The countries concerned in this paper are either in the process of negotiations for EU accession (Bulgaria and Romania) or under a review process for opening such negotiations (Turkey). Therefore we will take the EU-requirements concerning the labour market as a benchmark against which the...

The countries concerned in this paper are either in the process of negotiations for EU accession (Bulgaria and Romania) or under a review process for opening such negotiations (Turkey). Therefore we will take the EU-requirements concerning the labour market as a benchmark against which the...

The Free Movement of Workers in an Enlarged European Union: Institutional Underpinnings of Economic Adjustment -- The Redistributive Impacts of Migration after the EU's Eastern Enlargement -- Migration in Italy is Backing the Old Age Welfare -- Migration 10 Years After: EU Enlargement, Closed...

The principles of budgetary completeness and transparency are indispensable elements of fiscal surveillance in the European Union. Within this context, this study deals with the leading question to which extent budgetary policy in the ten new EU member states (NMS) can be regarded as transparent...

Die Jahre vor der Finanzkrise waren durch ein rasches Produktionswachstum in der Weltwirtschaft insgesamt, vor allem aber durch ein beeindruckendes Wachstum der BRIC-Staaten und weiterer Schwellenländer gekennzeichnet. Nach Ansicht von Thomas Mirow, Präsident der European Bank for...