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Rescuing private DSGE
No full text1. Estimating Non-Linear DSGEs with the Approximate Bayesian Computation: an application to the Zero Lower Bound. 2. Housing driven Growth: does it really exist?1. Estimating Non-Linear DSGEs with the Approximate Bayesian Computation: an application to the Zero Lower Bound. 2. Housing driven Growth: does it really exist?LUISS PhD Thesi
A New Case on Torture in Europe: Cestaro v. Italy
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Development of Institutions on the Environmental and Technological Cooperation in Northeast Asia: Actors, Decisions and Path Dependence
No full textThis dissertation looks at Northeast Asia as a region composed of China, Japan and South
Korea in order to understand the regional dimension of international cooperation. It takes
the Tripartite Environment Ministers’ Meeting and the China-Japan-Korea Meeting on
Information and Telecommunication Standards cases for comparative analysis. Its aim is to
examine cooperation and decision-making under uncertainty and to explore how they affect
institutional development and enhanced regional cooperation. Analysis of current
cooperation activities as well as development of chosen cases illustrates interactions
between individuals, organizations and states. Risks associated with decision-making affect
behaviors of actors and self-reinforcement mechanisms of institutions creating path
dependence.This dissertation looks at Northeast Asia as a region composed of China, Japan and South
Korea in order to understand the regional dimension of international cooperation. It takes
the Tripartite Environment Ministers’ Meeting and the China-Japan-Korea Meeting on
Information and Telecommunication Standards cases for comparative analysis. Its aim is to
examine cooperation and decision-making under uncertainty and to explore how they affect
institutional development and enhanced regional cooperation. Analysis of current
cooperation activities as well as development of chosen cases illustrates interactions
between individuals, organizations and states. Risks associated with decision-making affect
behaviors of actors and self-reinforcement mechanisms of institutions creating path
dependence.LUISS PhD Thesi
Analisi economica e regolamentazione del private equity negli Stati Uniti e nell'Unione Europea
No full textInquadramento e contesto del private equity. Analisi economica del private equity. Analisi comparata della regolamentazione del private equity negli Stati Uniti e nell'Unione Europea. Prospettive di sviluppo del private equity e spunti critici.Inquadramento e contesto del private equity. Analisi economica del private equity. Analisi comparata della regolamentazione del private equity negli Stati Uniti e nell'Unione Europea. Prospettive di sviluppo del private equity e spunti critici.LUISS PhD Thesi
Reti di impresa: soggettività e disciplina fiscale. "Profili interni e prospettive europee"
No full textIndagine sui profili interni. Il contratto di rete: l'istituto e la sua evoluzione. La soggettività giuridica delle reti d'impresa. La soggettività delle reti d'impresa ai fini dell'imposizione reddituale. Indagine sui profili sovranazionali. La fiscalità di vantaggio tra vincoli costituzionali e comunitari: le agevolazioni fiscali del contratto di rete.Indagine sui profili interni. Il contratto di rete: l'istituto e la sua evoluzione. La soggettività giuridica delle reti d'impresa. La soggettività delle reti d'impresa ai fini dell'imposizione reddituale. Indagine sui profili sovranazionali. La fiscalità di vantaggio tra vincoli costituzionali e comunitari: le agevolazioni fiscali del contratto di rete.LUISS PhD Thesi
Local Manufacturing Multiplier and Human Capital in Italian Local Labor Markets
No full textThis paper quantifies the effect of a local labor demand shock in the tradable sector on the
employment in the non-tradable sector for Italy. Following Moretti (2010) and Moretti and
Thulin (2013) we analyse for Italy’s case the effect on the employment in tradable and nontradable
sector due to an exogenous shift in the number of jobs in the tradable sector in local
labor market area. Using Italian census data at LLM level for 1981, 1991, 2001 and 2011,
evidences suggest that, on average, the effect of an exogenous shift in local tradable
employment upon non-tradable employment is zero. We believe that in this baseline model
the absence of evidence of a positive impact of new jobs in the tradable sectors on the
remaining parts of the local economy can be explained in particular focusing on excess of
regulation, on labor mobility, on the lack of variability of wages, on the rigidity of housing
supply and on the Italian familistic welfare system. In addition to the baseline model, we
account for the technology level of the manufacturing sector using the EUROSTAT
classification. We want to test if the jobs multiplier effect in the high-tech sector is
significantly different/higher than for almost any other sector. High-tech workers, with their
high opportunity cost of time, are expected to be net buyers of non-tradable goods.
Accounting for the technology level, as Moretti, Moretti and Thulin predict, we find
evidence that high-tech jobs have a positive and significant local employment multiplier of
0.7 additional jobs. These results bear important implications for the Italian growth path and
its regional divide, in terms both of labor market and industry competitiveness.This paper quantifies the effect of a local labor demand shock in the tradable sector on the
employment in the non-tradable sector for Italy. Following Moretti (2010) and Moretti and
Thulin (2013) we analyse for Italy’s case the effect on the employment in tradable and nontradable
sector due to an exogenous shift in the number of jobs in the tradable sector in local
labor market area. Using Italian census data at LLM level for 1981, 1991, 2001 and 2011,
evidences suggest that, on average, the effect of an exogenous shift in local tradable
employment upon non-tradable employment is zero. We believe that in this baseline model
the absence of evidence of a positive impact of new jobs in the tradable sectors on the
remaining parts of the local economy can be explained in particular focusing on excess of
regulation, on labor mobility, on the lack of variability of wages, on the rigidity of housing
supply and on the Italian familistic welfare system. In addition to the baseline model, we
account for the technology level of the manufacturing sector using the EUROSTAT
classification. We want to test if the jobs multiplier effect in the high-tech sector is
significantly different/higher than for almost any other sector. High-tech workers, with their
high opportunity cost of time, are expected to be net buyers of non-tradable goods.
Accounting for the technology level, as Moretti, Moretti and Thulin predict, we find
evidence that high-tech jobs have a positive and significant local employment multiplier of
0.7 additional jobs. These results bear important implications for the Italian growth path and
its regional divide, in terms both of labor market and industry competitiveness.LUISS PhD Thesi
Market-based mechanisms and climate change: EU and US approaches
No full textA new international climate agreement for the post 2020 period is scheduled to be adopted at the 2015 Conference of the Parties (COP) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). The most likely outcome is a hybrid system combining “bottom-up” and “top-down” aspects. The future climate regime is taking shape as a patchwork of different policies, including market-based mechanisms (such as emissions trading, carbon taxes, credit systems) as well as traditional command-and-control instruments. In this fragmented scenario, carbon markets are sprouting. As the establishment of an international carbon market appears implausible, linkage between carbon pricing systems has come to the fore as a key tool for ensuring a cost-effective and environmentally meaningful strategy.
Market-based mechanisms were experimented for the first time in the US, became a fundamental component of the international climate regime through the Kyoto Protocol flexibility mechanisms, are a cornerstone of EU climate policies and are at the core of many sub-federal initiatives in the US. A transnational linkage between the EU and US carbon markets could act as a catalyst for the development of a robust interlinked international system.
Existing legal literature on emissions trading tends to overlook the legal issues that arise from the complex regulatory structures that create carbon markets. The methodology employed in the present paper is based on the idea that emissions trading schemes can only be understood against the background of the legal context in which they operate. In light of this, this work analyses and compares the regulatory structures of EU and US emissions trading schemes in light of the respective legal orders, considers interactions between these systems and international law and suggests avenues for further research.
Section 1 sets the stage for this analysis, discussing the theoretical foundations and the first applications of market-based environmental regulation, as well as the Kyoto Protocol flexible mechanisms. Section 2 focuses on the EU ETS, devoting attention in particular to the evolution of the system and to the question of competence allocation. Section 3 gives an overview of the current emissions trading systems in the US and highlights some legal issues, with a particular focus on the constitutionality of linkages between sub-federal entities and foreign systems. Section 4 compares EU and US approaches to climate change strategies, with a reflection on their roles in the global scenario.A new international climate agreement for the post 2020 period is scheduled to be adopted at the 2015 Conference of the Parties (COP) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). The most likely outcome is a hybrid system combining “bottom-up” and “top-down” aspects. The future climate regime is taking shape as a patchwork of different policies, including market-based mechanisms (such as emissions trading, carbon taxes, credit systems) as well as traditional command-and-control instruments. In this fragmented scenario, carbon markets are sprouting. As the establishment of an international carbon market appears implausible, linkage between carbon pricing systems has come to the fore as a key tool for ensuring a cost-effective and environmentally meaningful strategy.
Market-based mechanisms were experimented for the first time in the US, became a fundamental component of the international climate regime through the Kyoto Protocol flexibility mechanisms, are a cornerstone of EU climate policies and are at the core of many sub-federal initiatives in the US. A transnational linkage between the EU and US carbon markets could act as a catalyst for the development of a robust interlinked international system.
Existing legal literature on emissions trading tends to overlook the legal issues that arise from the complex regulatory structures that create carbon markets. The methodology employed in the present paper is based on the idea that emissions trading schemes can only be understood against the background of the legal context in which they operate. In light of this, this work analyses and compares the regulatory structures of EU and US emissions trading schemes in light of the respective legal orders, considers interactions between these systems and international law and suggests avenues for further research.
Section 1 sets the stage for this analysis, discussing the theoretical foundations and the first applications of market-based environmental regulation, as well as the Kyoto Protocol flexible mechanisms. Section 2 focuses on the EU ETS, devoting attention in particular to the evolution of the system and to the question of competence allocation. Section 3 gives an overview of the current emissions trading systems in the US and highlights some legal issues, with a particular focus on the constitutionality of linkages between sub-federal entities and foreign systems. Section 4 compares EU and US approaches to climate change strategies, with a reflection on their roles in the global scenario.Refereed Working Papers / of international relevanc
(Un) Globalizing Civil Society: When the boomerang rebounds. Transnational Advocacy Networks and Women Groups in post-conflict Burundi and Liberia
No full textTo date, few scholars have addressed the internal dynamics of transnational advocacy networks (TANs) and their impact on the production of international norms. The lack of research on the topic seems rather surprising at a time when constructivists produce literature on the significance of global civil society and the role networks play in processes of recruitment and collective identity construction (Crugel 1999; Keck and Sikkink 1998; Boli and Thomas 1999; Anheier et al. 2001; Taylor and Rupp 2001; Keane 2003; Bob 2005). I cover this gap by looking at how power struggles between the international and the local members of a TAN shape the implementation of international norms in post-conflict settings. The purpose of the thesis is twofold: firstly to contribute to a broader literature on global civil society and secondly, to propose a new, more dynamic account on the life-cycle of international norms. The campaign for the implementation of UN Security Council Resolution 1325 on Women, Peace and Security presents an ideal case study. First, it is one of the most successful stories of global norm creation and diffusion thanks to the advocacy efforts of non-state actors. Second, it also shows a case of policy gridlock, where the international efforts to bettering the situation of women in non-Western settings through an implicit liberal normative teleology have shown their limits by the socializee’s formal acceptance of the framework and informal resistance to the dominant norm. Based on extensive fieldwork, my approach combines feminist research methodology (Bar On 1993; Devault 1990; Pillow 2003; Taylor 2000), with the reflexive approach advocated by qualitative researchers in post-colonial and post-structuralist studies (Said 1978; Butler 1990; Escobar 1995). I conducted 60 semi-structured interviews with women activists during 4 field visits in Bujumbura (Burundi) and Monrovia (Liberia) between 2012 and 2013. Following discourse analysis theory (Shepherd 2008; Hansen 2006) and using NViVo8, the interviews were systematically analysed with regard to the reasons they put forward to explain their engagement in the women’s movement and the type of rights they sought to accomplish.
The research is conducted through a relational approach in which the interactions of agents are affected by 1) a diversity of structural opportunities through three mechanisms: brokerage, gatekeeping and diffusion and, 2) a compound of ideas forming the master-frame. Those two, in turn, modify interests and identities, both understood as outputs and not as variables determining the interactions of agents. I show how a certain discourse on gender security became accepted as the master frame of the campaign, and how other discourses were left out. That is, I show how discourses created boundaries and identities amongst actors, and how these actors used their agency to stretch those boundaries and identities in order to steer other activists to move towards certain behaviour. Building upon my empirical findings, the thesis sets out a theoretical model of identity boundaries stretching and adaptation in order to analyse the discursive construction of identity and subjectivity as political action. It develops the concept of rebound effect, that is, the point where the ideational boundaries between the thrower of the boomerang (issue entrepreneur) and the receiver (issue follower) are so impervious that the boomerang bounces back and never reaches its destination. I found out that norms based on a liberal peacebuilding approach such as UNSCR1325 are created and maintained by a failure to engage with local and grassroots movements (Richmond 2013). This, in turn, contributes to a process of de-legitimization of NGOs and local associations who form the TAN vis-à-vis the affected population. My findings have important implications for international relation theories of global governance and global activism since they provided a critique of the mainstream norm’s cascade model by introducing new temporalities and geographies in the analysis of the life-cycle of international norms.To date, few scholars have addressed the internal dynamics of transnational advocacy networks (TANs) and their impact on the production of international norms. The lack of research on the topic seems rather surprising at a time when constructivists produce literature on the significance of global civil society and the role networks play in processes of recruitment and collective identity construction (Crugel 1999; Keck and Sikkink 1998; Boli and Thomas 1999; Anheier et al. 2001; Taylor and Rupp 2001; Keane 2003; Bob 2005). I cover this gap by looking at how power struggles between the international and the local members of a TAN shape the implementation of international norms in post-conflict settings. The purpose of the thesis is twofold: firstly to contribute to a broader literature on global civil society and secondly, to propose a new, more dynamic account on the life-cycle of international norms. The campaign for the implementation of UN Security Council Resolution 1325 on Women, Peace and Security presents an ideal case study. First, it is one of the most successful stories of global norm creation and diffusion thanks to the advocacy efforts of non-state actors. Second, it also shows a case of policy gridlock, where the international efforts to bettering the situation of women in non-Western settings through an implicit liberal normative teleology have shown their limits by the socializee’s formal acceptance of the framework and informal resistance to the dominant norm. Based on extensive fieldwork, my approach combines feminist research methodology (Bar On 1993; Devault 1990; Pillow 2003; Taylor 2000), with the reflexive approach advocated by qualitative researchers in post-colonial and post-structuralist studies (Said 1978; Butler 1990; Escobar 1995). I conducted 60 semi-structured interviews with women activists during 4 field visits in Bujumbura (Burundi) and Monrovia (Liberia) between 2012 and 2013. Following discourse analysis theory (Shepherd 2008; Hansen 2006) and using NViVo8, the interviews were systematically analysed with regard to the reasons they put forward to explain their engagement in the women’s movement and the type of rights they sought to accomplish.
The research is conducted through a relational approach in which the interactions of agents are affected by 1) a diversity of structural opportunities through three mechanisms: brokerage, gatekeeping and diffusion and, 2) a compound of ideas forming the master-frame. Those two, in turn, modify interests and identities, both understood as outputs and not as variables determining the interactions of agents. I show how a certain discourse on gender security became accepted as the master frame of the campaign, and how other discourses were left out. That is, I show how discourses created boundaries and identities amongst actors, and how these actors used their agency to stretch those boundaries and identities in order to steer other activists to move towards certain behaviour. Building upon my empirical findings, the thesis sets out a theoretical model of identity boundaries stretching and adaptation in order to analyse the discursive construction of identity and subjectivity as political action. It develops the concept of rebound effect, that is, the point where the ideational boundaries between the thrower of the boomerang (issue entrepreneur) and the receiver (issue follower) are so impervious that the boomerang bounces back and never reaches its destination. I found out that norms based on a liberal peacebuilding approach such as UNSCR1325 are created and maintained by a failure to engage with local and grassroots movements (Richmond 2013). This, in turn, contributes to a process of de-legitimization of NGOs and local associations who form the TAN vis-à-vis the affected population. My findings have important implications for international relation theories of global governance and global activism since they provided a critique of the mainstream norm’s cascade model by introducing new temporalities and geographies in the analysis of the life-cycle of international norms.LUISS PhD Thesi
Verso una giurisdizione specializzata: I convergenti percorsi dei sistemi europei di giustizia amministrativa.
No full textLa giustizia amministrativa: il sistema giurisdizionale monistico e quello dualistico. Verso una giurisdizione amministrativa specializzata e “ordinaria”. La Francia. L’Inghilterra. La Germania. Cenni alle giurisdizioni amministrative di Austria, Belgio e Spagna. L’Italia.La giustizia amministrativa: il sistema giurisdizionale monistico e quello dualistico. Verso una giurisdizione amministrativa specializzata e “ordinaria”. La Francia. L’Inghilterra. La Germania. Cenni alle giurisdizioni amministrative di Austria, Belgio e Spagna. L’Italia.LUISS PhD Thesi
Le gare per la distribuzione del gas naturale: un'analisi teorica ed empirica
No full textAuction design. Il servizio di distribuzione del gas naturale: una breve ricostruzione storico-normativa dagli affidamenti diretti alla concorrenza per il mercato. Il periodo transitorio e le gare per ambiti comunali: the long and winding road verso la concorrenza per il mercato. L’individuazione degli ambiti ottimali (ATEM): il giusto trade off tra efficienza, concorrenza e riduzione dei costi transattivi? Il Regolamento Criteri: una disciplina uniforme per ridurre le asimmetrie informative e i costi di transizione? Il ruolo nuovo di collaborazione tra gestori ed enti locali. La determinazione degli obblighi informativi e le forme di collaborazione tra enti e gestori. Il bando di gara e il disciplinare tipo: quale discrezionalità per la stazione appaltante? Il Regolamento Criteri: indebita restrizione dell’autonomia degli enti locali? Alcune considerazioni sulla funzione della delega di cui all’articolo 46 bis. Il contratto di servizio. Alla ricerca di un nuovo bilanciamento tra condizioni economiche e qualità del servizio. Incompletezza contrattuale, regolazione tariffarie ed investimenti: criticità e trade off della durata della concessione. Il combinato disposto normativo: una buona ricetta? Misure legislative e Valori di Rimborso. Strumenti regolatori e aspetti tariffari. Profili antitrust e aggregazioni. Operazioni di concentrazione GDF SUEZ/ITALGAS e ASCOPIAVE –EDIGAS/EDIGAS DUE: il mercato rilevante è Individuato a livello comunale. Concentrazione CPD/SNAM: il mercato rilevante è Il mercato nazionale? Operazione di concentrazione HERA-ACEGASAPS. Il caso Italgas-AcegasAps/IRG. Il giudizio davanti al giudice amministrativo.L’operazione di concentrazione HERA/AMGA. Il Caso Casalmaggiore: RTI come intesa restrittiva (per sé?) della concorrenza vs. giustificazioni efficientistiche. Il mercato della distribuzione gas oggi: un’analisi ex ante. Barriere all’ingresso. Una Fotografia Ex Ante.Auction design. Il servizio di distribuzione del gas naturale: una breve ricostruzione storico-normativa dagli affidamenti diretti alla concorrenza per il mercato. Il periodo transitorio e le gare per ambiti comunali: the long and winding road verso la concorrenza per il mercato. L’individuazione degli ambiti ottimali (ATEM): il giusto trade off tra efficienza, concorrenza e riduzione dei costi transattivi? Il Regolamento Criteri: una disciplina uniforme per ridurre le asimmetrie informative e i costi di transizione? Il ruolo nuovo di collaborazione tra gestori ed enti locali. La determinazione degli obblighi informativi e le forme di collaborazione tra enti e gestori. Il bando di gara e il disciplinare tipo: quale discrezionalità per la stazione appaltante? Il Regolamento Criteri: indebita restrizione dell’autonomia degli enti locali? Alcune considerazioni sulla funzione della delega di cui all’articolo 46 bis. Il contratto di servizio. Alla ricerca di un nuovo bilanciamento tra condizioni economiche e qualità del servizio. Incompletezza contrattuale, regolazione tariffarie ed investimenti: criticità e trade off della durata della concessione. Il combinato disposto normativo: una buona ricetta? Misure legislative e Valori di Rimborso. Strumenti regolatori e aspetti tariffari. Profili antitrust e aggregazioni. Operazioni di concentrazione GDF SUEZ/ITALGAS e ASCOPIAVE –EDIGAS/EDIGAS DUE: il mercato rilevante è Individuato a livello comunale. Concentrazione CPD/SNAM: il mercato rilevante è Il mercato nazionale? Operazione di concentrazione HERA-ACEGASAPS. Il caso Italgas-AcegasAps/IRG. Il giudizio davanti al giudice amministrativo.L’operazione di concentrazione HERA/AMGA. Il Caso Casalmaggiore: RTI come intesa restrittiva (per sé?) della concorrenza vs. giustificazioni efficientistiche. Il mercato della distribuzione gas oggi: un’analisi ex ante. Barriere all’ingresso. Una Fotografia Ex Ante.LUISS PhD Thesi