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...

Das vorliegende Arbeitspapier berichtet aus der Sicht der tschechischen Republik von den laufenden Herausforderungen und Veränderungen Europas. Dabei werden die Probleme des Transformationsprozesses ebenso diskutiert wie die Schwierigkeiten einer möglichen Integration in die EU.

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...