53 research outputs found
Federalism as a Public Good
This paper suggests that stabilizing federalism is like solving a public good provision problem. It reviews results in the public good provision literature that are relevant for federalism, and discusses the implications of these results for the institutional design of federalism.Peer Reviewedhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/44798/1/10602_2005_Article_2235.pd
Enhancing Europeâs global power: a scenario exercise with eight proposals
In the present context of intensifying competition between the major trading economies and potentially game-changing technological developments, the European Union is generally seen as the weaker party. Lacking the âhard powerâ derived from military capabilities, it has laid claim to a âsoft powerâ of normative influence externally, yet even that is only partially utilised. Nor has Europe been able to exercise the power to coerce â âsharp powerâ â commensurate with its economic weight as a trading bloc equivalent in size and reach to the US or China, its most prominent global competitors. How can Europe strengthen its position, and in what fields? Through a scenario exercise, we develop eight policy proposals aimed at countering EuropeÂŽs vulnerabilities and enabling it to assert its sharp and soft power more effectively. Specifically, we consider the feasibility, means and scope for their realisation. Together, they provide a transformative agenda for the EUâs position in the world
Efficient allocations in economies with asymmetric information when the realized frequency of types is common knowledge
We consider a general economy, where agents have private information about their types. Types can be multidimensional and potentially interdependent. We show that, if the realized frequency of types (the exact number of agents for each type) is common knowledge, then a mechanism exists, which is consistent with truthful revelation of private information and which implements first-best allocations of resources as the unique equilibrium. The result requires the single-crossing property on utility functions and the anonymity of the Pareto correspondence
Geomechanical analysis of the rock masses outcropping in the slope between Scilla and Bagnara Calabra (RC)
The paper shows the results of the geomechanical analysis
performed on the rock masses which make up the slope between
Scilla and Bagnara Calabra (RC) (upstream of the Favazzina
village). In order to characterize mechanically the slope,
geostructural and geomechanical surveys, data from geological
surveys, geophysical prospecting and tests on rocks have been
used. The obtained data have allowed to the reconstruction of the
geomechanical model of the rock masses constituting the slope
using the results of a borehole that has also reached depth equal
to 410 m. The studied rock mass belongs to the metamorphiccrystalline
basement of the Aspromonte, a sector of the Calabrian
Peloritano Arc extremely complex geologically and
geostructurally, made more complicated by the presence of some
local tectonic structures still poorly defined. Moreover the article
illustrates the main geomechanical problems of the slope
investigated
A profile of industrial estates and business parks in Kent
SIGLEAvailable from British Library Document Supply Centre- DSC:OP-LG/8069 / BLDSC - British Library Document Supply CentreGBUnited Kingdo
Analyses of seismic behavior of structural walls with various reinforcements and boundary conditions
Some remarks on Bayesian mechanism design
Although the problem of revelation of preferences for public goods had already been brought up in several instances, it was surely the merit of Leo Hurwicz to show that providing incentives was a fundamental problem in the design of any institution for collective decision based on decentralized information and control
A note on budget balance under interim participation constraints: the case of independent types
Mechanism design, Budget balance, Participation constraints, D02, D70, D82,
Mechanism Design with Interdependent Valuations: Surplus Extraction
Auctions, Surplus extraction, Interdependent valuations, Mechanism design, D44, D82,
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