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Title:Optimal redistribution with a shadow economy Author(s):DOLIGALSKI, Pawel ; ROJAS, Luis E.Date:2016Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:EUI ECO; 2016/11Abstract:We examine the constrained efficient allocations in the Mirrlees (1971) model with an informal sector. There are two labor markets: formal and informal. The planner observes only income from the formal market. We show that ...
Title:Optimal regulation and the law of international trade : a law & economics analysis of the WTO law on domestic regulation Author(s):RIGOD, BorisDate:2014Citation:Florence : European University Institute, 2014Type:ThesisSeries/Number:EUI; LAW; PhD ThesisAbstract:Background: Conflicts between domestic regulatory preferences and the law of the World Trade Organization (WTO) are numerous and a constant bone of contention. The list of regulatory objectives that potentially collide ...
Title:Optimal regulation and the law of international trade : the interface between the right to regulate and WTO law Author(s):RIGOD, BorisDate:2015Citation:Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2015, Cambridge international trade and economic law ; 18Version:Published version of EUI PhD thesis, 2014Type:BookAbstract:Are the limitations imposed on World Trade Organization (WTO) members' right to regulate efficient? This is a question that is only scarcely, if ever, analysed in existing literature. Boris Rigod aims to provide an answer ...
Title:The optimal sequence of privatization in transitional economies Author(s):SAVKOV, AndreiDate:1996Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:EUI ECO; 1996/27
Title:Optimal spatial allocation of labour force and Employment Protection Legislation (EPL) Author(s):COCA GAMITO, Carlos Alberto ; BALTOS, Georgios Date:2019Citation:Bulletin of geography : socio-economic series, 2019, No. 45, pp. 45-58Type:ArticleAbstract:The paper introduces a model of how workers rationally decide to which country within an area of monetary and economic integration they will move for the purposes of living and working. Since Mundell accomplished his pivotal ...
Title:An optimal strategy for initiating and efficiently developing the floating offshore wind energy sector in Greece Author(s):MELISSAS, Dimitris; VASILAKOS, NikolaosDate:2021Type:OtherSeries/Number:EUI RSC PP; 2021/06; Florence School of Regulation; [Energy]Abstract:The paper explores the current situation, prospects and developmental directions for the floating offshore wind energy sector in Europe, and in particular in the EU Mediterranean Region, with its prime focus on Greece. The ...
Title:Optimal tariff versus optimal sanction : the case of European gas imports from Russia Author(s):GROS, Daniel Date:2022Type:OtherSeries/Number:Policy Briefs; 2022/19Abstract:Europe has set itself the aim of reducing its dependency on Russian gas imports. This note provides an economic analysis of a tariff on imports of natural gas into the EU which would help achieve this goal. The starting ...
Title:Optimal Taxation and Constrained Inefficiency in an Infinite-Horizon Economy with Incomplete Markets Author(s):GOTTARDI, Piero ; KAJII, Atsushi; NAKAJIMA, TomoyukiDate:2011Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:EUI ECO; 2011/18Abstract:We study the dynamic Ramsey problem of finding optimal public debt and linear taxes on capital and labor income within a tractable infinite horizon model with incomplete markets. With zero public expenditure and debt, it ...
Title:Optimal taxation and debt with uninsurable risks to human capital accumulation Author(s):GOTTARDI, Piero ; KAJII, Atsushi; NAKAJIMA, TomoyukiDate:2014Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:EUI ECO; 2014/08Abstract:We consider an economy where individuals face uninsurable risks to their human capital accumulation, and study the problem of determining the optimal level of linear taxes on capital and labor income together with the ...
Title:Optimal taxation and debt with uninsurable risks to human capital accumulation Author(s):GOTTARDI, Piero ; KAJII, Atsushi; NAKAJIMA, TomoyukiDate:2015Citation:American economic review, 2015, Vol. 105, No. 11, pp. 3443-3470Type:ArticleAbstract:We consider an economy where individuals face uninsurable risks to their human capital accumulation and analyze the optimal level of linear taxes on capital and labor income together with the optimal path of government ...
Title:Optimal taxation of employment and self-employment : evidence from Poland and implications Author(s):ZAWISZA, Tomasz Date:2019Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:EUI MWP; 2019/08Abstract:I examine two central questions bearing on the optimal relative taxation of employment and self-employment income using the 2009 Polish reform. Firstly, I estimate the degree of substitution on the extensive margin between ...
Title:Optimal Wind Power Deployment in Europe - a Portfolio Approach Author(s):ROQUES, Fabien A.; HIROUX, Céline; SAGUAN, MarceloDate:2009Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:EUI RSCAS; 2009/17; Loyola de Palacio Programme on Energy PolicyAbstract:Geographic diversification of wind farms can smooth out the fluctuations in wind power generation and reduce the associated system balancing and reliability costs. The paper uses historical wind production data from five ...
Title:Optimal-Control of Input Output Systems Via Demand Management Author(s):SACCO, Pier LuigiDate:1992Citation:Economics Letters, 1992, 39, 3, 269-273Type:ArticleAbstract:This paper studies the optimal control of an input-output model with two sectors where the policy maker controls the level of final demand. It is found that the stationary point is hyperbolic and has a stable manifold of ...
Title:Optimally combining individual forecasts from panel data Author(s):EHRBECK, TilmanDate:1993Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:EUI ECO; 1993/06
Title:An optimising model of price adjustment with missing information Author(s):CHEN, Yu-Fu; RUSSELL, BillDate:2002Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:EUI ECO; 2002/03
Title:Optimising regulatory responses to consumer disempowerment over personal data in the digital world Author(s):D'AMICO, Alessia Date:2021Citation:Florence : European University Institute, 2021Type:ThesisSeries/Number:EUI; LAW; PhD ThesisAbstract:This thesis addresses the problem of individuals’ lack of control over personal data in the digital world. It sheds light on market and regulatory failures that lie behind the status quo and proposes a framework to improve ...
Title:Optimists and Skeptics: Why do people believe in the value of their single vote? Author(s):BLAIS, André; RHEAULT, LudovicDate:2011Citation:Electoral Studies, 2011, 30, 1, 77-82, Special Symposium on Electoral Democracy in the European UnionType:ArticleSeries/Number:[EUDO Public Opinion Observatory]Abstract:We investigate the origins of voters' beliefs about the value of their single vote. We construe such beliefs as a function of psychological predispositions and exposure to information about the competitiveness of the ...
Title:Optimization and validation of automated hippocampal subfield segmentation across the lifespan Author(s):BENDER, Andrew R.; KERESZTES, Attila; BODAMMER, Nils C.; SHING, Yee Lee; WERKLE-BERGNER, Markus; DAUGHERTY, Ana M.; YU, Qijing; KUEHN, Simone; LINDENBERGER, Ulman ; RAZ, NaftaliDate:2018Citation:Human brain mapping, 2018, Vol. 39, No. 2, pp. 916-931Type:ArticleAbstract:Automated segmentation of hippocampal (HC) subfields from magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is gaining popularity, but automated procedures that afford high speed and reproducibility have yet to be extensively validated ...
Title:Optimum financial areas : retooling the governance of global finance Author(s):UNDERHILL, Geoffrey; JONES, Erik Date:2023Citation:The world economy, 2023, Vol. 46, No. 6, pp. 1582-1608Type:ArticleAbstract:This article analyses the political economy of financial stability under conditions of deep cross-border market integration, adapting the ‘joint products’ approach of Broz among others. Many argue that financial stability ...
Title:Option value and irreversibility effect : an experimental approach Author(s):RAUCHS, AlexandraDate:1995Citation:Florence : European University Institute, 1995Type:ThesisSeries/Number:EUI; ECO; PhD Thesis