countries (CEECs), a topic that has gained attention as the newest EU members approach monetary union. Our meta-analysis of 35 …

This paper takes a welfare-view on eastern enlargement of the EU, focusing on incumbent countries. Enlargement is … decomposed into three elements: Single-market integration on commodity markets, budgetary costs from EU-expenditure policies, and … characteristic inter-country pattern of enlargement-induced welfare effects for all EU15 countries. Aggregating these across …

Die Osterweiterung der EU verursacht für die bestehenden Mitgliedsländer Kosten. Sowohl die Gemeinsame Agrarpolitik …, als auch die Regional- und Strukturpolitik der EU werden zu einem Nettotransfer von den alten zu den neuen … präsentiert, und die "österreichischen Ergebnisse" werden dann näherungsweise auf die anderen EU-Länder übertragen. Es entsteht …

The new trade theory explains several features of the current development of EU's trade with CEECs better than the … peripheral EU countries. However, this induced increased specialization in EU countries, which contrasts with the development in …Um gewisse Merkmale der gegenwärtigen Entwicklung des Osthandels der EU zu erklären, ist die neue Außenhandelstheorie …

need for social policies at the EU level. Social harmonisation would distort migration flows and slow down the speed of …

The paper deals with the effects of migration resulting from EU Eastern enlargement on the welfare states of Western … is a rational reaction of the state. The proposed new EU constitution which contains far-reaching rules for a European …