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Turkey and the EU : politics and economics of accession

Flam, Harry - 2003

This paper discusses political and economic aspects of Turkish accession. Under present rules, Turkey would have the … Turkey, particularly in agriculture. The main obstacles to accession are not economic, but political. Historical experience … prevents Turkey from eliminating the decisive political role of the military, giving Kurds and other minorities cultural rights …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011506471

Turkish delight does Turkey´s accession to the EU bring economic benefits?

Lejour, Arjan; Mooij, Ruud A. de - 2004

Turkey triggered by EU-membership; and (iii) migration in response to the free movement of workers. Overall, the … macroeconomic implications for EU countries are small but positive. European exports increase by around 20 percent. Turkey … accession to the internal market and free movement of labour. If Turkey would succeed in reforming its domestic institutions in …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011402438

Automatic stabilizers and economic crisis : US vs. Europe

Dolls, Mathias; Fuest, Clemens; Peichl, Andreas - 2009

This paper analyzes the effectiveness of the tax and transfer systems in the European Union and the US to act as an automatic stabilizer in the current economic crisis. We find that automatic stabilizers absorb 38 per cent of a proportional income shock in the EU, compared to 32 per cent in the...

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When credit dries up : job losses in the Great Recession

Bentolila, Samuel; Jansen, Marcel; Jiménez, Gabriel; … - 2013

We use a unique dataset to estimate the impact of a large credit supply shock on employment in Spain. We exploit marked …

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Labour market institutions and their effect on labour market performance in the new EU member countries

Fialová, Kamila (contributor); … - 2008

This article focuses on the role of labour market institutions in explaining different labour market developments in European countries, with a special attention to the new European Union member countries. This may allow us to analyse effects of various institutional setups and of their changes...

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Voting in the European Union : Central Europe's lost voice

Schneider, Ondřej (contributor) - 2008

Ten Central European countries became members of the European Union in the years 2004 - 2007. They constitute 20% of the 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...

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Exchange rate regime and wage determination in Central and Eastern Europe

Schnabl, Gunther (contributor); … - 2008

After the eastern enlargement of the European Union due to increasing labor market integration, wage determination and monetary integration in Central and Eastern Europe have become key issues in European economic policy making. Based on the Scandinavian model of wage adjustment by Lindbeck...

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Real convergence, capital flows, and competitiveness in Central and Eastern Europe

Belke, Ansgar; Schnabl, Gunther; Zemanek, Holger - 2009

The paper scrutinizes the role of wages and capital flows for competitiveness in the new EU member states in the context of real convergence. For this purpose it extends the seminal Balassa-Samuelson model by international capital markets. The augmented Balassa-Samuelson model is linked to the...

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Beyond the Balassa-Samuelson effect in some new member states of the European Union

García-Solanes, José (contributor); … - 2007

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Hitting and hoping? : meeting the exchange rate and inflation criteria during a period of nominal convergence

Lewis, John (contributor) - 2007

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