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The Reform of the National Public Policies Process Under the Influence of Europeanization Changes in the Policy-Making in Romania on Institutional and Legislative Level

Matei, Ani I.; Dogaru, Tatiana Camelia - 2011

The construction initiated by Monnet, Schuman, Adenauer and De Gasperi had a remarkable evolution not only concerning the number of the Member States, but also in terms of institutional and functional development, the European Union being one of the most important changing factor concerning the...

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Fat Taxes in the European Union between Fiscal Austerity and the Fight Against Obesity

Alemanno, Alberto; Carreno, Ignacio - 2014

To discourage unhealthy eating and limit the population’s intake of fatty foods, an increasing number of countries across the the European Union is considering levying taxes on unhealthy food. This essay provides a brief analysis of the genesis, rationale and legal implications of these...

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Intellectual Property Provisions of Bilateral and Regional Trade Agreements in Light of U.S. Federal Law

Abbott, Frederick M. - 2011

During the past several years, the United States has concluded a substantial number of bilateral and regional free trade agreements (hereinafter “FTAs”), largely with developing countries. Each of those FTAs includes substantial commitments in the field of intellectual property rights (IPRs)...

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The Impact of Health Care Expenditure by Government on Mortality : An Empirical Analysis for Europe (2003-2007)

Georgiou, Miltiades N. - 2010

In the present paper it will be shown empirically that government health care expenditure reduces mortality. For this finding panel data are used covering European countries (2003-2007). These data are elaborated by means of Eviews software package

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The Crisis of the Divided Welfare State : Surprising Lessons from Europe

Smyrl, Marc E. - 2009

Typologies of welfare state regimes place France and Germany on the one hand, and the United States on the other in very different categories. All nevertheless share an essential feature: they traditionally depend on business for both the funding and management of health insurance. It is the...

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Risk Equalisation in Health Insurance and the New Standard for Public Service Compensation in the Context of State Aid and Services of General Economic Interest Under EU Law

Sauter, Wolf - 2008

In its BUPA Case of February 2008 the Court of First Instance set a new standard for assessing whether public service compensation constitutes a state aid and/or is covered by the exception for services of general economic interest. At issue was risk equalisation between providers of private...

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Self-Regulation in the Adult Film Industry : Why Are HIV Outbreaks the Exception and Not the Norm?

Padilla, Alexandre - 2020

This paper analyzes how self-interest and long-term profit expectations provided the necessary incentives for the adult film industry to self-regulate and to find mechanisms to minimize the risks of HIV outbreaks that could result from the asymmetric information and network effects that...

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Are Employers Discriminating with Respect to Weight? European Evidence using Quantile Regression

Atella, Vincenzo; Pace, Noemi; Vuri, Daniela - 2014

The aim of this research is to investigate the relationship between obesity and wages, using data for nine countries from the European Community Household Panel (ECHP) over the period 1998-2001. We improve upon the existing literature by adopting an Instrumental Variable Quantile Regression...

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The European Food Safety Authority at Five

Alemanno, Alberto - 2013

The establishment of the much-awaited European Food Safety Authority is the most prominent innovation introduced by the recently reformed European regulation of food. Yet, the Authority merely represents one of the components of an entirely new strategy adopted by the European Union in relation...

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Environmental and Health-Related Standards Influencing Agriculture in Australia

Stringer, Randy; Anderson, Kym - 2003

emphasis on economic (ie. price-based) instruments. For example, the current water reform agenda that is gradually being … Commonwealth Government is currently undertaking a comprehensive reform of the country's environmental law regime. The objective of … and minimises the potential for delay and intergovernmental duplication (DE, 1998). Fundamental to the reform package is …

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