> the European Union (EU) and the North American Free Trade Association (NAFTA). First, is there evidence from the past that … EU membership contribute to, or slow this past trend for increasing economic integration across regions as well as within …

well as between fiscal policy of the EU countries and the other OECD countries. In particular, the EU countries react in a …-cyclical. However, ex ante fiscal policy is a-cyclical for the EU countries and counter-cyclical for the other countries. …

In this paper, we evaluate the impact of Turkey's membership on EU voting. The aspects that we discuss are decision …-making efficiency and the distribution of power in the EU's leading decision making body the Council of Ministers. We compare two …

implementation in the EU are determined. We find that (1) implemented budgetary adjustment falls systematically short of planned …

of EU regional initiative. …

Why has the EU been so eager to continue the climate negotiations? Can it be solely attributed to the EU feeling …-ests in the EU, at least partly, explain the behaviour of the EU? We suggest that the EU has a rational economic interest in … reductions on 38 OECD countries, implies that, as a first-mover, the EU will be to sell the neces-sary new renewable technologies …