Title:The 2009 Presidential Election in Iran: Fair or foul?
Author(s):KHOSROKHAVAR, Farhad; LADIER-FOULADI, MarieDate:2012Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI RSCASAbstract:Two major ideas are interwoven in this essay. The first is that fair elections under Ahmadinejad's government in Iran were highly improbable, even almost impossible. Still, the myth of fair elections was at the root of the ...
Title:A feminist approach to citizenship
Author(s):BUBECK, DiemutDate:1995Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:European Forum
Title:Academic Opinion of Economic Scholars on Champsaur Commission’s Paper
Author(s):LÉVÊQUE, François; GLACHANT, Jean-Michel; [et al.]Date:2009Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI RSCASAbstract:This paper is the joint position taken by nine academics on the French debate introduced by the “Rapport de la commission présidée par Paul Champsaur sur l’organisation du marché de l’électricité” on April 2009. In order ...
Title:Access Regulation, Entry, and Investment in Telecommunications
Author(s):MANENTI, Fabio; SCIALÀ, AntonioDate:2011-06-24Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI RSCASAbstract:This paper presents a model of competition between an incumbent and an entrant firm in
telecommunications. The entrant has the option to enter the market with or without having preliminary
invested in its own infrastructure; ...
Title:Access Regulation, Financial Structure and Investment in Vertically Integrated Utilities:Evidence from EU Telecoms
Author(s):CAMBINI, Carlo; RONDI, LauraDate:2009Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI RSCASAbstract:We examine theoretically and empirically the relationship between access regulation, financial
structure and investment decisions in network industries, analyzing if financial variables can be
used as a strategic device ...
Title:The Achievement of the EU Electricity Internal Market through Market Coupling
Author(s):GLACHANT, Jean-MichelDate:2010Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI RSCASAbstract:The achievement of the internal market for energy is going ahead in the EU 15 since a model is
emerging for “coupling the national markets for electricity”.
For about 15 years the EU 15 was made up of national markets ...
Title:The Adoption of Network Codes in the Field of Energy: Availability of judicial review in a multi-stage procedure
Author(s):VLACHOU, CharikleiaDate:2012Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI RSCASAbstract:The adoption of network codes is a crucial step towards the conclusion of the internal energy market by the year 2014. This paper aims to assess the availability of judicial review in the multi-stage procedure established ...
Title:Adverse Shocks and Social Protection in Africa: What Role for Formal and Informal Financial Institutions?
Author(s):ODURO, Abena D.Date:2010Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI RSCASAbstract:This paper presents evidence on the wide range of adverse shocks reported by African households.
The current financial and economic crisis adds another layer of risk to al-ready vulnerable households
and firms. In ...
Title:Africa and the Global Economic Crisis: A Risk Assessment and Action Guide
Author(s):NAUDÉ, WimDate:2010Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI RSCASAbstract:It is increasingly apparent that, despite earlier hopes, the global economic crisis will have a significant
impact on the economies of Sub-Saharan Africa. In order to co-ordinate and craft the most appropriate
responses ...
Title:The African Financial Development Gap
Author(s):ALLEN, Franklin; CARLETTI, Elena; CULL, Robert; QIAN, Jun 'QJ'; SENBET, LemmaDate:2010-10-01Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:Wharton Financial Institutions CenterAbstract:Economic growth in Africa has long been disappointing. We document that the financial sectors of most sub-Saharan African countries remain significantly underdeveloped by the standards of other developing countries. We ...
Title:The African Financial Development Gap
Author(s):ALLEN, Franklin; CARLETTI, Elena; CULL, Robert; QIAN, Jun 'QJ'; SENBET, LemmaDate:2010Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI ECOAbstract:Economic growth in Africa has long been disappointing. We document that the financial sectors of most sub-Saharan African countries remain significantly underdeveloped by the standards of other developing countries. We ...