public administration reforms for a panel of EU countries using a novel reform indicator. The findings support the political … Europe. Administrative reforms which boost the efficiency of the administration can alleviate the trade-off between … other EU countries, and for vertical learning associated with a particular type of EU transfers. …

This paper assesses the consequences of EU enlargement for East West migration. In the theoretical part, we identify … several factors in addition to the reduction of moving costs by which EU membership influences migration. Specifically, EU … accession affects income gaps. Moreover, if EU membership is refused, fear of future restrictions on immigration will lead to …

The paper applies standard public choice reasoning to the negotiations on EU enlargement and the Treaty of Nice. The … present EU countries are respected. Decisive actors in the West are the members of the European Parliament, individuals in … post-entry position of new members. The Intergovernmental Conference is reinterpreted as an opportunity of EU-15 actors to …

new member countries actually entered the EU. German linked employer-employee data allow to observe the relation of …

non-EU-member countries as well as those firms that are situated in less developed legal systems according to Freedom …

base as prevalent in many longstanding Member States of the EU and the OECD. Our analysis is not limited to a comprehensive … Eastern European EU Member States. -- Corporate taxation ; effective tax burden ; transition economy ; EU accession countries …

höhere Leistungsfähigkeit der Verwaltung. In diesem Beitrag geben Sebastian Blesse und Felix Rösel einen Überblick über die … bestehende kausale Evidenz zu den Effekten von Gebietsreformen auf öffentliche Ausgaben, Effizienz und Qualität der Verwaltung …