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Ten Years after: Achievements and Challenges of the Euro-Mediterranean Economic and Financial Partnership
Brach, Juliane - 2006
EU and twelve countries of the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) engaged in 1995 in the Euro …Seit 1995 engagieren sich die EU und zwölf Mittelmeerdrittländer in der Euro-Mediterranen Partnerschaft (EMP), die …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010293513
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Preference Utilisation and Tariff Reduction in EU Imports from ACP Countries
Manchin, Miriam - 2004
Despite the long relationship between the EU and the African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP)countries aimed at encouraging … economy. This paper examines the non-leastdeveloped ACP countries preferential trade with the EU. The objective is to explain … thedeterminants of preferential exports of ACP countries towards the EU and to assess the impact ofpreferences on trade volumes. We …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010325514
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Energy trade and cooperation between the EU and CIS countries
Papava, Vladimer; Bagirov, Sabit; Grigoriev, Leonid; … - 2009
The report reviews key issues in energy trade and cooperation between the EU and CIS countries. It describes historical … trends of oil and gas demand in the EU, other European and CIS countries and offers demand forecasts until 2030. Recent … recommendations that focus mainly on the EU. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010326587
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European Fiscal Union: What Is It? Does It Work? And Are There Really 'No Alternatives'?
Fuest, Clemens; Peichl, Andreas - 2012
The view is widespread that there are just two options for the future of the Eurozone - either it is complemented by a fiscal union, or it will fall apart. In this paper, we discuss five possible elements of a fiscal union, of which three are in the centre of the current debate on fiscal union...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010331439
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What do we really know about fiscal sustainability in the EU? A panel data diagnostic
Afonso, António; Rault, Christophe - 2007
We assess the sustainability of public finances in the EU15 over the period 1970-2006 using stationarity and … policy was sustainable both for the EU15 panel set, and within subperiods (1970-1991 and 1992-2006). …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011604866
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Business cycle synchronization and insurance mechanisms in the EU
Afonso, António; Furceri, Davide - 2007
In this paper we provide a positive exercise on past business-cycle correlations and risk sharing in the European Union, and on the ability of insurance mechanisms and fiscal policies to smooth income fluctuations. The results suggest in particular that while some of the new Member States have...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011604890
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Fiscal policy and growth: do financial crises make a difference?
Afonso, António; Grüner, Hans Peter; Kolerus, Christina - 2010
In this paper we assess to what extent in the existence of a financial crisis, government spending can contribute to mitigate economic downturns in the short run and whether such impact differs in crisis and non crisis times. We use panel analysis for a set of OECD and non-OECD countries for the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011605263
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What do we really know about fiscal sustainability in the EU?: a panel data diagnostic
Afonso, António; Rault, Christophe - 2008
We assess the sustainability of public finances in the EU15 using stationarity and cointegration analysis. Specifically … revenues. While sustainability may be lacking in individual cases, fiscal policy was overall sustainable both for the EU15 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010264310
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The dynamics of structural change: the European Union's trade with China
Dettmer, Bianka; Erixon, Fredrik; Freytag, Andreas; … - 2009
Sino-European trade relations have been controversially discussed mainly, if not only, because of the increasing European Union's bilateral trade deficit with China. As from the European perspective trade with China becomes more important, the structural adjustment process of the Chinese economy...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010266658
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Spend-and-tax : a panel data investigation for the EU
Afonso, António; Rault, Christophe - 2009
, we study the causality between government spending and revenue for the EU in the period 1960-2006. We find spend … Finland and the UK, and for several EU New Member States. Moreover, in the run-up to EMU there was some shifting away from a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010276304