and demand for 2020. Hourly wind data for the period 1994-2005 are ...
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Title:Market Design with Wind: Managing low-predictability in intraday markets Author(s):HENRIOT, ArthurDate:2012Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:EUI RSCAS; 2012/63; Loyola de Palacio Programme on Energy PolicyAbstract:This paper evaluates the benefits for wind power producers to trade in the intraday electricity markets in a context of massive penetration of intermittent renewables. Using a simple analytical model we find out that there ...
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Title:Market incentives and health reform in Canada Author(s):MAIONI, AntoniaDate:1999Citation:Florence, European University Institute, 1999Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:European Forum; 1999/12
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Title:The market value of variable renewables Author(s):HIRTH, LionDate:2013Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:EUI RSCAS; 2013/36; Loyola de Palacio Programme on Energy PolicyAbstract:This paper provides a comprehensive discussion of the market value of variable renewable energy (VRE). The inherent variability of wind speeds and solar radiation affects the price that VRE generators receive on the market ...
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Title:Markets Institutions as Communicating Vessels Deregulation and Changes between Economic Coordination Principles Author(s):VAN WAARDEN, FransDate:2002Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:EUI RSC; 2002/06
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Title:Markov-switching Mixed-Frequency VAR models Author(s):FORONI, Claudia; GUERIN, Pierre; MARCELLINO, MassimilianoDate:2014Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:CEPR Discussion Paper; 2014/9815Abstract:This paper introduces regime switching parameters in the Mixed-Frequency VAR model. We first discuss estimation and inference for Markov-switching Mixed-Frequency VAR (MSMF-VAR) models. Next, we assess the finite sample ...
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Title:Mass Media and Contested Meanings: EU Constitutional Politics after Popular Rejection Author(s):LIEBERT, Ulrike; TRENZ, Hans-JörgDate:2008Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:EUI RSCAS; 2008/28Abstract:This paper applies a normative democratic perspective on European constitutional politics to the analysis of discursive practices related to the crisis of the "Treaty establishing a Constitution for Europe" (TCE), in the ...
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Title:Material Conditions, Knowledge and Trade in Central Arabia During the 19th and Early 20th Centuries Author(s):STEINBERG, Guido WalterDate:2002Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:EUI RSC; 2002/16
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Title:The meanings of marriage in the West : law, religion and 'nature' Author(s):HERVIEU-LEGER, Danièle; BENNION, JanetDate:2014Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:EUI RSCAS; 2014/38; RELIGIOWESTAbstract:What are the different understandings of marriage, family, and rights that have been developed during recent debates regarding same sex marriage, and polygamy in France and in North America? What modes of justification and ...
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Title:A Measure for Credibility: Tracking US Monetary Developments Author(s):DEMERTZIS, Maria; MARCELLINO, Massimiliano; VIEGI, NicolaDate:2008Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:EUI ECO; 2008/38Abstract:Our objective is to identify a way of checking empirically the extent to which expectations are de-coupled from inflation, how well they might be anchored in the long run, and at what level. This methodology allows us then ...
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Title:A Measure for Credibility: Tracking US Monetary Developments Author(s):DEMERTZIS, Maria; MARCELLINO, Massimiliano; VIEGI, NicolaDate:2008Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:CEPR Discussion Paper; 2008/7036Abstract:Our objective is to identify a way of checking empirically the extent to which expectations are de-coupled from inflation, how well they might be anchored in the long run, and at what level. This methodology allows us then ...
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Title:The Measurement of Social Security Convergence: The Case of European Public Pension Systems since 1950 Author(s):JOHNSON, PaulDate:1998Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:EUI RSC; 1998/27