Title:State Fragility, the Peacebuilder’s Contract, and the Search for the Least Bad State
Author(s):BARNETT, MichaelDate:2010Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI RSCASAbstract:This paper develops two claims that follow from two general conclusions from recent re-search on
peacebuilding and post-conflict reconstruction. The first is that international peacebuilders are fairly
good at ending ...
Title:A State of Trust
Author(s):LEVI, MargaretDate:1996Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI RSC
Title:“State-Building for Peace” – A New Paradigm for International Engagement in Post-Conflict Fragile States?
Author(s):ROCHA MENOCAL, AlinaDate:2010Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI RSCASAbstract:This paper is intended to analyse two leading approaches that have guided international efforts to
promote peace and development in conflict-afflicted fragile states since the 1990s, namely peacebuilding
and state-building. ...
Title:State-Society Relations and Intangible Dimensions of State Resilience and State Building: A Bottom-Up Perspective
Author(s):POULIGNY, BéatriceDate:2010Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI RSCASAbstract:Crucial social and cultural elements underpin state institutions and ensure that they function. This is
true in any context, but it is even more important to understand and truly acknowledge in “fragile”
ones. Conventional ...
Title:State-Society Relations and Intangible Dimensions of State Resilience and State Building: A Bottom-Up Perspective
Author(s):POULIGNY, BéatriceDate:2010Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI RSCASAbstract:Crucial social and cultural elements underpin state institutions and ensure that they function. This is
true in any context, but it is even more important to understand and truly acknowledge in “fragile”
ones. Conventional ...
Title:Strategic Bidding in Multi-unit Auctions with Capacity Constrained Bidders: The New York capacity market
Author(s):SCHWENEN, SebastianDate:2012Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI RSCASAbstract:This paper employs a simple model to describe bidding behavior in multi-unit uniform price procurement auctions when firms are capacity constrained. Using data from the New York City capacity auctions, I find that capacity ...
Title:A Structural Solution to Roaming in Europe
Author(s):SHORTALL, TonyDate:2010Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI RSCASAbstract:This paper suggests that international roaming markets suffer from structural flaws in the way that
roaming agreements are established in Europe. The initial roaming interventions by the European
Commission in 2007 have ...
Title:The Struggle of the European Parliament to Participate in the New Economic Governance
Author(s):FASONE, CristinaDate:2012Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI RSCASAbstract:This paper aims to analyse the European Parliament's position in the aftermath of the reform of the economic governance in the European Union, in particular after the adoption of the “six-pack” and the “Fiscal Compact”. ...