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EU Conciliation Committee : Council 56 versus Parliament 6

Napel, Stefan; Widgrén, Mika - 2003

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Prospects of Economic Relations Between Finland and Russia (in Finnish with English abstract and summary).

Kotilainen, Markku; Kaitila, Ville; Widgrén, Mika; … - Elinkeinoelämän Tutkimuslaitos (ETLA) - 2003

First, the current situation of the economic relations between Finland and Russia is described. Then the effects of future changes in Russia and its consequences for foreign relations are analysed. Key institutional changes under consideration are the enlargement of the EU, Russias likely...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010987387

Flexible Integration as an Efficient Decision-Making Rule

Widgrén, Mika - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1999

no designs that lead to both types of efficiency but flexible integration is a way to achieve both. …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005123705

Economic Effects of Free Trade between the EU and Russia

Sulamaa, Pekka; Widgrén, Mika - European Network of Economic Policy Research Institutes … - 2005

This study simulates the economic effects of eastern enlargement of the EU and an EU-Russian free trade area. The main emphasis of the paper is on the effect this would have on the Russian economy. The simulations were carried out with a GTAP computable general equilibrium model, using the most...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005125203

EU-Enlargement and Beyond: A Simulation Study on EU and Russia Integration

Sulamaa, Pekka; Widgrén, Mika - Valtion taloudellinen tutkimuskeskus (VATT), Government … - 2004

integration between the EU and Russia contributes to this. The analysis is carried out with GTAP computable general equilibrium … model. We find that there is a trade-off between the two roads of European integration arrangements. Eastern enlargement … Union. EU-Russia integration, on the other hand, has different impact. To be beneficial for Russia free trade between the EU …

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Economic Effects of Free Trade between the EU and Russia

Sulamaa, Pekka; Widgrén, Mika - Elinkeinoelämän Tutkimuslaitos (ETLA) - 2005

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005566080

The European Commission: appointment, preferences, and institutional relations

Napel, Stefan; Widgrén, Mika - 2007

The paper analyzes the appointment of the European Commission as a strategic game between members of the European Parliament and the Council. The focal equilibrium results in Commissioners that duplicate the policy preferences of national Council representatives. Different internal decision...

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The impact of council's internal decision-making rules on the future EU

Widgrén, Mika - 2008

This paper deals with the voting rules in the EU Council. Both internal and external impact of the voting rules are evaluated. Internal impact affects the distribution of power among the member states and external impact affects power relations between the main decision-making bodies in the EU....

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Offshoring, relocation and the speed of convergence in the enlarged European Union

Alho, Kari E. O.; Kaitila, Ville; Widgrén, Mika - 2008

Economic convergence of the new member states (NMS) of the EU towards the old EU countries (EU-15), not only in terms of real income, but also in nominal terms, is of paramount importance for the whole of the EU. We build a dynamic CGE model, starting from the Balassa-Samuelson two-sector...

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The impact of council voting rules on EU decision-making

Widgrén, Mika - 2008

This paper deals with the design of voting rules in the EU Council. Both internal and external impact of the voting rules are examined. Internal impact affects the distribution of power among the member states and external impact affects power relations between the main decision-making bodies in...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010273006