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REDEFINING SOCIAL DESIRABILITY: POLICIES FOR ALTERNATIVE FAMILIES IN EUROPE AND IN ROMANIA
GHEBREA, Georgeta - In: Journal of Community Positive Practices (2013) 2, pp. 53-68
The crisis in family policies of the welfare state is not only caused by economic and demographic factors but also because these policies have not been adjusted to the changing values and lifestyles of the population. The welfare state has as its main target group a stable, legally constituted...
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Waste Management in the European Union: National Self-Sufficiency and Harmonization at the Expense of Economic Efficiency?
Karl, Helmut; Ranne, Omar - Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät, … - 1998
and the member states. We specifically analyze the role of harmonization that will often lead to an over … about harmonization, should member states be allowed to stop cross-border shipments of waste, or should the Union strive for …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005249003
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Energy tax harmonization in EU: Time series and panel data evidence
Bilgili, Faik - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2010
This paper searches statistical evidence of tax harmonization initiated and motivated by EU Commission since 1980. The … purpose of energy tax harmonization is to reach more efficient use of energy among members and thereby to establish more … competitive markets in EU. The tax harmonization in EU, in this work, is analyzed through convergence tests to see whether total …
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Lessons for Asia from Europe’s History with Banking Integration
Elliott, Douglas J. - Asian Development Bank Institute, Asian Development Bank - 2014
As Asia considers greater harmonization and integration of its financial systems, it would be well-advised to consider … appropriate further harmonization and integration. However, they do argue strongly for Asia to take the kind of careful, step …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010840169
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EU Consumer Law Outside the European Union: The Case of Albania
Djurovic, Mateja - In: Journal of Consumer Policy 36 (2013) 3, pp. 269-285
The article examines the emergence of Albanian Consumer Law as an example of the application of the EU consumer acquis beyond the European Union. The argument is that Albanian Consumer Law was established and developed principally as a result of external pressures, whereby as part of the...
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THE HARMONIZATION OF THE EU CONTRACT LAW
Gyuris, Arpad - In: GAZDÁLKODÁS: Scientific Journal on Agricultural Economics 51 (2008) 19
Why would a common contract law be optimal for the member states of the European Union? The main reason is that it would be much cheaper to set up contractual relations. If somebody conducts economic activities in the European Union, and if the same regulations apply everywhere, this unity can...
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Services Provision and Temporary Mobility: Freedoms and Regulation in the EU
Bertola, Giuseppe; Mola, Lorenza - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2009
International posting of workers and mobility of self-employed service suppliers lie between outright migration and trade in goods: their regulation, for both distributional and market-correcting purposes, is not as difficult to harmonize as that of labour markets, but personal mobility is more...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005034756
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Inflation Dynamics and the Cross-Sectional Distribution of Prices in the E.U. Periphery
Kottaridi, Constantina; Mendez-Carbajo, Diego; … - Department of Economics, University of Peloponnese - 2007
/inflation harmonization (in the E.U.) and discuss the peculiarities of these three economies. We find evidence of a strong positive relation …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005636111
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Services provision and temporary mobility: freedoms and regulation in the EU
Bertola, Guiseppe; Mola, Lorenza - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2009
International posting of workers and mobility of self-employed service suppliers lie between outright migration and trade in goods: their regulation, for both distributional and marketcorrecting purposes, is not as difficult to harmonize as that of labour markets, but personal mobility is more...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010746666
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Free Movement of Public Documents in the European Union
Trávníčková, Zuzana - In: Současná Evropa 2012 (2012) 2, pp. 43-64
Important legal as well as formal facts are certified in the form of public documents. The movement of public documents is regulated by international customary law, international treaties, national legislation and partially also by European law. In December 2010 the European Commission presented...
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