The currently negotiated Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership between the EU and the United States of America … offset each other in Norway. A comprehensive agreement between the EU and the US would lead to an increase in Norwegian GDP …

and lowered non-tariff barriers. This has led to trade creation within Europe and to trade diversion between EU countries … heterogeneity across sectors and countries. To avoid the political costs associated with weaker intra-EU ties, Europe should deepen …

This paper analyses the European budget and the position of the ten new member states. We argue that the EU budget … that the current EU budget setting is, at best, neutral with respect to the EU-wide long-term growth potential and may … actually hamper growth in the majority of the EU countries if the distortionary nature of taxation is taken into account …

EU's total population; and even though their economic output is much lower, it rises dynamically. New members' impact on … the EU policies has nevertheless been limited. This is due not only to the arcane voting rules within the EU, but also to … together and that their influence is thus fairly limited. We argue that as the EU seemingly lacks energy to implement further …

early 2000's both in quot;oldquot; and quot;newquot; EU member states. We estimate effects of labour market institutions on …;oldquot; and quot;newquot; EU members …

, but we also document a strong degree of heterogeneity across EU insiders. Effects on EU outsiders are often insignificant … are substantial for many countries as well. Percentage losses are more pronounced for more central EU members, while …