The recent "Employment and Social Developments" report by the European Commission has drawn a bleak picture of the economic situation in Europe. Unemployment levels are on record-highs, household incomes have declined, and risks of poverty and social exclusion have risen, most notably in...

A concept for an "Energy Innovation Scoreboard" was developed that presents an overview on energy research indicators and that serves as an input for the "IEA Expert Group on R&D Priority Setting and Evaluation". The study uses the concept of the Innovation Union Scoreboard as well as previous...

Economic determinants of economic integration agreements (EIAs) have received ample attention in the economic literature. Political motivations for such agreements have been mostly studied as functions of domestic politics or in the context of conflict. In this paper I suggest a different...