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Title:Orte des Terrors oder der “stalinistischen Entnazifizierung”? Author(s):BEATTIE, AndrewDate:2007Citation:
- Peter BARKER, Marc-Dietrich OHSE and Dennis TATE (eds), Views from Abroad: Die DDR aus britischer Perspektive, Bielefeld, WBV, W. Bertelsmann Verlag, 2007, 67-78
Type:Contribution to book
Title:Decision Makers Facing Uncertainty: Theory versus Evidence Author(s):GIORDANI, Paolo; SCHLAG, Karl H.; ZWART, SanneDate:2007Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:EUI MWP; 2007/27Abstract:We consider three competing normative theories of how to make choices when facing
uncertainty: subjective expected utility, maximin utility and minimax regret. In simple
decision problems, we compare how decision makers ...
Title:The Challenges of EC Consumer Law Author(s):PONCIBO', CristinaDate:2007Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:EUI MWP; 2007/24Abstract:Following the structure defined in the Review of the Consumer Acquis of 2004, the Commission adopted a Green Paper on 8 February 2007 and launched a consultation on some key issues on the future developments of EC consumer ...
Title:Talent Utilization, a Source of Bias in Measuring TFP Author(s):ZOABI, HosnyDate:2007Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:EUI ECO; 2007/27Abstract:This paper analyzes a model of economic growth that explains differences
in economic structure across countries. It highlights the interplay between
productivity, talents utilization and entrepreneurship incentives. The ...
Title:The Refoundation of Symmetric Equilibrium in Schumpeterian Growth Models Author(s):COZZI, Guido; GIORDANI, Paolo; ZAMPARELLI, LucaDate:2007Citation:
- Journal of Economic Theory, 136, 1, 2007, 788-797
Type:ArticleAbstract:We provide a refoundation of the symmetric growth equilibrium characterizing the research sector of vertical R&D-driven growth models. We argue that the usual assumptions made in this class of models leave the agents ...
Title:The Sources of Use-Information: A Review of Relevant Literature and an Exploration into Innovation and Aging Author(s):PEINE, AlexanderDate:2007Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:EUI MWP; 2007/26Abstract:This paper deploys a research agenda on innovation in aging societies. It identifies an important yet under-researched question concerning the relationship between technology and aging. How is knowledge about individual ...
Title:Do Sunspots Matter under Complete Ignorance? Author(s):GIORDANI, Paolo; COZZI, GuidoDate:2006Citation:
- Research in Economics, 2006, 60, 3, 148-154
Type:ArticleAbstract:In a two-period, sunspot, pure-exchange economy we analyse the case in which agents do not assign subjective probabilistic beliefs to the ‘sunspot activity’. Two generations, each of which is made up of identical agents, ...
Title:Learning from the Germans? History and Memory in German and European Projects of Integration Author(s):BEATTIE, AndrewDate:2007Citation:
- PORTAL Journal of Multidisciplinary International Studies, 2007, 4, 2, (Special Issue on ‘Contesting Eurovisions’)
Type:ArticleAbstract:History and memory appear to be increasingly important to discussions of European values and identity, as exemplified by references to ‘bitter experiences’ and ‘divided pasts’ in the draft EU constitution. The article takes ...
Title:Just A Matter of Time: Empirical Evidence of the Causal Effect of Education on Fertility in Italy Author(s):FORT, MargheritaDate:2007Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:EUI MWP; 2007/22Abstract:This paper assesses the causal effects of education on fertility, allowing for
heterogeneity in the effects while controlling for the self-selection of women into
education. Identification relies on exogenous variation ...
Title:Interpreting Murder Medically A Medico-Legal Case from an Early 20th Century European Periphery Author(s):SKÅLEVÅG, Svein AtleDate:2007Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:EUI MWP; 2007/21Abstract:The paper takes as its departure point a murder case from 1911, when four siblings killed their younger brother in a remote location in northern Norway. This episode becomes an occasion for discussing medical and juridical ...