This paper assesses the consequences of EU enlargement for East West migration. In the theoretical part, we identify … several factors in addition to the reduction of moving costs by which EU membership influences migration. Specifically, EU … increased current migration. Additionally, casual evidence from the 1980s EU South enlargement is examined. Since then no …

tariffs. First, we solve a stylized 2x2 trade model of a large open economy and show that (a) productivity gains via exports … that the incentive to manipulate the terms of trade strategically vanishes, (c) the welfare gain that can be achieved via a … trade-induced productivity gains into account. The USA are the only model region that gains from European optimal tariff …

the importance of the Internet for global trade and they confirm the productivity advantage of importing in comparison to …

trade in a disequilibrium framework and the consequences of German unification on trade flows are in the centre of interest …. For this purpose, a macroeconomic disequilibrium model for the German economy is extended by submodels for bilateral trade … flows vis a vis major trading partners. These submodels treat the trade flows as well as foreign and domestic production and …