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Rallying around the EU flag : Russia's invasion of Ukraine and attitudes toward European integration
Steiner, Nils D.; Berlinschi, Ruxanda; Farvaque, Étienne; … - 2022
This paper uses a survey among students at European universities to explore whether Russia's invasion of Ukraine has affected attitudes toward European integration. Some respondents completed the survey just before Russia's assault on February 24, 2022, and some did so just afterwards, thus...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013337582
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Growing together : Croatia and Latvia
Thorvaldur Gylfason; Hochreiter, Eduard - 2010
We compare and contrast the economic growth performance of Croatia and Latvia since the collapse of communism in 1991 … governance, and institutional reforms have played a significant role in raising economic output and efficiency in both Croatia … and Latvia. The EU perspective made a more significant contribution to growth in Latvia than in Croatia, even if Latvia …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008697476
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Beyond Balassa and Samuelson : real convergence, capital flows, and competitiveness in Greece
Belke, Ansgar; Haskamp, Ulrich; Schnabl, Gunther; … - 2015
We scrutinize the role of capital flows for competitiveness in seven euro-area countries in the context of real convergence and crisis with a specific focus on Greece. The paper extends the seminal Balassa-Samuelson model to include international capital markets. Capital flows are assumed to be...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011350203
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The enlargement of the European Union and the redistribution of seigniorage wealth
Feist, Holger - 2001
In the course of the EU enlargement process, the participation of accession countries in the European Monetary Union might lead to a significant redistribution of seigniorage wealth if current regulations prevail. In general, accession countries will be winners from this redistribution, for...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011397787
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Money can't buy EU love : European funds and the Brexit referendum
Fidrmuc, Jan; Hulényi, Martin; Tunali, Çiğdem Börke - 2016
We explore the role of the transfers that UK regions received from the European structural and cohesion funds, as well as other economic and social factors, in determining the support for the Remain vote in the Brexit referendum. We find that past European transfers have played virtually no role...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011544086
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The assignment of powers in an open-ended European Union
Salmon, Pierre - 2003
A major characteristic of the European Union is its transitional or evolving nature, in particular with regard to the assignment of powers between the two main levels of government. More precisely, under current constitutional arrangements, this evolving nature takes the form of an integration...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011508094
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EMU enlargement, policy uncertainty and economic reforms
Hefeker, Carsten (contributor) - 2006
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003364637
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Contract enforcement in transition
Johnson, Simon; McMillan, John; Woodruff, Christopher - 1999
, Romania, Poland, and Slovakia. Using the size of trade credit to quantify the success of contracting, we ask: Do the courts …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009781706
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Beyond the Balassa-Samuelson effect in some new member states of the European Union
García-Solanes, José (contributor);  … - 2007
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003462124
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Restructuring the ECB
Berger, Helge; Haan, Jakob de; Inklaar, Robert - 2003
Soon, euro area membership could more than double, with the vast majority of accession countries being quite different in economic terms compared with current members. Under the current decision-making system, this can lead to high decisionmaking costs and there is a risk that monetary policy...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011511101