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Private money and money market integration: The role of payments infrastructure in nineteenth‐century Switzerland

The Economic History Review, EarlyView.
Abstract Using newly collected discount rate data for six Swiss cities from 1846 to 1893, we find no evidence of increasing integration during a 30‐year period of lightly regulated free banking. We attribute this to two structural issues: banks had incentives to ward off competitors by protecting their local monopolies or forming cartels, and there was
Daniel Kaufmann, Rebecca Stuart
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The jurisdiction of Constitutional Court of Kosovo to assess the constitutionality of constitutional amendments [PDF]

, 2018
: The Constitutional Court of Kosovo has been established in 2009. From its establishment until now, the Constitutional Court has, in several occasions, dealt with the assessment of constitutional amendments.
Balaj, Luz; Teaching Assistant, PhD candidate
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Reimagining State Aid: Guiding Law and Policy Reform in a Changing World

European Law Journal, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT EU state aid law has shifted fundamentally from an originally purely repressive tool to a proactive steering mechanism for critical EU goals today. This paper argues that the current legal framework in Article 107 TFEU is gravely misaligned with this new function.
Thomas Jaeger
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Ford Focus: Constitutional Context and the Notwithstanding Clause

In this article, I return to the broader constitutional perspectives that the Ford judgment temporarily pushed aside. Examining the notwithstanding clause’s early academic reception, pre-Ford judicial treatment, and the arguments the Supreme Court ...
Adams, Eric
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Unprincipled Principals in the Accountability Chain: Autonomy and Political Control Within Tax Administration in a Developing Country Context

Financial Accountability &Management, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT SDG 16 emphasizes the need for accountable institutions, often based on the assumption that public officials are accountable to politicians, who in turn are accountable to citizens. However, in many developing countries, neopatrimonial governance can weaken this accountability chain, as politicians themselves may act as “unprincipled ...
Edidiong Bassey, Emer Mulligan
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Comparative Constitutional Design: Northern Stagnation, Southern Innovation

It is hard to overstate the intellectual renaissance of comparative constitutional law over the last two decades. And yet, despite this tremendous renaissance, some challenges persist.
Hirschl, Ran
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The Political Legitimacy of Multilevel Crisis Governance: The EU's Recovery and Resilience Facility

JCMS: Journal of Common Market Studies, EarlyView.
Abstract European‐wide crises have required extraordinary responses from the EU and its member states that affected its governance and legal framework as well as its legitimacy. The recent COVID‐19 pandemic spread across borders and involved multiple levels of government to mitigate its socio‐economic impact and facilitate a swift recovery.
Marius Guderjan, Mario Kölling
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Mobilising Judicial Voices: How and Why National Courts Express Their Opinions in the Preliminary Reference Procedure – A Case Study of Czechia

JCMS: Journal of Common Market Studies, EarlyView.
Abstract This article interrogates the national courts' pre‐emptive opinions expressed in the Article 267 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union preliminary reference procedure from both theoretical and analytical angles. First, we theorise about the variety of factors influencing national courts' decision to supply the Court of Justice
Marek Pivoda, Filip Vlček
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Scrutinising Frontex: The European Parliament and Accountability through Discharge

JCMS: Journal of Common Market Studies, EarlyView.
Abstract This article examines how the European Parliament (EP) has leveraged the budgetary discharge procedure to enhance the political accountability of the EU's Border and Coast Guard Agency, Frontex. Whilst the procedure is formally limited to budget implementation, the EP has used it as an accountability tool that goes far beyond financial ...
Magnus G. Schoeller, Peter Slominski
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The Gendered Nature of the EU Budget

JCMS: Journal of Common Market Studies, EarlyView.
Abstract The relationship between the European Union's (EU) budget and gender equality has been a constant challenge throughout the process of European integration. Recognising the distinctiveness of the EU budget, it is evident that its primary focus lies in transfers between regions, states and specific sectors, allocating expenditure to broad ...
Johanna Lorraine Breuer
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