R&D and innovation are seen as key determinants of productivity and competitiveness and it has been recognized that the low growth performances of EU countries of the last decades can largely be attributable to their poor research performance, as compared to the US. As a consequence, most EU...

This study aims to evaluate the results of a test of the access to interviews of young men of French and North African origin in order to highlight the possible existence and extent of discriminatory practices against persons of foreign origin (North African). We innovate by the fact that we...

Most of Basel II and III financial regulations are based on data, treated in a statistical mindset. While regulators call for forward-looking risk management, they suggest no time-based modeling approach. In macroeconomic catastrophes modeling, this is a great setback. This paper reports the...

This paper studies the impact of credit rating agency (CRA) downgrade announcements on the value of the Euro and the yields of French, Italian, German and Spanish long-term sovereign bonds during the culmination of the Eurozone debt crisis in 2011-2012.GARCH modeling of sovereign bond yields and...

In September 2013, the EU Parliament has called for a 6% limitation of crop-based biofuels (instead of 10% initially) and proposed a 2.5% binding incorporation target for cellulosic biofuels by 2020. In spite of this stated objective, the horizon of a large-scale adoption for advanced biofuels...

Almost two years after the publication of the "Integrated Review", the British government has updated its security strategy. This "refresh" is primarily intended to adapt to the rapidly advancing development towards a contested and fragmented global order. Without indicating a radical shift, the...

Die Mindestlohnkommission entscheidet alle zwei Jahre über eine Anpassung des gesetzlichen Mindestlohns. Bisher orientierte sie sich dabei nachlaufend an der Tariflohnentwicklung. Das trug dazu bei, dass der Arbeitsmarkt den staatlichen Eingriff in die Lohnfindung gut verkraftete und die...