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Title:Public statements by producers, commercial guarantees and the right of redress in Austrian law after the transposition of Dir. 99/44 Author(s):AUGENHOFER, SusanneDate:2009Citation:Martin EBERS, Andre JANSSEN and Olaf MEYER (eds), European perspectives on producers' liability : direct producers' liability for non-conformity and the sellers' right of redress, Sellier, 2009, pp. 171-193Type:Contribution to book
Title:Public Support for the Financing of RD&D Activities in New Clean Energy Technologies Author(s):OLMOS, Luis; NEWBERY, David; RUESTER, Sophia; LIONG, Siok Jen; GLACHANT, Jean-Michel Date:2011Type:Technical ReportSeries/Number:Florence School of Regulation; THINK; Reports; Energy
Title:Public Support for the Financing of RD&D Activities in New Clean Energy Technologies Author(s):OLMOS, Luis; RUESTER, Sophia; LIONG, Siok Jen; GLACHANT, Jean-Michel Date:2011Type:Technical ReportSeries/Number:Florence School of Regulation; 2011/01; THINK; Policy Briefs; EnergyAbstract:Substantial investments in RD&D in new low-carbon technologies are required to reach the EU climate objectives. Given existing market failures affecting clean innovation, developing a balanced portfolio of existing and new ...
Title:Public Support for the Financing of RD&D Activities in New Clean Energy Technologies Author(s):OLMOS, Luis; RÜSTER, Sophia; LIONG, Siok Jen; GLACHANT, Jean-Michel Date:2010Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:EUI RSCAS; 2010/69; Florence School of Regulation; EnergyAbstract:Several market failures, as well as other technical, economic and regulatory barriers to the market penetration of clean energy technologies result in under-investment of private innovators in RD&D. Therefore, public ...
Title:Public Support to Low-Carbon Innovation: Grants for all? Author(s):RUESTER, Sophia; OLMOS, LuisDate:2012Citation:European Energy Journal, 2012, 2, 4, 41-46Type:ArticleSeries/Number:[Loyola de Palacio Chair]Abstract:Sophia Ruester and Luis Olmos focus on research, development and demonstration activities that belong to the early, highly risky stages of innovation and, thus, need direct public support.
Title:Public Television, Private Television and Citizens’ Political Knowledge Author(s):TÓKA, Gábor; POPESCU, MarinaDate:2009Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:EUI RSCAS; 2009/66Abstract:This paper examines cross-national variance in the impact of public and commercial television on citizens’ political knowledge level and whether and how that variance may be related to differences in the content of public ...
Title:Public v. Private Enforcement in the Electronic Communications Sector Author(s):STOYANOVA, MilenaDate:2009Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:EUI RSCAS; 2009/30Abstract:The 2002 Common Regulatory Framework diversifies remedies to competition problems according to the market strength of telecoms providers. One set of remedies is particularly targeted at posing constraints on (pre-)existing ...
Title:Public v. Private Enforcement in the Electronic Communications Sector Author(s):STOYANOVA, MilenaDate:2009Citation:European Competition Journal, 2009, 5,3 721-755.Type:ArticleAbstract:The 2002 Common Regulatory Framework diversifies remedies to competition problems according to the market strength of telecoms providers. One set of remedies is particularly targeted at posing constraints on (pre-)existing ...
Title:Public versus private management in water public services : taking stock, looking ahead Author(s):PORCHER, Simon; SAUSSIER, Stéphane Date:2018Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:EUI RSCAS; 2018/64; Florence School of Regulation; WaterAbstract:Governments have largely turned to public-private partnerships (PPPs) to manage public services. Although it is difficult to analyze PPPs as discrete and alternative forms of public service organization, they all constitute ...
Title:Public works and social protection Author(s):KOOHI-KAMALI, Feridoon M.Date:2010Type:Technical ReportSeries/Number:European Report on Development; 2010Abstract:This paper examines the critical factors in designing successful public works programmes, paying particular attention to setting up the programme wage below the market rate in order to avoid crowding-out in job creation. ...
Title:Public-private partnerships and investments in innovation : the influence of the contractual arrangement Author(s):ROUMBOUTSOS, Athena; SAUSSIER, Stéphane Date:2014Citation:Construction management and economics, 2014, Vol. 32, No. 4, pp. 349-361Type:ArticleSeries/Number:[Florence School of Regulation]; [Water]Abstract:Public-private partnership (PPP) policy strategies emphasize the ability of PPPs to foster innovation. Evidence reported in literature supports less the inherent quality of PPPs for innovation and more the importance of ...
Title:Public-private partnerships and responsibility under international law : a global health perspective Author(s):CLARKE, LisaDate:2014Citation:London ; New York : Routledge, 2014Type:BookAbstract:Partnerships between the public and private sectors are an increasingly accepted method to deal with pressing global issues, such as those relating to health. Partnerships, comprised of states and international organizations ...
Title:Public–private partnerships Author(s):SAUSSIER, Stéphane Date:2013Citation:Journal of economic behavior and organization, 2013, No. 89, pp. 143-144Type:ArticleSeries/Number:[Florence School of Regulation]; [Water]
Title:Publish or perish? : publications and citations of Italian political scientists in international political science journals, 1990-2002 Author(s):PLUMPER, Thomas; RADAELLI, Claudio M. Date:2004Citation:Journal of European public policy, 2004, Vol. 11, No. 6, pp. 1112-1127Type:ArticleAbstract:In this article we present data on the publications of Italian political scientists in international journals. We first introduce the reader to the specific context of Italian political science and illustrate the pattern ...
Title:Pull factors for migration : the impact of migrant integration policies Author(s):BEVERELLI, Cosimo Date:2021Citation:Economics & politics, 2021, Vol. 34, pp. 171-191Type:ArticleSeries/Number:[Global Governance Programme]; [Global Economics]Abstract:This paper investigates the impact of migrant integration policies set by destination countries on migration from 202 origins to 27 destinations during the period 2010–2018. Employing a structural gravity methodology which ...
Title:A Punctuated Equilibrium in French Budgeting Processes Author(s):BAUMGARTNER, Frank R.; FOUCAULT, Martial; FRANCOIS, AbelDate:2006Citation:Journal of European Public Policy, 2006, 13, 7, 1087-1103Type:Article
Title:Punish and voice : punishment enhances cooperation when combined with norm-signalling Author(s):ANDRIGHETTO, Giulia; BRANDTS, Jordi; CONTE, Rosaria; SABATER-MIR, Jordi; SOLAZ, Hector; VILLATORO, DanielDate:2013Citation:PLOS one, 2013, Vol. 8, No. 6, OnlineOnlyType:ArticleAbstract:Material punishment has been suggested to play a key role in sustaining human cooperation. Experimental findings, however, show that inflicting mere material costs does not always increase cooperation and may even have ...
Title:Purifying the soul and healing the nation : conversions to evangelical protestantism in Algeria Author(s):MARZOUKI, Nadia Date:2013Citation:Nadia MARZOUKI and Olivier ROY (eds), Religious conversions in the Mediterranean world, [S.l.] : Palgrave Macmillan, 2013, Islam and Nationalism, pp. 28-42Type:Contribution to book
Title:Pursuing environmental and social objectives through trade agreements Author(s):FRANCOIS, Joseph; HOEKMAN, Bernard M. ; MANCHIN, Miriam; SANTI, Filippo Date:2022Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:EUI RSC; 2022/73; Global Governance Programme-485; [Global Economics]Abstract:Using a large dataset covering more than 180 countries and spanning several decades, we employ a SDID estimator to identify the extent to which trade agreements incorporating non-trade provisions (labor standards, environmental ...
Title:The pursuit of non-trade policy objectives in EU trade policy Author(s):BORCHERT, Ingo; CONCONI, Paola; DI UBALDO, Mattia; HERGHELEGIU, CristinaDate:2020Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:EUI RSCAS; 2020/26; Global Governance Programme-391; [Global Economics]Abstract:The European Union (EU) often conditions preferential access to its market upon compliance by its trading partners with Non-Trade Policy Objectives (NTPOs), including human rights and labor and environmental standards. We ...