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

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 …

We assess the correlation of supply and demand shocks between current countries in the euro area and EU accession … with the euro area and conclude that continuing integration within the EU is likely to align the business cycles of these … countries in a manner similar to the synchronisation of supply and demand shocks we document for the EU in the 1990s.JEL numbers …

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 …