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Spatial Effects of European Integration: Do Border Regions Benefit Above Average?

Niebuhr, Annekatrin - 2004

employment within regions. The ongoing process of European integration, being targeted on the reduction of barriers to trade and … on spatial effects of integration released by declining border impediments and changing market potentials. The analysis … departs from a threeregion economic geography model. We focus on the impact of integration on European border regions and the …

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Integration and labour markets in European border regions

Niebuhr, Annekatrin; Stiller, Silvia - In: Zeitschrift für ArbeitsmarktForschung - Journal for … 39 (2006) 1, pp. 57-76

. This paper deals with the effects of integration on labour markets in border regions. Within the framework of different … theoretical approaches, the effects of integration on location conditions and labour market disparities along national borders are … analysed. Furthermore, we investigate empirically the degree of labour market integration in European border regions. Measures …

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The impact of council's internal decision-making rules on the future EU

Widgrén, Mika - 2008

This paper deals with the voting rules in the EU Council. Both internal and external impact of the voting rules are evaluated. Internal impact affects the distribution of power among the member states and external impact affects power relations between the main decision-making bodies in the EU....

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The impact of council voting rules on EU decision-making

Widgrén, Mika - 2008

This paper deals with the design of voting rules in the EU Council. Both internal and external impact of the voting rules are examined. Internal impact affects the distribution of power among the member states and external impact affects power relations between the main decision-making bodies in...

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Offshoring, relocation and the speed of convergence in the enlarged European Union

Alho, Kari E. O. (contributor); Kaitila, Ville (contributor) - 2008

Economic convergence of the new member states (NMS) of the EU towards the old EU countries (EU-15), not only in terms of real income, but also in nominal terms, is of paramount importance for the whole of the EU. We build a dynamic CGE model, starting from the Balassa-Samuelson two-sector...