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EU-Enlargement and Beyond: A Simulation Study on EU and Russia Integration
Sulamaa, Pekka; Widgrén, Mika - Valtion taloudellinen tutkimuskeskus (VATT), Government … - 2004
integration between the EU and Russia contributes to this. The analysis is carried out with GTAP computable general equilibrium … model. We find that there is a trade-off between the two roads of European integration arrangements. Eastern enlargement … Union. EU-Russia integration, on the other hand, has different impact. To be beneficial for Russia free trade between the EU …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005545835
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Economic Effects of Free Trade between the EU and Russia
Sulamaa, Pekka; Widgrén, Mika - Elinkeinoelämän Tutkimuslaitos (ETLA) - 2005
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005566080
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The European Commission: appointment, preferences, and institutional relations
Napel, Stefan; Widgrén, Mika - 2007
The paper analyzes the appointment of the European Commission as a strategic game between members of the European Parliament and the Council. The focal equilibrium results in Commissioners that duplicate the policy preferences of national Council representatives. Different internal decision...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010264227
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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....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010264287
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Offshoring, relocation and the speed of convergence in the enlarged European Union
Alho, Kari E. O.; Kaitila, Ville; Widgrén, Mika - 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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010273001
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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010273006
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The European Commission: Appointment, preferences, and institutional relations
Napel, Stefan; Widgrén, Mika - 2006
The paper analyzes the appointment of the European Commission as a strategic game between members of the EU's Council of Ministers and the European Parliament. The focal equilibrium results in Commissioners that duplicate policy preferences of national Council representatives. Different internal...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010285063
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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003763045
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The impact of council voting rules on EU decision-making
Widgrén, Mika (contributor) - 2008
distribution of power in the Council and inter-institutional power between the EU's decision-making bodies. -- European integration …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003774747
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The European Commission : appointment, preferences, and institutional relations
Napel, Stefan (contributor); Widgrén, Mika (contributor) - 2006
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003254651