Der vorliegende Hauptbericht beinhaltet eine Zusammenfassung der Untersuchungsergebnisse zur EU-Osterweiterung, die in der Regel in den Teilberichten ausführlicher dargestellt sind und gibt eine Übersicht über wirtschaftliche Entwicklung, Wettbewerbsfähigkeit und Wirtschaftsstruktur der...

Die Integration Mittel- und Osteuropäischer Staaten (MOEL) in die Europäische Union hat unterschiedliche Blickwinkel je nachdem, ob sie aus der Sicht der derzeitigen Unionsländer, der MOEL oder der Regionen betrachtet wird, die an der Nahtstelle liegen, wo die Grenzen fallen werden. Im...

This study was commissioned by the European Commission, Directorate General "Enterprise and Industry" and was completed at the end of 2005. The objective was to investigate the impact of the accession of new member states on the intra-European division of labour and on global competitiveness in...

Gegenstand der Studie sind die Auswirkungen der geplanten EU-Osterweiterung auf die gesamtwirtschaftliche Entwicklung im Freistaat, auf die Wettbewerbsfähigkeit in Bayern ansässiger Unternehmen des Verarbeitenden Gewerbes, des Dienstleistungsgewerbes und des Baugewerbes, sowie auf die...

Global warming is debated largely in environmental terms. The contributions in this book focus instead on the economic effects of global warming, providing an excellent summary of current thinking on this important issue. They raise such crucial questions as: Which countries will suffer the most...

The end of the Cold War saw an unprecedented number of countries changing economic policies at the same time. One result has been the emergence of a new field of economics, postcommunist transformation theory. Written by prominent Russian analysts, the essays in this book discuss the economic...

Winner of the Nobel Prize in 1981, James Tobin is one of the principle figures in contemporary Economics. These original contributions by such noted economists as Robert Solow, Paul Samuelson, Richard Cooper, and Edmund Phelps celebrate and extend Tobin's contributions to macroeconomics,...

These eleven essays written over the past fifteen years continue and develop Richard Cooper's central theme of interdependence, reflecting his experience in government in the Council of Economic Advisers and as Undersecretary of State for Economic Affairs. They focus in particular on the...

Stephen Axilrod is the ultimate Federal Reserve insider. He worked at the FedÕs Board of Governors for more than thirty years and after that in private markets and as a consultant on monetary policy. With Inside the Fed, he offers his unique perspective on the inner workings of the Federal...