This paper examines the long-term financial integration of second-round acceding and candidate countries’ with the European Union and the US stock markets during the Accession Process. The lowpair wise correlations between these markets imply portfolio diversification opportunities, yet...

The 'trade and environment' nexus emerged over the last decade as one of the main concerns of the anti-globalization movement. The dyad 'trade-environment' was invoked increasingly as if it designates a singular social dilemma, whose boundaries and contours are well defined. This article...

Since its inception in 1995, more than 330 disputes have been raised under the WTO Dispute Settlement System. The major players in world trade the EU and the USA are also the busiest users of this instrument. After looking at links between economic integration and WTO involvement and a survey of...