http://hdl.handle.net/10993/72 Search this channel search http://orbilu.uni.lu/simple-search http://hdl.handle.net/10993/41359 Title: Inter-regional innovation cooperation and structural heterogeneity:Does being a rural, or border region, or both, make a difference? <br/> <br/>Author, co-author: Hjaltadottir, Rannveig Edda; Makkonen, Teemu; Mitze, Timo Friedel <br/> <br/>Abstract: This paper analyses the determinants of inter-regional innovation cooperation in European knowledge networks. Our main goal is to assess whether structural heterogeneity in the context of the “urban-rural dichotomy†and international borders can explain differences in the regions’ engagement in inter-regional innovation coopera-tion. We estimate a gravity equation to model innovation cooperation, proxied by inter-regional co-patent ap-plications, as a function of region-specific context conditions as well as technological and geographical distance. Our data comprise dyadic information on 203 NUTS2 regions in 15 European countries (EU-15) for the year 2010. The empirical results show that the basic gravity mechanisms drive the direction and strength of in-novation cooperation between EU regions; i.e., geographical distance acts as an impediment to inter-regional co-patent applications. Regarding the importance of structural heterogeneity, we find that pairs of rural regions have lower levels of innovation cooperation compared to urban regions. Similarly, border regions are generally disadvantaged compared to non-border regions in terms of the intensity of innovation cooperation. However, while the latter result points to a negative border effect, our gravity model estimates also show that pairs of border regions are more active in terms of close geographical innovation cooperation (e.g., through international cross-border cooperation), which partly compensates for the negative border effect. This finding not only holds for urban but also rural border regions and may reflect policy attempts to support border regions, e.g., by strengthening the level of international cross-border cooperation within the EU. http://hdl.handle.net/10993/40308 Title: George Luis Leclerc de Buffon's Essays on Moral Arithmetic <br/> <br/>Author, co-author: Neugebauer, Tibor; Hey, John; Pasca, C. M. http://hdl.handle.net/10993/40307 Title: Who makes the Pie Bigger? An Experimental Study on Cooperation <br/> <br/>Author, co-author: Neugebauer, Tibor; Lacomba, J.-A.; Lagos, F. http://hdl.handle.net/10993/40306 Title: Public Good and Private Good Valuation for Waiting Time Reduction: A Laboratory Study <br/> <br/>Author, co-author: Neugebauer, Tibor; Traub http://hdl.handle.net/10993/39196 Title: Baustelle Digitalisierung <br/> <br/>Author, co-author: Irmen, Andreas; André, Bauler http://hdl.handle.net/10993/39195 Title: Wie Luxemburg weiter wachsen kann <br/> <br/>Author, co-author: Irmen, Andreas http://hdl.handle.net/10993/39194 Title: Der Klimawandel und die Wirtschaft - US Ökonomen William Nordhaus und Paul Romer teilen sich den Nobelpreis <br/> <br/>Author, co-author: Irmen, Andreas http://hdl.handle.net/10993/39188 Title: Technological Progress, the Supply ofHours Worked, and the Consumption-Leisure Complementarity <br/> <br/>Author, co-author: Irmen, Andreas http://hdl.handle.net/10993/38862 Title: Pierre Werner, A Mënsch a Sengem Joerhonnert <br/> <br/>Author, co-author: Danescu, Elena <br/> <br/>Abstract: E Politiker a seng Zäit 10. Feb 2019 - 09:04 Pierre Werner: e Politiker a seng Zäit. - Europäesche Staatsmann a Visionär, national Pappefigur oder Inkarnatioun vum reformresistente politesche Katholizismus - wie war dee Mann, deen der Nokrichszäit säi Stempel opgesat huet? Fir doriwwer ze schwätzen diskutéieren elo d'Historikerin Elena Danescu vum Institut fir Zäit- an digital Geschicht op der Uni Lëtzebuerg, d'Danièle Fonck, fréier Journalistin a Generaldirektesch vum Tageblatt, an de Jacques Santer, Finanzminister ënner dem Pierre Werner a säi Successeur als Premierminister. Moderatioun: Mick Entringer. <br/> <br/>Commentary: De Pierre Werner, säi Liewen, seng politesch Carrière (hei am Land an och um europäeschen Niveau) si sécherlech eng Radiossendung wäert. Zesumme mam Center for Contemporary and Digital Historyvun der Uni.lu huet de radio 100,7 eng Serie vu siwe Podcasten entwéckelt. De Portrait vum fréiere Lëtzebuerger Staatsminister erméiglecht ee Réckbléck op dat 20. Joerhonnert, eng frësch Vue op d'Geschicht vu Lëtzebuerg a vun Europa. http://hdl.handle.net/10993/36072 Title: L’inclusion & l’exclusion des personnes handicapées: Une question des contexts favorables ou dévavorables? <br/> <br/>Author, co-author: Limbach-Reich, Arthur http://hdl.handle.net/10993/36067 Title: "Rien n'est possible sans les hommes, rien n'est durable sans les institutions" <br/> <br/>Author, co-author: Danescu, Elena <br/> <br/>Abstract: Le 19 juin 1983, au Conseil européen de Stuttgart, le Premier Ministre, Pierre Werner, signe la Déclaration solennelle sur l'Union européenne. Ce document programmatique affirme la nécessité de « progresser vers une union toujours plus étroite entre les peuples et les États membres » et considère l’amélioration des institutions communautaires et la coopération politique comme clé de voûte pour plus d’Europe. Trente-cinq ans plus tard, ces desiderata trouvent un ample écho dans l’actualité. <br/> <br/>Commentary: Le cadre institutionnel européen puise ses racines dans la Déclaration du 9 mai 1950, inspirée par Jean Monnet et présentée par Robert Schuman, qui propose la création d’une Communauté européenne du charbon et de l’acier (CECA) dotée d’une institution supranationale - la Haute Autorité, dont le Luxembourg devient en 1952 lieu de travail, grâce à l’intelligence politico-diplomatique de Joseph Bech. Le plan Schuman envisageait la CECA comme la première étape vers une intégration économique générale et, finalement, vers une fédération politique. Au gré des traités et des élargissements successifs, l’architecture institutionnelle est forgée par le double impératif de l’efficacité et de la démocratie, mais l’équilibre entre éléments supranationaux et intergouvernementaux n’est pas facile à trouver. En témoignent le rejet par la France du Général de Gaulle de l’esquisse d’une Communauté politique et de la Communauté européenne de défense (1954). http://hdl.handle.net/10993/35390 Title: Une nouvelle lecture des sources primaires à travers l’analyse numérique des réseaux sociaux <br/> <br/>Author, co-author: Danescu, Elena; During, Marten; Guido, Daniele; Heimbach, Henriette http://hdl.handle.net/10993/35389 Title: Pierre Werner: An Architect of the Euro <br/> <br/>Author, co-author: Danescu, Elena http://hdl.handle.net/10993/35388 Title: Thinking and Shaping the architecture of EMU <br/> <br/>Author, co-author: Danescu, Elena http://hdl.handle.net/10993/35387 Title: Economists vs Monetarists – the main controversy in shaping EMU through the Werner Report <br/> <br/>Author, co-author: Danescu, Elena http://hdl.handle.net/10993/35386 Title: Elites, Networks and Interactions in Luxembourg European Integration Process. Novel Approaches to Studying Elites. <br/> <br/>Author, co-author: Danescu, Elena http://hdl.handle.net/10993/35385 Title: A New European Currency for a new Europe: the Christian Democratic Ideology and the Werner Committee <br/> <br/>Author, co-author: Danescu, Elena; Tedeschi, Paolo http://hdl.handle.net/10993/35382 Title: Principles, Values and Challenges for a Europe Built through Currency <br/> <br/>Author, co-author: Danescu, Elena <br/> <br/>Abstract: At the Hague Summit (1–2 December 1969), the decision was taken to explore the possibilities of progress towards an economic and monetary union. An ad hoc committee of experts was set up and, at the request of the EC Council, Pierre Werner (Prime Minister and Finance Minister of Luxembourg) was chosen as chairman. The work of this committee began on 20 March 1970 and resulted in the Werner Report - presented on 8 October in Luxembourg. The Werner Report offered a full definition of EMU, which was to be established in three stages over a decade (1971–80). The ultimate aim was to achieve irreversible convertibility between the currencies of the Member States, the complete liberalization of capital movements, the irrevocable fixing of exchange rates, and even potentially the replacement of national currencies by a single currency as a natural and desirable further development of monetary union. From an institutional viewpoint, the report called for the creation of two new steering bodies: a ‘centre of decision for economic policy’, independent of governments and placed under the democratic control of the European Parliament, to be elected by universal suffrage; and a ‘Community system for the central banks’. Also, EMU would serve as a ‘leaven’ for the development of a political union. Two main principles underpinned the Werner Report: gradual realization of EMU (a step-by-step approach); and parallelism between economic convergence and transfer of powers to the supranational level. The Report ran into a series of international crises (which led to the collapse of the IMS), culminating to its de facto suspension in 1974. Three decades later, the Delors Report was to give the Werner Report the credit due to it, by appropriating its overall philosophy and structure. Both reports define monetary union in almost identical terms, but in some respects the Werner Report goes further and is more clear cut than the Delors Report. This paper aims to analyze why the Werner Report marked a crucial stage in the process of European integration and was offered, through its principles, values and ideas, a blueprint of EMU in the EU. http://hdl.handle.net/10993/35335 Title: Challenges in completing EMU: asymmetric competition vs fiscal harmonisation. A case study of the Benelux countries <br/> <br/>Author, co-author: Danescu, Elena <br/> <br/>Abstract: This paper aims to investigate the concept, context and socio-economic consequences of fiscal competition in the integrated economic space of EMU in completion, to pinpoint the positive and negative factors at work via a case study of the Benelux countries – both founder members of the EU and pioneers of EMU – and to examine the impact on European and international regulations in the field. In particular, it will endeavour to provide a comprehensive interpretation of fiscal policy in the Benelux countries via a comparative approach and from a historical perspective. It will look at the development of respective domestic fiscal policies, driven by national interests and by membership of a Community that is subject to requirements in terms of harmonisation and taxation, but also by constant contact (and frequent clashes) with the multilateral international environment. http://hdl.handle.net/10993/35333 Title: Pierre Werner and Europe: The Family Archives Behind the Werner Report. Foreword by Jean-Claude Juncker, President of the European Commission, and Foreword by Professor Harold James (Princeton University) <br/> <br/>Author, co-author: Danescu, Elena <br/> <br/>Abstract: This book - which features a foreword by Jean-Claude Juncker, President of the European Commission, and a Preface by Professor Harold James (Princeton Unviersity) -examines the European vocation and achievements of Pierre Werner (1913–2002),former Prime Minister, Finance Minister and Foreign Minister of Luxembourg, unanimously recognized as one of the architects of the Economic and Monetary Union. The author makes extensive use of Pierre Werner’s previously unpublished archives belonging to the Werner family, opened for the first time for research purposes. The book analyses the Werner Report, negotiations within the Werner Committee, the emergence of the Committee’s views on EMU, their political commitment to a European currency, the similarities and differences between their ideas, their personal networks, the influence of the states they represented, their theoretical and methodological input and their contribution to the political consensus. Chapters shed new light on various aspects of the European integration process and also on the role of Luxembourg and its European policy. In addition, the author has carried out a series of original interviews with Luxembourg and European figures who share their memories and thoughts concerning Pierre Werner, his achievements and his views on the European integration process, and also other topics such as the Economic and Monetary Union and Luxembourg‘s European policy. This book will be of interest and value to researchers, EU policy makers and students in the fields of political economy, political science, economic history and history of economic thought.