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Trade unions and the politics of the European social model

Hyman, Richard - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2005

There is a consensus among European trade unions that economic integration should be complemented by a strong ‘social dimension’. What is far less clearly agreed is what ‘Social Europe’ means, and how it should be defended against the challenges inherent in a neoliberal approach to...

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The Politics of Differentiated Integration: the case of the Balkans

Economides, Spyros - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2008

Most studies of differentiated integration are confined within the framework of the European Union (EU). The EU-Balkan relationship provides an opportunity to apply differentiated integration to links between the EU and a cluster of external states. Differentiated integration is at play in the...

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Factor endowments and production in European regions

Redding, Stephen; Vera-Martin, Mercedes - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2001

This paper analyses patterns of production across 14 industries in 45 regions from 7 European countries since 1975. We estimate a structural equation derived directly from Heckscher- Ohlin theory that relates an industry’s share of a region’s GDP to factor endowments and relative prices....

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Do membership benefits buy regulatory compliance?: an empirical analysis of EU directives 1978-1999

Perkins, Richard; Neumayer, Eric - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2007

Underlying several theories of European integration is the idea that countries' willingness to sign up to supranational rules is dependent on the expectation and/or realization of various benefits. In this paper, we explore whether such benefits also affect member states' implementation of these...

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European integration and the gains from trade

Ottaviano, Gianmarco I. P. - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2014

This chapter discusses whether and how 'new quantitative trade models' (NQTMs) can be fruitfully applied to quantify the welfare effects of trade liberalization, thus shedding light on the trade-related effects of further European integration. On the one hand, it argues that NQTMs have indeed...

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Ten Years of EMU: convergence, divergence and new policy priorities

Christodoulakis, Nikos - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2009

hindered convergence among the countries of the Eurozone. On the one hand, there is wide agreement on the fact that asymmetric … one moves to examine the catching-up process between the less and more-affluent countries of the Eurozone, the evidence in … asymmetric shocks and the resulted relocation of capital. Another worrying development in the Eurozone is the emergence of …

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Transitions in labour market status in the European Union

Ward-Warmedinger, Melanie; Macchiarelli, Corrado - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2013

This paper presents information on labour market mobility in 23 EU countries, using Eurostat’s Labour Force Survey (LFS) data over the period 1998-2008. More specifically, it discusses alternative measures of labour market churning; including the ease with which individuals can move between...

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