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Title:Globalization for sale Author(s):BLANGA-GUBBAY, Michael; CONCONI, Paola; PARENTI, MathieuDate:2020Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:EUI RSCAS; 2020/25; Global Governance Programme-390; [Global Economics]Abstract:-FTA firms select into lobbying. The model also delivers predictions on the intensive margin of lobbying. In line with these predictions, we find that firms spend more supporting agreements that generate larger potential ...
Title:Taking ecosystems competition seriously in the digital economy : a (preliminary) dynamic competition/capabilities perspective Author(s):PETIT, Nicolas
; TEECE, David J.Date:2020Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:OECD; Directorate for Financial and Enterprise Affairs; DAF/COMP/WD(2020)90Abstract:This paper discusses digital ecosystems. It first describes the common properties of business ecosystems and the idiosyncrasies of digital ecosystems. It then explains how dynamic capabilities provide a good understanding ...


Title:Expanding access to justice : an exploration of large firm pro bono practice across Europe Author(s):KHADAR, Lamin
Date:2019Citation:
- Florence : European University Institute, 2019
Type:ThesisSeries/Number:EUI PhD theses; Department of LawAbstract:This PhD thesis explores pro bono practice among large, international law firms in Europe. The central question addressed by the thesis is: does “Big Law Pro Bono” contribute to access to justice in Europe? The thesis ...

Title:The "business" of compliance Author(s):COTTA, Benedetta
Date:2016Citation:
- Florence : European University Institute, 2016
Type:ThesisSeries/Number:EUI PhD theses; Department of Political and Social SciencesAbstract:The dissertation aims at understanding and explaining the existence of variation in sustainable compliance with EU legislation in two similarly rule-taking countries. The cases under examination are Hungary and Poland which ...

Title:Essays in international trade Author(s):LEBRAND, Mathilde
Date:2016Citation:
- Florence : European University Institute, 2016
Type:ThesisSeries/Number:EUI PhD theses; Department of EconomicsAbstract:This thesis tackles three topics in international trade: (i) the motives behind restrictions on Foreign Direct Investments (FDI) and the role of investment agreements, (ii) the determinants of services trade policies, and ...

Title:Services productivity, trade policy, and manufacturing exports Author(s):HOEKMAN, Bernard M.
; SHEPHERD, BenDate:2015Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:EUI RSCAS; 2015/07; Global Governance Programme-156; Global EconomicsAbstract:This paper analyzes the linkage between services and manufacturing productivity performance, using firm-level data for over 100 developing countries. We find strong evidence for such a linkage, although the effect is small: ...


Title:The differential approach to gender quotas in Spain : regulated politics and self-regulated corporate boards Author(s):VERGE, Tània; LOMBARDO, EmanuelaDate:2015Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:EUI LAW; 2015/24Abstract:In 2007 Spain introduced statutory electoral and corporate board gender quotas as part of a broader gender equality programme. These quotas greatly differ with regard to the parity criteria in use, the period of application, ...
Title:Topics in international economics Author(s):FIORINI, Matteo
Date:2015Citation:
- Florence : European University Institute, 2015
Type:ThesisSeries/Number:EUI PhD theses; Department of EconomicsAbstract:This thesis contributes to three debates in international economics: (i) the integration process of migrants' communities; (ii) the role of economic institutions in international trade and (iii) the determinants and the ...

Title:The length of patents and the timing of innovation Author(s):ROUSAKIS, MichaelDate:2014Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:EUI MWP; 2014/24Abstract:This article evaluates the effects of patent rights on the timing of innovation. As in Shleifer (1986), firms in different sectors receive cost-saving ideas exogenously and sequentially, from which they can make temporary ...
Title:Spillovers from agglomerations and inward FDI : a multilevel analysis on SSA domestic firms Author(s):SANFILIPPO, Marco
; SERIC, AdnanDate:2014Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:EUI RSCAS; 2014/76; Global Governance Programme-119; Global EconomicsAbstract:This paper adopts multilevel analysis to analyse the agglomeration-performance nexus for domestic firms in Sub-Saharan Africa. We show that contextual factors such as country, city and industry together explain up to 30% ...

