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Einaudi Center: Recent submissions
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The Macro- and Socioeconomic Impact of the Syrian Crisis on Lebanon
Charafeddine, Raed H. (Mario Einaudi Center for International Studies, 2018-04)Because the blazing Syrian territories are the longest and only accessible borders to Lebanon, the Syrian crisis has had a direct and significant impact on Lebanon’s macro- and socioeconomic conditions. It has undermined ... -
The Changing Politics of Central Banking: A Legal Perspective
Prates, Marcelo (Mario Einaudi Center for International Studies, 2016-06)Central banks around the world emerged from the financial crisis in a curious situation. On the one hand, central banks were criticized because they had not been able to anticipate or prevent the crisis. On the other hand, ... -
The Global Politics of Central Banking: A View From Political Science
Lockwood, Erin (Mario Einaudi Center for International Studies, 2016-07)This paper reviews the political science literature on central banking from the early 1990s through the present, paying particular attention to the explicit or implicit conception of politics in the works reviewed. I begin ... -
Challenges Confronting Central Bankers Today
Hayes, Adam (Mario Einaudi Center for International Studies, 2016-07)The role of central banks in today’s global economy cannot be understated. These institutions hold great influence over important pieces of the economic engine, which in turn impact financial flows, access to credit, prices ... -
Going Global In Academia: International Ranking Systems and Their Implication for Economic Research Variety
Palea, Vera (Mario Einaudi Center for International Studies, 2015-07)There is nowadays a growing sense of unease about the current state and the direction of financial academic research. A number of critical studies have highlighted the failure of academia in anticipating the recent financial ... -
Mapping the Contours of Identity Contestation: Hybridization, Polarization, and Self-Marginalization
Hintz, Lisel (Mario Einaudi Center for International Studies, 2016-05)This paper is part of a larger project that forays into the murky waters of sub-national identity contestation, understood here as struggles among members of a state’s population who support competing various proposals for ... -
After Crimea: Disarmament, Frozen Conflicts, And Illicit Trafficking Through Eastern Europe
Gheorge, Eliza (Mario Einaudi Center for International Studies, 2015-07)This paper examines the principal-agent problem in the case of Russia and breakaway republics in its near abroad, with a specific focus on nuclear smuggling. These spaces have been a haven for nuclear traffickers, posing ... -
Georgia in His Mind: A Cognitive Explanation for George W. Bush’s Decision-Making in the 2008 August War
Hintz, Lisel (Mario Einaudi Center for International Studies, 2016-05)This paper explores the case of US President George W. Bush’s unwavering support for the Republic of Georgia in its aggressive engagement with Russia during the 2008 August War, a nearly universally acknowledged judgment ... -
Africanizing Apartheid: Identity, Ideology, and State-Building in Post-Independence Africa
Miller, Jamie (Mario Einaudi Center for International Studies, 2015-04)Between 1968 and 1975, the leaders of white South Africa reached out to independent African leaders. Scholars have alternately seen these counterintuitive campaigns as driven by a quest for regional economic hegemony, ... -
Constructing and Maintaining Legitimacy: Sociological Perspectives of the Politics of Central Banking
Bea, Megan Doherty (Mario Einaudi Center for International Studies, 2016-06)This working paper reviews central banking research produced in sociology and anthropology, most of which has been published in the last five to ten years. These studies focus on institutional structures and social and ...