Title:The value of social networks in financial markets
Author(s):RANCAN, MichelaDate:2013Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI RSCASAbstract: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 ...
Title:Varieties and the Transfer Problem: The Extensive Margin of Current Account Adjustment
Author(s):CORSETTI, Giancarlo; MARTIN, Philippe; PESENTI, PaoloDate:2008Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI RSCASAbstract:Most analyses of the macroeconomic adjustment required to correct global imbalances ignore net exports of new varieties of goods and services and do not account for firms'net entry in the product market. In this paper we ...
Title:Varieties of Cooperation: Government Networks in International Security
Author(s):EILSTRUP-SANGIOVANNI, MetteDate:2007Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI RSCASAbstract:A growing literature touts the prominence of international cooperation among substate officials
through so-called transgovernmental networks (TGNs). These networks are allegedly faster, cheaper
and more flexible than ...
Title:The Very British Worldview of Chris Patten, External Relations Commissioner 1999-2004
Author(s):MCCOURT, DavidDate:2008Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI RSCASAbstract:This paper examines the worldview of Chris Patten, EU Commissioner for External Relations between September 1999 and 2004. It forms part of a collective project designed to offer insights into the ‘operational codes’ EU ...
Title:A Vision for the EU Gas Target Model: the MECO-S Model
Author(s):GLACHANT, Jean-MichelDate:2011-06-24Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI RSCASAbstract:The discussion on a target model for European gas network access started at the 18th Madrid Forum in
2010. This model shall provide a unifying vision on the future layout of the European gas market
architecture. That ...
Title:The Vocational School Fallacy Revised - Technical Secondary Schoold in Egypt
Author(s):ANTONINIS, ManosDate:2001Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI RSCAbstract:Egypt based its development aspirations, more than most countries in Africa and Asia, upon the expansion of an extensive system of technical schools. This policy was directly linked to the Nasser experiment of centrally ...
Title:A Volatility-based Theory of Fiscal Union Formation
Author(s):LUQUE, Jaime; MORELLI, Massimo; TAVARES, JoséDate:2012Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI RSCASAbstract:In a setting where heterogeneous jurisdictions share a common policy, an increase in volatility breaks unanimous support for the status-quo and may prompt a subset of jurisdictions to favor either deepening the agreement ...
Title:Voluntary Return Programs: Can they Assuage the Effects of the Economic Crisis?
Author(s):PLEWA, PiotrDate:2010Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:COMPAS Working PaperAbstract:In November 2008 the Spanish government authorized a voluntary return program for foreign workers in
order to decrease unemployment pressures in the wake of 2008/09 financial crisis. Voluntary return
programs are not ...
Title:The Vulnerability of Sub-Saharan Africa to the Financial Crisis: The Case of Trade
Author(s):BERMAN, Nicolas; MARTIN, PhilippeDate:2010Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI RSCASAbstract:In the early stage of the 2008-2009 financial crisis, the conventional wisdom was that financial underdevelopment
of sub Saharan African economies may have been a bless-ing in disguise because it
insulated them from the ...
Title:Wage assimilation : migrants versus natives and foreign migrants versus internal migrants
Author(s):STRØM, Steinar; VENTURINI, Alessandra; VILLOSIO, ClaudiaDate:2013Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI RSCASAbstract: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 ...
Title:Water Misallocation and Environmental Externalities in Electricity Generation
Author(s):BILLETTE DE VILLEMEUR, Etienne; VINELLA, AnnalisaDate:2008Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI RSCASAbstract:We explore the interactions between environmental externalities and intertemporal market power in electricity generation industries where thermal operators imperfectly compete with operators using scarce water stored in ...