Abstract: Die neuen als auch die bisherigen Mitgliedstaaten der EU stehen vor großen Herausforderungen im Hinblick auf … Recht als notwendige Bedingung für eine auf Dauer erfolgreiche Europäische Währungsunion, deren Mitglieder die neuen EU … Nachhaltigkeit der Haushaltspolitik in den neuen EU-Staaten. Dabei kommt ein vielfältiges analytisches Instrumentarium zum Einsatz …

ineffective. In order to avoid a Stagno-Europe the EU has a choice: Either it looks for the very essentials in the common … the democratic deficit at the EU level is reduced. The Treaty of Nice has failed to solve these issues. …

The paper applies standard public choice reasoning to the negotiations on EU enlargement and the Treaty of Nice. The … present EU countries are respected. Decisive actors in the West are the members of the European Parliament, individuals in … post-entry position of new members. The Intergovernmental Conference is reinterpreted as an opportunity of EU-15 actors to …

the redistributive effects of different tax benefit instruments in the enlarged EU based on two approaches. Inequality …

income shock in the EU, compared to 32 per cent in the US. In the case of an unemployment shock 48 per cent of the shock are … absorbed in the EU, compared to 34 per cent in the US. This cushioning of disposable income leads to a demand stabilization of … 26 to 35 per cent in the EU and 19 per cent in the US. There is large heterogeneity within the EU. Automatic stabilizers …

income shock in the EU, compared to 32 per cent in the US. In the case of an unemployment shock 47 percent of the shock are … absorbed in the EU, compared to 34 per cent in the US. This cushioning of disposable income leads to a demand stabilization of … up to 30 per cent in the EU and up to 20 per cent in the US. There is large heterogeneity within the EU. Automatic …