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Title:EUROSUR funding policy : how financial accountability challenges the European strategy for external border management Author(s):GIGLI, Michele
Date:2020Citation:
- Florence : European University Institute, 2020
Type:ThesisSeries/Number:EUI LLM theses; Department of LawAbstract:This thesis explores the way the development of the European Border Surveillance System (EUROSUR) has been funded and assess whether the funding strategy adopted complies with established principles of financial accountability. ...
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Title:Essays in macroeconomics : fiscal policy, hiring frictions, uncertainty, and risk sharing Author(s):ROGANTINI PICCO, AnnaDate:2020Citation:
- Florence : European University Institute, 2020
Type:ThesisSeries/Number:EUI PhD theses; Department of EconomicsAbstract:The three chapters of this thesis are inspired by some aspects of the complex world where we live in. The first chapter uncovers the role of firms' hiring decisions as a key source of state dependence in the fiscal spending ...
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Title:A symbiosis : social structure and personal values in the Netherlands Author(s):SMALLENBROEK, Oscar 
Date:2020Citation:
- Florence : European University Institute, 2020
Type:ThesisSeries/Number:EUI PhD theses; Department of Political and Social SciencesAbstract:I examine the role of personal values in the reproduction of social structures in the Netherlands. Previous research failed to distinguish values from culture, neglected self-transcendence and self-enhancement values and ...
Date:2020Citation:
Title:Essays on trade, fiscal policy and gender equality Author(s):BONK, Alica IdaDate:2020Citation:
- Florence : European University Institute, 2020
Type:ThesisSeries/Number:EUI PhD theses; Department of EconomicsAbstract:Chapter 1 introduces a new data set containing daily trade policy statements issued by government agencies between 2007 and 2019. Entries are classified along several dimensions: the direction of the policy change, the ...
Date:2020Citation:
Title:Essays on family and urban economics Author(s):MORENO MALDONADO, AnaDate:2020Citation:
- Florence : European University Institute, 2020
Type:ThesisSeries/Number:EUI PhD theses; Department of EconomicsAbstract:This dissertation analyses how the geographical sorting of individuals and households affects labour markets as well as gender and spatial inequality. In the first chapter, I show that labour force participation increases ...
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Title:Essays on risk sharing in economic unions Author(s):SIMPSON-BELL, ChimaDate:2020Citation:
- Florence : European University Institute, 2020
Type:ThesisSeries/Number:EUI PhD theses; Department of EconomicsAbstract:This thesis investigates consumption insurance within economic unions from both a country and household perspective. Chapter 1 deals with the question of how an economic union like the Euro Area can support enough risk ...
Date:2020Citation:
Title:Who is older? : gender and age differences in heterosexual couples Author(s):GIULIANI, GiulianaDate:2020Citation:
- Florence : European University Institute, 2020
Type:ThesisSeries/Number:EUI PhD theses; Department of Political and Social SciencesAbstract:Why are women the younger partner in the majority of couples? This thesis investigates the social and gendered patterns of age-difference between heterosexual partners in Europe and beyond, and the causes behind such ...
Date:2020Citation:
Title:Essays in the econometrics of asset pricing and public health Author(s):SCHMIDTBLAICHER, MatthiasDate:2020Citation:
- Florence : European University Institute, 2020
Type:ThesisSeries/Number:EUI PhD theses; Department of EconomicsAbstract:In this thesis, I employ techniques from time series econometrics to study the detection of asset price bubbles and the measurement of vaccine uptake. In Chapter 1, I analyse some commonly used bubble detection tests that ...
Date:2020Citation:
Title:Contested states : the struggle for survival and recognition in the post-1945 international order Author(s):KURSANI, Shpend Date:2020Citation:
- Florence : European University Institute, 2020
Type:ThesisSeries/Number:EUI PhD theses; Department of Political and Social SciencesAbstract:One of the most fundamental principles underpinning the post-World War II order, on which there is a broad and long-held consensus, is that once admitted into the club of universally recognized states, a political entity’s ...
Date:2020Citation:
Title:Essays on empirical political economy and public policy Author(s):KABA, MustafaDate:2020Citation:
- Florence : European University Institute, 2020
Type:ThesisSeries/Number:EUI PhD theses; Department of EconomicsAbstract:This thesis is a collection of independent empirical essays in the field of political economy. The first chapter investigates the electoral effects of a local public good provision, using a local food subsidy program that ...
Date:2020Citation: