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Economic Integration in East Asia and Europe: A Comparison
Pascha, Werner - 2004
Unterschiedliche Startbedingungen und Entscheidungsmechanismen regionaler Integration in Europa und Ostasien werden … und mit der Gefahr einer Überexpansion. Ostasien besitzt noch liquidere Mechanismen. Damit konnte es sein ökonomisches … Ebene reagiert Ostasien auf verschiedene Weise, erhöht aber die Intransparenz. Beide Regionen haben bisher ihre potenziellen …
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Financial Services Integration in East Asia: Lessons from the European Union
Pasadilla, Gloria O. - 2008
This paper distills some policy lessons from the financial services integration program in the European Union for East Asia. Focusing on the improved cross-border facilitation of financial flows rather than on general macroeconomic factors related to optimal currency area formation, the paper...
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On the European Union: Turkey customs union
Togan, Sübidey - 2011
The purpose of the paper is to study the European Union - Turkey customs union (CU) of 1995 covering trade in industrial goods. The customs union decision of 1995 extending to rules and disciplines on various regulatory border and behind-the-border policies covers in particular customs reform,...
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CEECs integration into regional and global production networks
Martínez-Zarzoso, Inmaculada; Voicu, Anca M.; Vidovic, … - 2011
This paper examines the involvement of the CEECs into regional and global production networks over the period 1999 to 2009. We employ a theoretically justified gravity model which incorporates the extensive margin of trade and accounts for firm heterogeneity. We first estimate the model for...
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Small but beautiful? Economic impacts of the size of nations in the European Union
König, Jörg; Ohr, Renate - 2011
This paper highlights the economic meaning of the size of the state for members of the European Union, thereby making the economic success of EU states statistically tangible. Firstly, we show in descriptive illustrations that the theoretically expected characteristics of small countries clearly...
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New economic geography of market potential: Innovation intensity and labor structure in EU regions
Hermans, Raine - 2003
In the present study, we ask how economic integration affects the location of economic activities, and spatial distribution of market potential, in Europe. The theoretical framework is based on the new economic geography approach in trade analysis literature. Empirical analysis transforms data...
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Integration and conditional convergence in the enlarged EU area
Kaitila, Ville - 2004
Using pooled mean-group estimation we first analyse conditional convergence in the EU15 area in 1960-2002. Conditional convergence is well documented for the EU15 countries and deeper European integration is mostly shown to have fastened convergence. Also higher investment, lower public...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010285202
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EU-enlargement and the opening of Russia: Lessons from the GTAP reference model
Sulamaa, Pekka; Widgrén, Mika - 2002
This paper examines the economic effects of the opening of the former Soviet Union. The analysis carried out in the paper is two-fold. First we simulate the impact of the eastern enlargement of the EU and, second, we analyse how deeper integration between the EU and FSU contributes to this. The...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010285206
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International Capital Markets and Informal Dollar Standards in the CIS and East Asia
Schnabl, Gunther - 2005
Although most CIS and East Asian countries are de jure classified as free floaters, they de facto pursue (tight) dollar pegs. This paper emphasizes dollar denomination of shortterm and long-term payment flows as reasons for exchange rate stabilization. Based on the analysis of ‚competitive...
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Workshop series on the role of institutions in East Asian development: Institutional foundations of innovation and competitiveness in East Asia
Pascha, Werner (contributor); Storz, Cornelia (contributor);  … - 2007
The discussion paper summarizes the results of a workshop that focussed on the institutional foundations of innovation and competitiveness in East Asia. The following papers are contained: 'Transitional Institutions, Institutional Complementarities and Economic Performance in China. A "Varieties...
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