Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies (RSC)
The Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies - named after Robert Schuman, one of the founding fathers of the European Communities - is an inter-disciplinary research centre. It was created in 1992 to provide an interdisciplinary research platform and to encourage scholarship on the contemporary challenges of Europe and European integration as well to engage with the world of practice.
Research and publications are carried out by faculty members holding joint chairs with EUI departments, Robert Schuman Chairs, Programme Directors, part-time professors, post-doctoral fellows, research fellows and assistants. In addition it hosts visiting fellows, EU fellows and Robert Schuman fellows.Collections in this community
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RSC Working Papers
RSC Working Papers series (ISSN 1028-3625)
Recent Submissions
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Title:US: economic indicators and trade with EU Author(s):MACSAI, Gyorgyi; VENTURA, Raffaele
Date:2023Type:OtherSeries/Number:[Global Governance Programme]; GlobalStat; Knowledge, Governance, Transformations; European Parliament; At a Glance InfoGraphics; 2023/623557Abstract:This infographic provides an insight into the economic performance of the United States (US) compared with the European Union (EU), and looks at the trade dynamics between them. The US unemployment rate rose substantially ...
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Title:Global value chains and the design of trade agreements Author(s):BACCINI, Leonardo; BONDI, Arianna ; FIORINI, Matteo; HOEKMAN, Bernard M. ; ALTOMONTE, Carlo; COLANTONE, ItaloDate:2023Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:EUI; RSC; Working Paper; 2023/56; Global Governance ProgrammeAbstract:We explore the role of global value chains (GVCs) in the design of preferential trade agreements (PTAs). We propose a theory that focuses on firms involved in backward and forward GVC activities to identify the main actors ...
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Title:Mandatory or voluntary? The hybrid nature of sustainability disclosure in the EU’s corporate sustainability reporting directive (CSRD) Author(s):IOZZELLI, Laura ; SANDOVAL VELASCO, María Del CarmenDate:2023Type:OtherSeries/Number:EUI; RSC; Policy Paper; 2023/08; [Florence School of Banking and Finance]Abstract:Mandatory sustainability reporting has become a key policy tool in the EU’s sustainable finance agenda to enhance the quality, transparency and comparability of sustainability information disclosed by companies. A notable ...
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Title:Oslo : three decades later Author(s):DEL SARTO, Raffaella A. ; KLEIN, MenachemDate:2023Citation:Israel studies review, 2023, Vol. 38, No. 2, OnlineOnlyType:ArticleAbstract:Contrary to the commonly held belief that the 1993 Oslo Accord was a peace treaty, this article shows that it was an imbalanced interim agreement that unsurprisingly failed. Three decades later, the Israeli-Palestinian ...
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Title:Trade effects of non-economic provisions in trade agreements Author(s):HOEKMAN, Bernard M. ; SANTI, Filippo ; SHINGAL, Anirudh Date:2023Citation:Economic Letters, 2023, Vol. 226, (2023)111081Type:ArticleAbstract:We assess the relationship between non-trade provisions (NTPs) pertaining to labor standards and the environment in preferential trade agreements (PTAs) and bilateral exports of environment and labor-intensive products ...
