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

The paper studies the role of international implications after EU enlargement. Based on a formal model with migration … costs for both capital and labor, it predicts a two-sided migration from the new to the old EU countries which is later …

Auf der Tagung des Europäischen Rates in Kopenhagen wurde der Beschluss gefasst, die EU nach Osten hin zu öffnen und … assoziierte Länder Mittel- und Osteuropas sowie Malta und Zypern in eine erweiterte Gemeinschaft aufzunehmen. Der Beitritt zur EU … IfW-Beitrittsindikator vergleicht die Reformfortschritte der zwölf Kandidatenländer mit dem Stand der Reformen in vier EU …

- is unlikely to be successful. However, due to enlargement fatigue within the EU, the membership incentive is off the … coalitions for further institutional reforms. The paper shows that the EU could, by providing economic incentives rather than the … membership incentive, exploit the strong business interests of the oligarchic clans in the EU markets and EU investment to …

The rapid journey from central planning to EU (euro area) membership stress-tested the social learning processes of the … EU, spurred major reform waves and led to the very rapid introduction of best-practice institutions. Although social … institutions played a dominant role in shaping the transition process. Along with the EU accession process, the EU acted as a …

The paper takes into account both the concerns of the EU, arguing that convergence is incomplete, and the demands from …

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 …