The European Commission and International Trade Negotiations: A Principal-Agent Approach. IES WORKING PAPER 2/2011

Starting from the concept of delegation of power in external trade policy, this paper aims to investigate the dynamics surrounding the European Union’s position in international trade negotiations. The analysis centres on the role of the European Commission (the agent), which by means of Treaty-based delegation and as mandated by the Council (the principal) acts as the sole trade negotiator in the international sphere on behalf of the European Union (EU). The broader negotiating process is thus conceptualised as a threelevel game, where the Commission holds an intermediary position between the European and international levels and also interacts with the Member States in the Council. After an insight into the European decision-making process for external trade, the paper further analyses the Commission’s role during the multilateral trade negotiations of the Doha Development Round. By applying the principal-agent theory to international trade negotiations in general, and subsequently to the controversial agricultural negotiations, this paper seeks to investigate some of the potential sources of autonomy that the Commission can draw upon while upholding an EU position at the international level, in addition to the “hardball” job of balancing the interests of the Member States with those of World Trade Organisation (WTO) partners. Along these lines, the paper finally aims to contribute to the literature concerning agency autonomy in EU external trade relations but also to provide a better understanding of inter-institutional relations within the EU as they may unfold in practice.

Simulazione agent-based di un sistema di m-Health per il self-management del diabete di tipo 1

L'obiettivo della tesi è dimostrare l'utilità e i vantaggi che può fornire il Self-Management del diabete mellito di tipo 1 in un sistema di mobile Health a partire da un modello computazionale Agent-Based. Viene quindi affrontata in maniera approfondita la tematica del mobile Health ed il suo sviluppo nei paesi a basso/medio reddito, illustrando i risultati ottenuti dalla ricerca scientifica fino ad oggi, ed il concetto di Self-Management di malattie croniche, un processo di cura caratterizzato dalla partecipazione autonoma del paziente stesso, fornendo una panoramica degli approcci computazionali sviluppati. Viene quindi studiato il diabete mellito in ogni sua caratteristica, seguito dall'illustrazione di diverse applicazioni per la gestione autonoma della suddetta patologia tutt'ora in commercio. Nel caso di studio vengono effettuate diverse simulazioni, tramite la piattaforma di simulazione MASON, per realizzare varie dinamiche della rete fisiologica di un paziente al fine di stabilire feedback qualitativi per il Self-Management della patologia.

Final report of H. H. Martin, acting agent of the United States, before the Mixed Claims Commission, United States and Germany.

Mode of access: Internet.

Polyurethane foam as trapping agent for airborne pesticides : analytical method development /

"Interagency agreement no. 78-D-XO449."

Journal of a tour in the "Indian territory," : performed by order of the Domestic Committee of the Board of Missions of the Protestant Episcopal Church, in the spring of 1844, by their secretary and general agent.

Disbound Original Held in Oak Street Library Facility.

Sobering agent: effectiveness measurement and development. Final report.

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Washington, D.C.

Agent Orange legislation and oversight [microform] : hearing before the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, United States Senate, One Hundredth Congress, second session, on S. 1692, the proposed "Agent Orange Disability Benefits Act of 1987"; S. 1787, the proposed "Veterans' Agent Orange Disabilities Act of 1987"; and Agent Orange oversight issues, May 12, 1988.

CIS Microfiche Accession Numbers: CIS 89 S761-8

Recent developments concerning foreign agent harassment of people in the United States [microform] : hearing before the Subcommittee on Human Rights and International Organizations of the Committee on Foreign Affairs, House of Representatives, One Hundredth Congress, second session, April 21, 1988.

CIS Microfiche Accession Numbers: CIS 89 H381-53

Substitute foaming agent for the manufacture of Part 572 dummy flesh components. Final report.

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Washington, D.C.

Testimony of ex-mayor Stoddard and general passenger agent Flanders in support of the "Hazen bill" : before the Railroad Committee of the New Hampshire House of Representatives, June session, 1887.

Mode of access: Internet.

The secret agent : a simple tale.

Mode of access: Internet.

Correspondence of Colonel N. Hooke,: agent from the court of France to the Scottish Jacobites, in the years 1703-1707.

Listed as nos. 92 and 95 in the club's Catalogue of books, 1898.

Syphilitic diseases : their pathology, diagnosis, and treatment, including experimental researches on inoculation as a differential agent in testing the character of these affections /

Mode of access: Internet.

The demonstration agent; who she is and what she does,

Mode of access: Internet.

Athenian letters: or, The epistolary correspondence of an agent of the king of Persia, residing at Athens during the Peloponnesian war. A new edition; to which is prefixed a geographical index. In two volumes. Illustrated with engravings, and a map of ancient Greece ...

The work of a group of English writers each letter being signed by an initial indicating the author, as follows. P.-Philip Yorke; C.-Charles Yorke; R.-G.H. Rooke; G.-John Green; W.-Daniel Wray; H.-Henry Heaton; E.-Wm. Heberden; O.-Henry Coventry; L.-John Lawry; T.-Catherine Talbot; B.-Thomas Birch; S.-Samuel Salter. The work was edited by Thomas Birch, the brothers Yorke having the largest share in the composition of the letters.