In October 2003, the European Union introduced a Directive which widens the scope of the EU's minimum taxation system … EU candidate countries. In this paper, we analyze the effects of the EU energy tax harmonization with GTAP-E, a … the EU in May 2004. We investigate the effects of the tax harmonization on overall economic growth and sectoral …

The purpose of this paper is to set EUROMOD - the EU-wide tax and benefit model - in the context of the development of … EU social policy. It explores the relation between the rapidly evolving EU social inclusion process and investment in … with the historical background. It is only in this way that we can place in context the achievements of EU social policy …

This paper investigates Turkey's sectoral trade flows to the EU based on panel data from the period 1988 to 2002 …. Turkey's sixteen most important export sectors are analysed. Emphasis is placed on the role of price competition, EU … protection, and transport costs in the export trade between Turkey and the EU. The empirical model used is an extended version of …

EU leaders are well aware of the relevance of migration in the European policy agenda. Thirty-two pages out of forty …