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The Global Award for Entreprenurship Research

Henrekson, Magnus; Lindström, Anders - 2008

The International Award for Entrepreneurship and Small Business Research was instituted in 1996, and it is now firmly established as the leading Prize for outstanding research contributions in the area. Thanks to a generous donation from the Swedish entrepreneur Rune Andersson it has been...

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The Permissible Reach of National Environmental Policies

Horn, Henrik; Mavroidis, Petros C. - 2008

Trading nations exchange tariff concessions in the context of trade liberalizing rounds. Tariffs, nonetheless, are not the only instrument affecting the value of a concession. Domestic instruments affect it as well, but public order is not negotiable, and, consequently, is not scheduled. Public...

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Burden of Proof in Environmental Disputes in the WTO: Legal Aspects

Horn, Henrik; Mavroidis, Petros C. - 2009

This paper discusses allocation of burden of proof in environmental disputes in the WTO system. Besides laying down the natural principles that (i) the complainant carries the burden to (ii) make a prima facie case that its claim holds, WTO adjudicating bodies have said little of more general...

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The Burden of Proof in National Treatment Disputes and the Environment

Horn, Henrik - 2009

The basic legal instrument in the WTO Agreement regulating domestic environmental policies is the GATT National Treatment (NT) provision. The practical ambit of this clause is largely determined by the allocation of the burden of proof (BoP) in NT disputes. The purpose of this paper is to...

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Structural Change and Trade Integration on EU-NIS Borders

Havlik, Peter - 2007

States (NIS), focusing on the new EU member states (NMS) and selected NIS (Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, Moldova and Kazakhstan … both NMS and (less so) the NIS towards the West. The recent trade developments on EU?NIS borders indicate a closer trade … EU exports is made up of manufacturing products. By contrast, EU imports from the NMS and NIS display a much more …

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Brain Drain - Brain Circulation or... What Else Happens or Should Happen to the Brains Some Aspects of Qualified Person Mobility/Migration

Breinbauer, Andreas - 2007

The article provides a general introductory overview of the (spatial) mobility of highly skilled/qualified persons and discusses the different terms of the mobility of the Highly Skilled, especially those of scientists. It outlines theoretical and empirical aspects of these movements and...

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A Prototype Model of EU's 2007 Enlargement

Breuss, Fritz - 2007

EU's 2007 enlargement by Bulgaria and Romania is evaluated by applying a simple macroeconomic integration model able to … Romania spill-over to EU15, including Austria and the 10 new member states of the 2004 EU enlargement. The pattern of the … integration effects is qualitatively similar to those of EU?s 2004 enlargement by 10 new member states. Bulgaria and Romania gain …

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Globalization, EU Enlargement and Income Distribution

Breuss, Fritz - 2007

factors of production (capital and labor). In contrast, the consequences of FDI from the capital abundant country (EU) to the … country CGE model, including the EU and the CEEC. A panel regression for both regions separately, helps to decide empirically … advantage (increase in global net trade) has contributed to a decline in the labor income shares in the EU. Additionally, those …

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Has Integration Promoted Business Cycle Synchronization in the Enlarged EU?

Antonakakis, Nikolaos; Tondl, Gabriele - 2011

specializations and economic policy coordination, contributed to the synchronization of business cycles in the enlarged EU. We … synchronization, specifically between incumbent and new EU members. More coordinated fiscal policies and, particularly in EU 15, the … EU income convergence, a declared objective of EU policy, supported business cycle synchronization. …

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The EU-Ukraine trade liberalization: How much do the costs of tariff elimination matter?

Frey, Miriam; Olekseyuk, Zoryana - 2013

The establishment of the currently negotiated Free Trade Agreement (FTA) between EU and Ukraine is the next significant … the effects of the EU-Ukraine FTA taking into account the loss of tariff revenues as well as the changed economic … policy. According to our simulations the most welfare enhancing option would be the provision of financial support by the EU …

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