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    Title: Estimating alternative technology sets in nonparametric efficiency analysis : restriction tests for panel and clustered data  Author(s): NEUMANN, Anne; NIESWAND, Maria; SCHUBERT, Torben Date: 2013 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI RSCAS Abstract: Nonparametric efficiency analysis has become a widely applied technique to support industrial benchmarking as well as a variety of incentive-based regulation policies. In practice such exercises are often plagued by ...
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    Title: The use of economics in WTO Appellate Body decisions  Author(s): PRUSA, Thomas J. Date: 2013 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI RSCAS Abstract: While WTO disputes involve legal rights and obligations, economics often can help the Appellate Body (AB) make sense of the dispute and the implications of ambiguous language in the Agreements. This paper reviews three ...
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    Title: Exchange of information and validity of global standards in tax law : abstractionism and expressionism or where the truth lies  Author(s): DOURADO, Ana Paula Date: 2013 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI RSCAS Abstract: This paper analyses the question on whether a Hercules legislator would validly propose a global standard, in particular, exchange of information between tax officials and those taxpayers who have a connection with one of ...
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    Title: An economic analysis of the closure of markets and other dysfunctions in the awarding of concession contracts  Author(s): SAUSSIER, Stéphane Date: 2013 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI RSCAS Abstract: Because concession contracts are long-term agreements that are inherently incomplete, the economic literature suggests that rigid award rules are inadequate. We suggest that the Directive should contain a right mix of ...
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    Title: Understanding institutional change : the development of institutions for the regulation of natural gas transportation systems in the US and the EU  Author(s): CORRELJÉ, Aad; GROENLEER, Martijn; VELDMAN, Jasper Date: 2013 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI RSCAS Abstract: This paper compares the development of the institutions for regulation of the natural gas transportation systems in the United States and the European Union. Given the fact that these systems are technically similar, it ...
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    Title: National parties, political processes and the EU democratic deficit : The problem of europarties institutionalization  Author(s): SOZZI, Fabio Date: 2013 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI RSCAS Abstract: In classical party democracy, elections serve as an “instrument of democracy” (Powell 2000): they are the mechanism to connect policy preferences of the electors (within the electoral arena) to the political production ...
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    Title: The role of europarties in framing the European Union Foreign and Security Policy  Author(s): CALOSSI, Enrico; COTICCHIA, Fabrizio Date: 2013 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI RSCAS Abstract: The implementation of the Lisbon Treaty assessed new prerogatives to the European Parliament (EP) on the Common Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP) and on the Common Security and Defence Policy (CSDP). This has increased ...
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    Title: The value of social networks in financial markets  Author(s): RANCAN, Michela Date: 2013 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI RSCAS Abstract: Social contacts influence decisions and economic outputs in a variety of contexts. Does social network matter also in financial markets? In this paper I investigate the effect of social networks on mutual funds performance ...
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    Title: Overlapping regionalism, no integration : conceptual issues and the Latin American experiences  Author(s): MALAMUD, Andres Date: 2013 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI RSCAS Abstract: Twenty years after its foundation, MERCOSUR has failed to meet its declared goals. Far from being a common market and not yet a customs union, it has neither deepened nor (legally) enlarged. All the other regionalist ...
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    Title: Intellectual Property, innovation and the governance of the internet  Author(s): LEVINE, David K. Date: 2013 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI RSCAS Abstract: I discuss both the causes and consequences of the Internet being squeezed by copyright proponents. The striking fact is that while this squeeze has a broad and negative impact on society broadly, it brings very little ...
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    Title: Net neutrality is imperfect and should remain so!  Author(s): CURIEN, Nicolas Date: 2013 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI RSCAS Abstract: Network neutrality is often mistakenly assimilated with the non-discrimination of Internet usage. Although this rough view is acceptable at first sight, as far as blocking of content or clearly anti-competitive discrimination ...
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    Title: European Foreign Policy and the Euro-crisis  Author(s): ZIELONKA, Jan Date: 2013 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI RSCAS Abstract: This paper will try to explain the nature of European actorness, the mode of European policy-making, and the formation of common European interests. What are the pillars of EU power and how does the EU engage in power ...
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    Title: Budget support in fragile states : feeding the beast or building resilience?  Author(s): DE CATHEU, Juana Date: 2013 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI RSCAS Abstract: Budget support is an aid modality that has been making headlines, usually triggered by cases of corruption or unsavoury moves by recipient governments. Such headlines raise questions about the impact of budget support, and ...
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    Title: The role of the rule of law in ASEAN integration  Author(s): EWING-CHOW, Michael; HSIEN-LI, Tan Date: 2013 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI RSCAS Abstract: From its establishment in 1967, ASEAN has relied more on diplomacy rather than law. Political relations were managed by consultation and consensus and declaratory statements, while treaties denoting binding legal obligations ...
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    Title: Providers’ liabilities and the right to be forgotten  Author(s): SARTOR, Giovanni Date: 2013 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI RSCAS Abstract: I address the novelties contained in the “Proposal for a Data Protection Regulation”, recently advanced by the EU Commission, with regard to providers’ liabilities and the right to be forgotten. First I consider how the ...
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    Title: Global governance of international competitiveness spillovers  Author(s): HOEKMAN, Bernard M. Date: 2013 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI RSCAS Abstract: Reducing public sector deficits and high debt burdens in part will require an increase in net exports – which is only possible if the countries concerned are able to produce goods and services that are ‘competitive’ on ...
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    Title: Crisis and trust in national and European Union institutions : panel evidence for the EU, 1999 to 2012  Author(s): ROTH, Felix; NOWAK-LEHMANN D., Felicitas; OTTER, Thomas Date: 2013 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI RSCAS Abstract: This paper analyses the effects of the crisis on trust in national and European Union institutions within an EU27 country sample from 1999 to 2012. The paper finds that the overall negative trends in trust throughout the ...
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    Title: Wage assimilation : migrants versus natives and foreign migrants versus internal migrants  Author(s): STRØM, Steinar; VENTURINI, Alessandra; VILLOSIO, Claudia Date: 2013 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI RSCAS Abstract: The paper wants to understand the assimilation pattern of foreign migrants in Italy. Three novelties characterize this study. First, the research compares the wage assimilation of international migrants with both internal ...
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    Title: The WTO dispute settlement system at 18 : effective at controlling the major players?  Author(s): DAVEY, William J. Date: 2013 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI RSCAS Abstract: This paper examines the major developments in WTO dispute settlement during three time periods (1995-1999, 2000-2004, 2005-2012) and considers the effectiveness of the system in restraining the use of trade measures by the ...
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    Title: The cost of abating CO2 emissions by renewable energy incentives in Germany  Author(s): MARCANTONINI, Claudio; ELLERMAN, A. Denny Date: 2013 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI RSCAS Abstract: Incentives for the development of renewable energy have increasingly become an instrument of climate policy, that is, as a means to reduce GHG emissions. This research analyzes the German experience in promoting renewable ...