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Do Democracy Clauses Matter? The Effects of Regional Integration Associations on Political Stability and Democratic Consolidation
Genna, Gaspare - 2015
in the world. The econometric analyses of RIO coup rates and democratic backsliding rates demonstrate that democracy …This paper examines the mechanisms by which democracy clauses promote democracy and domestic political stability. It …. Moreover, an analysis of democratic gains indicates that democracy clauses are also effective in the promotion of democracy …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013019341
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A Comparative Study on the Asylum Landscapes within the EU for Iraqis after the 2003 Iraq War and Syrians after the 2011 Syrian Civil War
Fandrich, Christine - 2014
This paper attempts to formulate the general asylum landscapes within the EU during the 2003 Iraq War and the 2011 Syrian Civil War. The overall picture gleamed from this comparison is intended to evaluate how the EU and its MS addressed the effects of one Middle Eastern crisis (in Iraq) in...
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Trade Agreements, Regulatory Sovereignty and Democratic Legitimacy
Hoekman, Bernard - 2017
Governments increasingly are seeking to use bilateral and regional trade agreements to reduce the cost-increasing effects of differences in product market regulation. They also pursue regulatory cooperation independent of trade agreements. It is important to understand what is being done through...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012951018
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Does Differentiated Integration Strengthen the Democratic Legitimacy of the EU? Evidence from the 2015 Danish Opt-Out Referendum
Schraff, Dominik; Schimmelfennig, Frank - 2020
Since the 1990s, European integration has been characterized by a combination of politicization and differentiation. Starting with the Danish referendum on the Maastricht Treaty in 1992, which has led to a series of Danish opt-outs from the Treaty on European Union, domestic politicization has...
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EU Constitutional Standards of Democracy in Differentiated Integration
Patrin, Maria; Curtin, Deirdre - 2021
integration are compatible with EU constitutional standards of democracy. Increasing recourse to differentiated integration in the … constitutional standards of democracy from the EU Treaties - representation, political accountability, legal accountability and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013310914
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Trade in Environmental Goods : A Review of the WTO Appellate Body's Ruling in US — Countervailing Measures (China)
Brewster, Rachel - 2015
In this paper we claim that, in the WTO Appellate Body (AB)'s ruling in US — Countervailing Measures (China), the AB decision has not put in question the practice of imposing countervailing duties (CVDs). While the US has formally “lost” the case, a change in the procedures and tests used...
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Services Trade Restrictiveness and Manufacturing Productivity : The Role of Institutions
Beverelli, Cosimo - 2015
We study the effect of services trade restrictiveness on manufacturing productivity for a broad cross-section of countries at different stages of economic development. Decreasing services trade restrictiveness has a positive indirect impact on the manufacturing sectors that use services as...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013015753
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Global Governance in a Multiplex World
Acharya, Amitav - 2017
.S. hegemony after World War II. In this paper, I propose a new understanding of studying global governance that reflects recent … world order within which the mainstream literature on global governance has been anchored, this paper employs the idea of a … “Multiplex World”. Unlike the former, the idea of a Multiplex World envisions a more pluralistic and diversified architecture of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012954120
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The Challenges of an EU Strategy for International Cultural Relations in a Multipolar World
Szűcs, Tamás - 2017
-governmental actors, and the acceleration of information technology. Investigating how the EU could be positioned among world powers in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012954124
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Economics and Politics of International Investment Agreements
Horn, Henrik - 2017
We analyze the optimal design and implications of international investment agreements. These are ubiquitous, potent and heavily criticized state-to-state treaties that compensate foreign investors against host country policies. Optimal agreements cause national but not global underregulation...
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