Title:The Fabric of International Jurisprudence: An interdisciplinary encounter
Author(s):VAUCHEZ, Antoine; VAUCHEZ, Antoine; SOLANKE, Iyiola; DALLARA, Cristina; PETKOVA, Bilyana; PORTA, Jérome; VAN BOCKEL, BasDate:2012Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI RSCASAbstract:Bringing together a variety of outlooks from comparative law, legal theory, organizational sociology, socio-legal studies or political science, this Joint Working Papers explores the cognitive equipment through which ...
Title:Factors that Influence the Targets and Criteria for Electricity Interconnector Investments
Author(s):SUPPONEN, MattiDate:2012Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI RSCASAbstract:This paper analysis various factors that influence electricity interconnector investments. It shows that several features linked to zonal market design, in particular the possibility to favour market participants in the ...
Title:Fairness in Risky Environments: Theory and evidence
Author(s):BABICKÝ, Vitezslav; ORTMANN, Andreas; VAN KOTEN, SilvesterDate:2010Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:CERGE-EI Working PaperAbstract:Theories of fairness have typically used the assumption of ex-ante known pie size. Pie size, however, is rarely known ex ante. Using three simple allocation problems generally known as dictator, ultimatum and trust games, ...
Title:Family Background, School System and Academic Achievement in Germany and in Japan
Author(s):OJIMA, Fumiaki; VON BELOW, SusanneDate:2009Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI RSCASAbstract:This paper investigates why the effect of family background on student’s educational achievement is so different in Germany and in Japan in spite of their similarity over a huge variance of student performance scores in ...
Title:The Family Rights of European Children: Expulsion of non-European parents
Author(s):DAVIES, Gareth T.Date:2012Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI RSCASAbstract:In Ruiz Zambrano and Dereci the Court found that the Treaty prohibits expulsion of a family member of a Union citizen if that expulsion would force the Union citizen to leave the Union too. This is of particular importance ...
Title:Festivalising Difference: Privatisation of Culture and Symbolic Exclusion in Istanbul
Author(s):YARDIMCI, SibelDate:2007Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI RSCASAbstract:Material equality is necessary but not sufficient for social integration within the city. Cultural
recognition is equally important in assuring comprehensive participation of marginal groups. The issue
is complicated in ...
Title:Final Instance: World Trade Organization - Unilateral Trade Measures in EU Climate Change Legislation
Author(s):AHNER, NicoleDate:2009Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI RSCASAbstract:Can the European Union (EU) introduce trade restrictive border measures under the auspices of environmental protection, whose purpose is at least inter alia to ‘level the competitive playing field’ for the European ...
Title:Financial Connections and Systemic Risk
Author(s):ALLEN, Franklin; BABUS, Ana; CARLETTI, ElenaDate:2010Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI ECOAbstract:We develop a model where institutions form connections through swaps of projects
in order to diversify their individual risk. These connections lead to two different network
structures. In a clustered network groups of ...
Title:Financial Connections and Systemic Risk
Author(s):ALLEN, Franklin; BABUS, Ana; CARLETTI, ElenaDate:2010Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI ECOAbstract:An important source of systemic risk is overlapping portfolio exposures among financial institutions. We develop a model where institutions form connections through swaps of projects in order to diversify their individual ...
Title:Financial integration and financial development in transition economies: What happens during financial crises?
Author(s):BREZIGAR-MASTEN, Arjana; CORICELLI, Fabrizio; MASTEN, IgorDate:2009Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI RSCASAbstract:This paper provides an empirical analysis of the role of financial development and financial
integration in the growth dynamics of transition countries. We focus on the role of financial
integration in determining the ...
Title:Financial Private Regulation and Enforcement
Author(s):MILLER, GeoffreyDate:2011Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI RSCASAbstract:This paper considers the topic of private regulation and enforcement for internationally active financial services firms. The paper documents the following types of regulation and enforcement that involve significant private ...
Title:Fiscal Stimulus with Spending Reversals
Author(s):CORSETTI, Giancarlo; MEIER, André; MÜLLER, Gernot J.Date:2009Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:IMF working paper
Title:Fiscal Stimulus with spending reversals
Author(s):CORSETTI, Giancarlo; MEIER, André; MÜLLER, Gernot J.Date:2009Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:CEPR discussion paperAbstract:The impact of fiscal stimulus depends not only on short-term tax and spending policies, but also on expectations about offsetting measures in the future. This paper analyzes the effects of an increase in government spending ...
Title:Flexible Global Carbon Pricing: A Backward-Compatible Upgrade for the Kyoto Protocol
Author(s):STOFT, StevenDate:2009Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI RSCASAbstract:The Kyoto Protocol’s approach of assigning emission targets, or “caps,” promises certainty that it cannot deliver, because it exacerbates problems with international cooperation and commitment. Global carbon pricing addresses ...