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distribution of economic activity across the European landmass. The model is calibrated to match aggregate trade and migration data … both inter- and intra-national flows of trade and labor. Underlying the simulations is a spatial model of the EU … incorporating heterogeneous firms, intra-industry trade, iceberg trade costs, and many possible locations. Locations are populated …
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various scenarios covering free trade in goods between the EU and some of its neighbours is attempted. Where possible, the … countries are investigated. The economic impact and the impact on competitiveness of migration and remittances flows between Rim …
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The aim of this paper is to develop a better understanding of the literature dealing with strategic fiscal behaviours of small EU countries using estimations of tax reaction functions of competing national governments. Deriving a simple model of tax competition in a Nash and Stackelberg game, we...
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have with little doubt exceeded any pecuniary and non-pecuniary costs of migration. In conclusion, the freedom of movement …
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on topical issues of international trade and migration. The first set of papers focuses on European integration, applying … the trade effects of WTO membership, with special focus on the so-called extensive country margin, where new international …
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Migration represents the movement of people from one place in the world to another. There are several types of … migration: intercontinental, intracontinental and interregional. Today, one of the most significant types of migration is rural … to urban migration. The most important push and pull factors which may influence people in movements include …
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have with little doubt exceeded any pecuniary and non-pecuniary costs of migration. In conclusion, the freedom of movement …
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describes the link between public education and migration, and can be used to test the migration incentives from Romania to EU15 …
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Both current and especially new member states of the European Union face incentives to distort the provision of public education away from internationally applicable education towards country-specific skills. This would mean educating too few engineers, economists and doctors, and too many...
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The mobility of labor reduces national incentives to invest in internationally applicable education. Such effects may be especially severe for the prospective new member states of the European Union. The European Union could overcome this by allowing countries to institute graduate taxes or...
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