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    Alternation and Cooperation in a Two-party System: Implications for Resource-Based Developing Economies 

    Astorga Junquera, Pablo (2012-11)

    This paper studies cooperation in a political system dominated by two opportunistic parties competing in a resource-based economy. Since a binding agreement as an external solution might be difficult to enforce due to the ...

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    Broadband developments in Europe: A retrospective review of the determinants of supply and demand 

    Lemstra, Wolter (2017-11-01)

    This contribution provides insights into the dynamics of broadband markets in Europe. While there are many studies capturing the dynamics from an econometric perspective, qualitative studies are much smaller in number and ...

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    Can You Home Again? Desertion and Control of Hometowns in Civil Wars 

    McLauchlin, Theodore (2011-12)

    What allows an armed group in a civil war to prevent desertion? This paper addresses this question with a focus on control in the rearguard. Most past studies focus on motivations for desertion. They explain desertion in ...

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    Comparing Governmental Agendas: Evolution of the Prioritization of Issues in the USA and Spain 

    Chaqués, Laura; Palau, Anna M.; Muñoz, Luz; Wilkerson, John (2008-06)

    This paper is the first step in a long term project investigating policy stability and change in Spain from an agenda setting perspective and comparing the Spanish policy agenda to that of other advanced democracies. Here ...

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    Dealing with Tyranny: International Sanctions and Autocrats’ Duration 

    Escribà-Folch, Abel; Wright, Joseph G. (2008-06)

    This paper enquires into whether economic sanctions are effective in destabilizing authoritarian rulers. We argue that this effect is mediated by the type of authoritarian regime against which sanctions are imposed. Thus, ...

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    European transboundary crises and EU agencies: Examining board members' attitudes towards crisis involvement 

    Jordana, Jacint; Triviño, Juan Carlos (2018-02-01)

    The European Union continuously faces crises on a continental scale, such as the 1996 and 2000 “mad cow disease” crises, the 2008 financial crisis, or the 2015 refugee crisis. Within this context, institutions including ...

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    European Union Agencies: A transnational logic? 

    Triviño, Juan Carlos (2017-11-01)

    European Union agencies have been studied explicitly or implicitly from two distinct theoretical backgrounds: an intergovernmental and a supranational logic. The two logics relate to broader dynamics that aim to understand ...

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    Europeanisation and Conflict Resolution: The Case of Cyprus 

    Kyris, George (2013-11)

    This paper investigates the example of Cyprus as a case study for the Europeanisation of conflict resolution. The argument advanced is that the European Union (EU) impacts the positions of the parts of the conflict (here, ...

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    Explaining Variation in Organizational Change: The Reform of Human Resource Management in the European Commission and the OECD 

    Knill, Christoph; Balint, Tim (2008-02)

    In this article we investigate the reforms of human resource management in the European Commission and the OECD by analyzing comparatively to what extent both organizations have adjusted their respective structures towards ...

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    La internet industrial para el cambio estructural en América Latina 

    Castillo, Mario (2017-11-01)

    Este artículo analiza las implicancias de la Internet industrial en las estrategias de crecimiento de los países América Latina. La Internet industrial es la próxima gran ola de innovación y se prevé que transformará ...

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    Labor Mobility of the Chinese Graduates from British and Spanish Universities: What Happens to the "Talent Migration"? 

    Jasiewicz, Joanna (2013-05)

    The scholarship on migration in Europe heavily focuses on the integration of economically vulnerable migrants. In the age of commercialization of education, however, the European Union attracts a rising number of highly ...

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    Mandatory due diligence for ‘conflict minerals’ and illegally logged timber: Emergence and cascade of a new norm on foreign accountability 

    Partzsch, Lena; Vlaskamp, Martijn (2016-10-30)

    The European Union, the United States, and a number of other state actors have adopted policies obliging companies to conduct supply chain due diligence regarding the import of natural resources. While several authors have ...

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    Of Coalition and Speed: Passage and Duration of Statutes in Uruguay's Parliament, 1985-2000 

    Magar, Eric; Moraes, Juan Andrés (2008-06)

    We report preliminary findings from analysis of a database under construction. The paper explores the legislative process in search for some of the alleged consequences of cabinet coalitions in a presidential system. ...

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    Policy Coordination and Internet Governance in Latin America 

    Cavalcanti, Daniel (2017-11-01)

    This paper examines the roles that telecommunications regulation and Internet governance have played over the last few decades in coordinating policies that contributed to the development of todays´global communications ...

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    Políticas de comunicación y convergencia digital en América Latina. Un estudio sobre Argentina, Brasil y México 

    Bizberge, Ana (2017-11-01)

    El presente trabajo plantea un estudio sobre las políticas públicas de comunicación en materia de convergencia digital en América Latina, a partir del análisis de las reformas normativas en Argentina, Brasil y México. Entre ...

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    Regional Inequalities in the Impact of Broadband on Productivity. Evidence from Brazil 

    Jung, Juan (2015-07-01)

    The aim of this paper is to perform an analysis of the impact of broadband on regional productivity in Brazil, intending to find out if the economic impact is uniform across all territories of the country. The possibility ...

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    Regulation of Latin American’s Information & Communications Technology (ICT) Sector: An Empirical Analysis 

    Alleman, James (2015-07-01)

    In the mid-1980s a movement towards privatization and de-regulation of the telecommunications sector was begun. The sector has been privatized in most countries and subjected to regulatory reform. The major reform occurred ...

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    The impact of ICTs on employment in Latin America: A call for comprehensive regulation 

    Marta, Garcia Murillo (2017-11-01)

    The purpose of this research is to determine the manner in which employment will evolve as a result of information and communication technologies. Prior research has shown that both communication and automation are displacing ...

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    The Mediterranean in an Age of Globalisation 

    Halliday, Fred (2008-12-30)

    This paper reflects the contents of the Plenary Lecture addressed to the participants of the 2nd Graduate Conference, European Consortium for Political Science, Universitat Autonòma de Barcelona, 25 August 2008