We model EU countries? bank ratings using financial variables and allowing for intercept and slope heterogeneity. We … ?new? EU countries typically have lower ratings than ?old? EU countries, after ontrolling for financial variables, all … countries: typically ratings are more responsive to the former and less sensitive to the latter for ?new? EU countries compared …

. In Latvia’s trade with “old” EU countries,the Ricardian model and the Heckscher-Ohlin theorem can be corroborated. After … 2000, however,share of EU-15 countries in Latvia’s exports steadily declines. Instead, share of regional (Baltic …

trust elements ininterviews conducted with US exporters and EU importers of fruits and vegetables. Results are compared …

Ten years ago, Austria, Finland, and Sweden joined the EU. The application of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP … of accession to the EU on the agricultural markets in Austria, Finland and Sweden in a simple supply and demand framework … comparing the evolution of the markets with and without entry into the EU. The results of the analysis suggest that consumers …

current Doha Proposals, estimates for the EU are highly aggregated (i.e., EU15). Employing a detailed baseline scenario and a … run asymmetric budgetary and welfare impacts on EU member states. Our estimates forecast resource substitution effects …

quantitative risk assessment to analyze the risk of pinewood nematode in the EU, by estimating the reduction expected within … scale based onpartial budgeting technique and for the EU as a whole based on partial equilibriummodeling. Results highlight …

EU. … distributional aspects, part III applies these to normative and positive issues of environmental policies in the EU. …

to investigate the expansion of financial innovation and the influence of financial innovation on EU countries during … 2001-2008. This paper documents that the role of financial innovation is different in USA and EU counties. The pace … (development) of financial innovation among EU countries also differs. Some countries have not issued any financial innovation …

partners, including the European Union (EU) and other developed countries, have taken the initiative through offers of … preferential access in terms of duties, quotas, and free access to a large number of products from Africa. EU preferences have had … the EU. The utilisation rate of the Cotonou Agreement was around 90 percent in 2001, which was higher than that of the …

Public debate about energy relations between the EU and Russia is distorted. These distortions present considerable … demand. Diverse interests inside the EU prevent the definition of a coherent and respected energy policy. Russia, for its …Die öffentliche Debatte über die Energiebeziehungen Russlands und der EU ist verzerrt. Diese Verzerrungen verhindern …