Title:Social Representations and Economic Integration in the Mediterranean Area
Author(s):CASCINELLI, PaolaDate:2010Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI RSCASAbstract:Do social representations affect the efficiency of economic policy? To deal with this problem I studied
the limited results of European Policy toward the Euro-Mediterranean Free Trade Area. While the
classical approach ...
Title:Social Safety Nets: The Role of Education, Remittances and Migration
Author(s):NYARKO, Yaw; GYIMAH-BREMPONG, KwabenaDate:2011-01-01Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI RSCASAbstract:We study the role of education as a social protection mechanism. We compare the effectiveness of direct cash handouts in comparison to education over the long-term in reducing the vulnerability to poverty. We also look at ...
Title:A Socio-Economic History of the International Banana Trade, 1870-1930
Author(s):ABBOTT, RoderickDate:2009Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI RSCASAbstract:The genesis, and even more the growth, of the international banana industry is intimately bound up with the development of steamships (from 1850 onwards) and with the spread of railway construction around the world. The ...
Title:Soft Law and the Rule of Law in the European Union: Revision or Redundancy?
Author(s):DAWSON, MarkDate:2009Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI RSCASAbstract:The increasing use in the EU of soft law norms has created an extensive debate over the centrality of law as the principle instrument of European integration. Under a certain understanding of legality – one that sees the ...
Title:Some Business Cycle Consequences of Trade Agreements: Th e Case of the North American Free Trade Agreement
Author(s):BEJAN, MariaDate:2007Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI RSCASAbstract:This paper investigates the effects of signing a trade agreement on the correlations of the business
cycle fluctuations of consumption, investment and output between two countries. We construct an
international business ...
Title:Some Policy and Research Questions Related to Energy Storage
Author(s):SIOSHANSI, RamteenDate:2010Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI RSCASAbstract:This paper provides a survey of the history and future of storage development in the US and policy
and analytical questions relating to storage. The paper discusses the history of storage development in
the US, and some ...
Title:Sovereignty without Borders: On Individual Rights, the Delegation to Rule, and Globalization
Author(s):SGARD, Jérôme; BROUSSEAU, Eric; SCHEMEIL, YvesDate:2011-05-23Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI RSCASAbstract:Just as medieval municipal republics surrendered to national sovereigns in the past, incumbent states
may be replaced in the future by an alternate, global public order. Citizens and merchants would
obtain more equal ...
Title:Stakeholder Capitalism, Corporate Governance and Firm Value
Author(s):ALLEN, Franklin; CARLETTI, Elena; MARQUEZ, RobertDate:2009-09-01Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:Wharton Financial Institutions CenterAbstract:In countries such as Germany, the legal system ensures that firms are stakeholder oriented. In others, like Japan, social norms achieve a similar effect. We analyze the advantages and disadvantages of stakeholder-oriented ...
Title:Stakeholder Capitalism, Corporate Governance and Firm Value
Author(s):ALLEN, Franklin; CARLETTI, Elena; MARQUEZ, RobertDate:2009Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI ECOAbstract:In countries such as Germany, the legal system is such that firms are necessarily stakeholder oriented. In others like Japan social convention achieves a similar effect. We analyze the advantages and disadvantages of ...