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Title:Mobility without membership : do we need special passports for vulnerable groups? Author(s):DZANKIC, Jelena
; BAUBÖCK, Rainer Date:2022Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:EUI RSC; 2022/01; Global Governance Programme-459; GLOBALCITAbstract:A very small minority of wealthy people can afford to buy ‘better’ passports, and enhance their mobility and lifetime opportunities. At the same time, millions of others would desperately need the right travel documents ...
; BAUBÖCK, Rainer Date:2022Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:EUI RSC; 2022/01; Global Governance Programme-459; GLOBALCITAbstract:A very small minority of wealthy people can afford to buy ‘better’ passports, and enhance their mobility and lifetime opportunities. At the same time, millions of others would desperately need the right travel documents ...
Title:Misfortune and redistributive preferences Author(s):PANEDA FERNANDEZ, IreneDate:2022Citation:
- Florence : European University Institute, 2021
Type:ThesisSeries/Number:EUI PhD theses; Department of Political and Social SciencesAbstract:This dissertation delves into the question of when and why people come to oppose large income disparities. While social scientists have shown that self-interest matters in some cases, much remains to be understood about ...
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Title:Fighting falsehoods : how democratic states counter disinformation – an analysis of counter-disinformation policies in the United States, Sweden and Germany Author(s):LA COUR, Christina HenrietteDate:2022Citation:
- Florence : European University Institute, 2022
Type:ThesisSeries/Number:EUI PhD theses; Department of Political and Social SciencesAbstract:Over the past ten years disinformation has repeatedly been described as one of the greatest threats to democracy and has been the subject of much scholarly attention. Less attention has been given to how policymakers across ...
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Title:Linguistic justice and immigration in Europe Author(s):JACOB-OWENS, Timothy Craig Date:2022Citation:
- Florence : European University Institute, 2022
Type:ThesisSeries/Number:EUI PhD theses; Department of LawAbstract:This study addresses the question of how Europe’s liberal democracies should respond to post-immigration linguistic diversity – that is, the array of languages spoken by non-dominant linguistic groups of immigrant origin. ...
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Title:(Dis)connecting people? : examining whether and when social media increases polarization Author(s):JOHANNSEN, Jakob BøggildDate:2022Citation:
- Florence : European University Institute, 2022
Type:ThesisSeries/Number:EUI PhD theses; Department of Political and Social SciencesAbstract:This thesis examines whether and when social media increases polarization. The first empirical chapter looks at the association between social media use and changes in polarization over time. Using data from nine waves of ...
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Title:Financial crises and shadow banks : a quantitative analysis Author(s):ROTTNER, Matthias Christian Date:2021Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:EUI ECO; 2021/02Abstract:Motivated by the build-up of shadow bank leverage prior to the Great Recession, I develop a nonlinear macroeconomic model that features excessive leverage accumulation and show how this can cause a bank run. Introducing ...
Date:2021Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:EUI ECO; 2021/02Abstract:Motivated by the build-up of shadow bank leverage prior to the Great Recession, I develop a nonlinear macroeconomic model that features excessive leverage accumulation and show how this can cause a bank run. Introducing ...
Title:Essays in macroeconomics and nonlinear dynamics Author(s):ROTTNER, Matthias Christian Date:2021Citation:
- Florence : European University Institute, 2021
Type:ThesisSeries/Number:EUI PhD theses; Department of EconomicsAbstract:This thesis investigates topics in macroeconomics with nonlinear dynamics as their inherent feature. It aims to further the understanding of the connection between the financial sector and economic fluctuations, challenges ...
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Title:The productivity puzzle and the decline of unions Author(s):MITRA, Aruni Date:2021Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:EUI MWP; 2021/05Abstract:What explains the sudden vanishing of the procyclicality of productivity in the U.S. during the 1980s? Using cross-sectional evidence from states and industries, this paper argues that lower costs of hiring and firing ...
Date:2021Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:EUI MWP; 2021/05Abstract:What explains the sudden vanishing of the procyclicality of productivity in the U.S. during the 1980s? Using cross-sectional evidence from states and industries, this paper argues that lower costs of hiring and firing ...
Title:MPCs in an economic crisis : spending, saving and private transfers Author(s):CROSSLEY, Thomas F. ; FISHER, Paul; LEVELL, Peter; LOWE, HamishDate:2021Citation:
- Journal of public economics plus, 2021, OnlineFirst
Type:ArticleAbstract:MPCs were directly elicited from a representative sample of UK adults in July 2020 using receipt of a hypothetical unanticipated, one-time income payment. Reported MPCs are modest, around 11% on average. They are higher, ...
; FISHER, Paul; LEVELL, Peter; LOWE, HamishDate:2021Citation: