Title:Delegation of Power and Agency Losses in EU Trade Politics
Author(s):DA CONCEICAO-HELDT, EugeniaDate:2009Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI RSCASAbstract:This paper addresses the problem of agency losses (agency shirking and agency slippage) in the process of power delegation in EU trade policy. The central question is whether a conflictual situation exists between the ...
Title:Deregulating Telecommunications in Europe: Timing, Path-Dependency, and Institutional Complementarities
Author(s):BELLOC, Filippo; NICITA, Antonio; PARCU, Pier LuigiDate:2011-09-01Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI RSCASAbstract:We investigate institutional and policy drivers of telecommunications deregulation in Europe. In
particular, we focus on those determinants which received so-far a comparatively little attention:
policy speed and timing, ...
Title:Design of Auctions for Short-Term Allocation in Gas Markets Based on Virtual Hubs
Author(s):VAZQUEZ, Miguel; HALLACK, MichelleDate:2012Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI RSCASAbstract:Gas markets based on virtual hubs has been the preferred EU design. Such market designs are based on socializing network flexibility services. Nonetheless, shippers have different preferences about the network flexibility, ...
Title:The Design of the Internal Energy Market in Relation to Energy Supply Security and Climate Change
Author(s):RIOUS, VincentDate:2009Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI RSCASAbstract:The Clingendael International Energy Programme (CIEP), the Loyola de Palacio Chair on EU Energy Policy of the Robert Schuman Centre of Advanced Studies (European University Institute), the Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei ...
Title:Development and Migration: Lessons from Southern Europe
Author(s):VENTURINI, Alessandra; FAINI, RiccardoDate:2008Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:CHILD Working PapersAbstract:Policy-makers in OECD countries appear to be increasingly concerned about growing migration pressure from developing countries. At the same, at least within Europe, they typically complain about the low level of internal ...
Title:Development Scenarios for the North and Baltic Sea Grid: A welfare economic analysis
Author(s):EGERER, Jonas; KUNZ, Friedrich; VON HIRSCHHAUSEN, ChristianDate:2012Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI RSCASAbstract:The North and Baltic Sea Grid is one of the largest pan-European infrastructure projects raising high hopes regarding the potential of harnessing large amounts of renewable electricity, but also concerns about the ...
Title:Diaspora Politics and Transnational Terrorism: An Historical Case Study
Author(s):TOKIĆ, Mate NikolaDate:2009Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI RSCASAbstract:In recent years, the terms transnationalism and diaspora have both become the focus of increased
academic attention. Subsequently, the question has arisen as to how expanding theories surrounding
transnationalism—which ...
Title:Different approaches and responsibilities for investment sustainability in EU railway infrastructure: Four case studies
Author(s):SCARSI, Gian Carlo; SMITH, GregoryDate:2010Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI RSCASAbstract:This paper describes the approach to investment in rail infrastructure in four different European
countries (Great Britain, France, Germany, and the Netherlands) with a view to understanding whether
and how these countries ...