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Title:Aid and internal migration in Malawi Author(s):LANATI, Mauro
; SANFILIPPO, Marco ; SANTI, FilippoDate:2021Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:EUI RSC; 2021/18; Migration Policy CentreAbstract:This paper uses geographically disaggregated data to investigate the role of foreign aid as a pull factor for internal migration in Malawi over the period 1998-2008. Employing a standard gravity model of migration, we show ...
; SANFILIPPO, Marco ; SANTI, FilippoDate:2021Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:EUI RSC; 2021/18; Migration Policy CentreAbstract:This paper uses geographically disaggregated data to investigate the role of foreign aid as a pull factor for internal migration in Malawi over the period 1998-2008. Employing a standard gravity model of migration, we show ...
Title:Essays in applied economics Author(s):VIRKOLA, TuomoDate:2021Citation:
- Florence : European University Institute, 2021
Type:ThesisSeries/Number:EUI PhD theses; Department of EconomicsAbstract:This thesis consists of three articles in applied economics. In the first essay, I consider the extent to which informational frictions between workers and jobs can be alleviated with short-term contracts in the early ...
Date:2021Citation:
Title:Natural gas price control : theoretical issues and world case studies Editor(s):ASCARI, SergioDate:2021Citation:
- San Domenico di Fiesole : European University Institute, 2021
Type:BookSeries/Number:[Florence School of Regulation]; [Energy]; [Gas]Abstract:Natural Gas Price Controls starts with an estimation of the benefits of price liberalisation vs. regulation, based on the evolution of European markets. However, the focus of the book is on existing price controls that ...
Date:2021Citation:
Title:With a little help from my friends : ministerial alignment and public spending composition in parliamentary democracies Author(s):BOJAR, AbelDate:2019Citation:
- Political research exchange (PRX) : an ECPR journal, 2019, Vol. 1, No. 1, pp. 1-21
Type:ArticleAbstract:The determinants of public spending composition have been studied from three broad perspectives in the scholarly literature: functional economic pressures, institutional constraints and party-political determinants. This ...
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Title:International student flows from developing countries : do donors have an impact? Author(s):LANATI, Mauro ; THIELE, RainerDate:2019Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:EUI RSCAS; 2019/49; Migration Policy CentreAbstract:International student flows from emerging and developing countries have grown tremendously over the last decades. In this paper, we address the question of whether donors, who might care about the potential brain drain ...
; THIELE, RainerDate:2019Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:EUI RSCAS; 2019/49; Migration Policy CentreAbstract:International student flows from emerging and developing countries have grown tremendously over the last decades. In this paper, we address the question of whether donors, who might care about the potential brain drain ...
Title:Essays in applied econometrics of high frequency financial data Author(s):ARCHAKOV, IlyaDate:2016Citation:
- Florence : European University Institute, 2016
Type:ThesisSeries/Number:EUI PhD theses; Department of EconomicsAbstract:In the first chapter, co-authored with Peter Hansen and Asger Lunde, we suggest a novel approach to modeling and measuring systematic risk in equity markets. We develop a new modeling framework that treats an asset return ...
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Title:Renewable energy intermittency and its impact on thermal generation Author(s):GRAF, Christoph; MARCANTONINI, ClaudioDate:2016Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:EUI RSCAS; 2016/16; Florence School of Regulation; ClimateAbstract:Electricity production from renewable sources generally displaces thermal generation, which leads to lower CO2 emissions in the power sector. However, the intermittent nature of many renewable technologies leads to greater ...
Date:2016Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:EUI RSCAS; 2016/16; Florence School of Regulation; ClimateAbstract:Electricity production from renewable sources generally displaces thermal generation, which leads to lower CO2 emissions in the power sector. However, the intermittent nature of many renewable technologies leads to greater ...
Title:Three essays on macroeconomics Author(s):SHAKHNOV, KirillDate:2015Citation:
- Florence : European University Institute, 2015
Type:ThesisSeries/Number:EUI PhD theses; Department of EconomicsAbstract:This dissertation contains two lines of research: the allocation of talent and development; and sovereign default. The first chapter contributes to the policy debate on whether the rapid growth of the US financial sector ...
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