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A two-country model of high skill migration with public education
Naiditch, Claire; Vranceanu, Radu - HAL - 2013
This paper proposes a two-country model of migration in a transferable skill sector, where workers education is provided free of charge by governments. We study …firstly the non-cooperative equilibrium where the poor country decides on the education level and the rich country decides on the...
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Smart grids : Another step towards competition, energy security and climate change objectives
Clastres, Cédric - HAL - 2011
The deployment of smart grids in electricity systems has given rise to much interdisciplinary research. The new technology is seen as an additional instrument available to States to achieve targets for promoting competition, increasing the safety of electricity systems and combating climate...
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European Union energy security: the challenges of liberalisation in a risk-prone international environment Society
Clastres, Cédric; Locatelli, Catherine - HAL - 2012
. These two markets comply with security concerns, as investments in peak power plants, in transmissions assets …
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Comparative study regarding the evolution of the foreign direct investments in central and eastern Europe region's countries.
Gavrila-Paven, Ionela - HAL - 2007
In this paper, we question whether there is a catch-up effect or announcement effecting Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) from the European Union (EU) to the ten EU accession countries. We study FDI outflows for Romania, a small economy with few historical ties to Eastern Europe, and compare FDI...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010780804
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Variable time scales, agent-based models, and role-playing games: The PIEPLUE river basin management game
Barreteau, O.; Abrami, G. - HAL - 2007
' investments. In their daily practice, stakeholders are translating their long-term strategies, a translation that is …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008789378
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A consensus model of political decision-making
Swart, Harrie De; Eklund, Patrik; Rusinowska, Agnieszka - HAL - 2008
In this paper, a model of political consensus is introduced. Parties try to reach consensus in forming a government. A … government is defined as a pair consisting of a winning coalition and a policy supported by this coalition, where a policy …. Parties may be advised to adjust their preferences, i.e., to change their evaluation concerning some government(s) or/and the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008789606
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At stake with implementation: trials of explicitness in the description of the state
Muniesa, Fabian; Linhardt, Dominique - HAL - 2009
We develop the notion of "trials of explicitness" as a conceptual instrument for the study of the state from a pragmatist, sociological angle. We present results from an empirical case study on how state practitioners (i.e. actors in charge of expressing, evaluating, executing or reforming the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008791641
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Emerging sacred values: The Iranian nuclear program.
Dehghani, Morteza; Iliev, Rumen; Atran, Scott; Ginges, … - HAL - 2009
Sacred values are different from secular values in that they are often associated with violations of the cost-benefit logic of rational choice models. Previous work on sacred values has been largely limited to religious or territorial conflicts deeply embedded in historical contexts. In this...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008793317
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Religion and Fertility : The French Connection
Baudin, Thomas - HAL - 2008
The dataset "Enqute Mode de Vie des Franais" is the first opportunity to measure the impact of religion and religiosity … assist to offices. Culture is not investigated only through the impact of religion on fertility. Indeed, I explore the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010738475
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Let us pray: religious interactions in life satisfaction
Clark, Andrew E.; Lelkes, Orsolya - HAL - 2009
their own religion is dominant, while Protestants are also more satisfied when Catholics dominate. The generic positive … spillover effect of others' religion is not explained by social capital, crime, or trust. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010739004