Lebanon is the country with the highest density of refugees in the world, raising the question of whether the host and …-group behavior of Syrian refugees and Lebanese nationals in a repeated public good game without and with punishment. We find that …

-wing voting on refugees' integration. We find that in municipalities with more voting for the right-wing AfD, refugees have worse … economic and social integration. These impacts are largest for groups targeted by AfD campaigns and refugees are also more …

About 1.4 million refugees and irregular migrants arrived in Europe in 2015 and 2016. We model how refugees and … Polls, we provide the first large-scale evidence on reasons to emigrate, and the self-selection and sorting of refugees and … irregular migrants for multiple origin and destination countries. Refugees and female irregular migrants are positively self …

first reviewing the institutional framework laid out by the Geneva Convention for Refugees, we demonstrate that, despite …

on both refugees and asylum-seekers coupled with a matching mechanism linking countries' and migrants' preferences. We …

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 …

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 …

Following Turkey's application for EU membership in 1987, a Customs Union (CU) between Turkey and the EU, mainly … agricultural sector, Turkey also specializes in the production and exportation of relatively low-price, low-quality varieties of … asymmetric changes in the trade volumes of the incumbent countries of the EU as a result of the EU-Turkey CU. By examining …

In view of the deferred start of negotiations for the modernization of the Customs Union between the EU and Turkey (CU … additional increase in EU-Turkey manufacturing trade by 55-65% compared to the previously active Ankara Agreement. We also … provide evidence that the CU-EUT significantly increased Turkey’s trade with third countries. Additionally, a substantial …