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Title:Essays in monetary and financial economics Author(s):FISCHER, Johannes Jacob
Date:2022Citation:
- Florence : European University Institute, 2022
Type:ThesisSeries/Number:EUI PhD theses; Department of EconomicsAbstract:This thesis investigates how central bank policies affect the economy. The core of central banking is of course monetary policy. However, more recently, central banks have also introduced a wider range of regulatory policies ...
Date:2022Citation:
Title:The effect of austerity packages on government popularity during the great recession Author(s):BOJAR, Abel; BREMER, Björn ; KRIESI, Hanspeter ; WANG, Chendi Date:2021Citation:
- British journal of political science, 2021, OnlineFirst
Type:ArticleAbstract:During the Great Recession, governments across the continent implemented austerity policies. A large literature claims that such policies are surprisingly popular and have few electoral costs. This article revisits this ...
; BREMER, Björn ; KRIESI, Hanspeter ; WANG, Chendi Date:2021Citation:
Title:Political multiplier effects of austerity : explaining the contention in different arenas under the great recession Author(s):WANG, Chendi Date:2021Citation:
- Florence : European University Institute, 2021
Type:ThesisSeries/Number:EUI PhD theses; Department of Political and Social SciencesAbstract:What are the political impacts of austerity policies? This dissertation sheds light on this question by offering five independent but interrelated empirical contributions that seek to understand and explain variegated ...
Date:2021Citation:
Title:Ideas, politics, and technological change : essays on the comparative political economy of digital capitalism Author(s):SEIDL, Timo Date:2021Citation:
- Florence : European University Institute, 2021
Type:ThesisSeries/Number:EUI PhD theses; Department of Political and Social SciencesAbstract:Digitalization – the process by which more and more of what we think, say, and do becomes mediated by digital technologies – has a commodifying and a disruptive thrust. It is commodifying to the extent that it undermines ...
Date:2021Citation:
Title:The high frequency multifractal properties of Bitcoin Author(s):STAVROYIANNIS, Stavros; BABALOS, Vassilios; BEKIROS, Stelios D.; LAHMIRI, Salim; UDDIN, Gazi SalahDate:2019Citation:
- Physica a : statistical mechanics and its applications, 2019, Vol. 520, pp. 62-71
Type:ArticleAbstract:Following the new advances in encryption and network computing, Bitcoin emerged as a private sector system facilitating peer-to-peer exchange via distributed ledgers based on blockchains, driving a transformational change ...
; LAHMIRI, Salim; UDDIN, Gazi SalahDate:2019Citation:
Title:Disclaiming national representatives : protest waves in Southern Europe during the crisis Author(s):ALTIPARMAKIS, Argyrios ; LORENZINI, JasmineDate:2018Citation:
- Party politics, 2018, Vol. 24, No. 1, pp. 78-89
Type:ArticleSeries/Number:[POLCON]Abstract:The Eurozone crisis triggered deep political dissent in Southern Europe. As the crisis unfolded, citizens took massively to the streets in attempts to prevent austerity policies but also to call for more democracy. We ...
; LORENZINI, JasmineDate:2018Citation:
Title:Fiscal policy under constraints : fiscal capacity and the (in-)stability of government financing during the Great Depression Author(s):PAPADIA, AndreaDate:2018Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:EUI MWP; 2018/06Abstract:The Great Depression, and the interwar period more generally, were characterized by macroeconomic mismanagement. Fiscal policy, in particular, was essentially not used to fight the slump. Despite this, I find that a higher ...
Date:2018Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:EUI MWP; 2018/06Abstract:The Great Depression, and the interwar period more generally, were characterized by macroeconomic mismanagement. Fiscal policy, in particular, was essentially not used to fight the slump. Despite this, I find that a higher ...
Title:When elections subvert authoritarianism : failed cooptation and Russian post-electoral protests of 2011-12 Author(s):ZAVADSKAYA, MargaritaDate:2017Citation:
- Florence : European University Institute, 2017
Type:ThesisSeries/Number:EUI PhD theses; Department of Political and Social SciencesAbstract:One of the widely shared features of modern autocracies is the presence of democratically-designed institutions. Elections, referendums, legislatures, and parties are the essential institutions 'bydefault'. Political regimes ...
Date:2017Citation:
Title:Elasticities of car fuels at times of economic crisis : an empirical analysis for Spain Author(s):BAKHAT, Mohcine; LABANDEIRA, Xavier; LABEAGA, Jose Maria; LÓPEZ-OTERO, XiralDate:2017Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:EUI RSCAS; 2017/09; Florence School of Regulation; Climate; ClimateAbstract:This paper provides an updated calculation of the price and income responsiveness of Spanish consumers of car fuels, with an explicit exploration of the effects of the recent economic crisis. We examine separate gasoline ...
; LABEAGA, Jose Maria; LÓPEZ-OTERO, XiralDate:2017Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:EUI RSCAS; 2017/09; Florence School of Regulation; Climate; ClimateAbstract:This paper provides an updated calculation of the price and income responsiveness of Spanish consumers of car fuels, with an explicit exploration of the effects of the recent economic crisis. We examine separate gasoline ...
Title:Bridging troubled water : electoral availability in European party systems in the aftermath of the Great Recession (2009-2014) : an application of Bayesian ideal point estimation Author(s):DE ANGELIS, AndreaDate:2017Citation:
- Florence : European University Institute, 2017
Type:ThesisSeries/Number:EUI PhD theses; Department of Political and Social SciencesAbstract:How is electoral competition structured in Europe? This fundamental problem lies at the core of democracy, as popular sovereignty depends on the existence of a real policy choice, and requires the most preferred alternative ...
Date:2017Citation: