This paper considers the likely impact that European Union (EU) will have on the labor compact. It is argued that … integration will place on the labor compact. Evidence is presented suggesting that labor mobility among EU countries has not … increased after the elimination of remaining restrictions on intra-EU labor mobility in 1993. Moreover, immigration from non-EU …

At a time of historic challenges to the viability of the Eurozone, we assess the contribution of the EU and the Euro to … segmentation is significantly lower for EU versus non- EU members. Bilateral valuation differentials remain lower for EU members …, financial regulation, and interest rate differences. Importantly, we find that EU membership reduces equity market segmentation …

This paper explores price differences in the European Union (EU) pharmaceutical market, the EU's fifth largest industry …. With the aim of enhancing quality of life along with industry competitiveness and R&D capability, many EU directives have … been adopted to achieve a single EU-wide pharmaceutical market. Using annual 1994-2003 data on prices of molecules that …

EU institutions, and lack of transparency and accountability. This dirigiste culture produces verbose rhetoric, which …

within the EU and how this changed between 1980 and 2008. We present several novel empirical regularities that paint a … heterogeneity within member states themselves, or in well functioning federations such as the US, cultural diversity across EU …