in the literature. Especially issues of bilateral VAT revenue clearing between EU countries, which arise from the …

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 …

national regional policy funds. The benchmark for the co-funding is that the EU bears 50% of total costs associated with … regional projects eligible for EU support. In some regions, however, the EU contribution has reached 85% of total costs. This … additionality degrees is largely in line with EU cohesion policy goals. Most notably, higher shares of EU funds are provided to …

The EU’s cohesion policy should now be confluent with the goals of the Lisbon strategy by promoting growth and … employment. In this context, the promotion of a concept called regional innovation system has recently become important in the EU … degrees of innovation promotion by the EU from one region to another. Since regional-policy strategies should have been …