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Enhanced cooporation in an enlarged EU
Ahrens, Joachim; Ohr, Renate; Zeddies, Götz - 2006
The paper adresses the need for more flexibility in the integration process of the European Union after its recent eastward enlargement. Due to the increasing number of decision-makers and the increasing heterogeneity of economic structures, financial constraints, societal preferences, and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010300190
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Trade with central and eastern Europe: Is it really a threat to wages in the west?
Polgár, Éva Katalin; Wörz, Julia - 2010
This paper analyses the relationship between openness to trade and wages at the industry level (15 manufacturing industries) in 25 EU countries over the period from 1995 to 2005. By applying a cross-country and industry-specific approach, it is possible to control for unobserved heterogeneity at...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011605290
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Effects of the EU-enlargement on income convergence in the eastern border regions
Wilhelmsson, Fredrik - 2009
This paper analyses the effect of the EU enlargement process on income convergence among regions in the EU and in the Eastern neighbourhood of the EU. The data used is NUTS II regions in the EU and Oblasts' of Russia over the period 1996-2004. The estimation techniques used take into account...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011430825
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Macroeconomic Effects of EU Enlargement for Old and New Members
Breuss, Fritz - 2001
A new macroeconomic evaluation of EU enlargement is undertaken with a world macroeconomic model taking into account all possible integration effects: trade effects, Single Market effects, factor movements (FDI, migration) and the costs of enlargement. Due to the differences in size of the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011435067
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Decentralising the public sector: Transition and the Recent Reforms in Intergovernmental Fiscal Relations in the Czech Republic
Martinez-Vazquez, Jorge; do Carmo Oliveira, João - In: CESifo DICE Report 02 (2004) 1, pp. 26-29
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011696461
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EU-anchor in "non-mainstream" countries' transition path: The case of Croatia and Slovakia
Sigér, Frunzsina - 2009
Some years ago one would have predicted very different scenarios for Slovakia and Croatia. The difference was twofold. On the one hand, both paths have shaped significantly different from the previous expectations. On the other hand, the paths of the two have been very different from each other,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011470787
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EU-Erweiterung und Arbeitskräftemigration: Wege zu einer schrittweisen Annäherung der Arbeitsmärkte
Sinn, Hans-Werner; Flaig, Gebhard; Werding, Martin; … - 2001
Gegenstand der vorliegenden Studie im Auftrag des Bundesministeriums für Arbeit und Sozialordnung sind die Auswirkungen der geplanten EU-Osterweiterung auf die Arbeitsmärkte und die öffentlichen Finanzen in der Bundesrepublik Deutschland. Zur Abschätzung des Migrationspotentials nach der...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011698331
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Political risk for foreign firms in the Western CIS: An analysis on Belarus, Moldova, Russia and Ukraine
Liuhto, Kari; Heikkilä, Marika; Laaksonen, Eini - In: Journal for East European Management Studies 14 (2009) 4, pp. 395-407
This report analyses the political risks of Belarus, Moldova, Russia and Ukraine from a foreign firm's point of view … problematic situation. All in all, political risk remains elevated in Belarus, Moldova, Russia and Ukraine. … Ukraine is unfavourable to foreign investment but not to the extent that it would prevent or seriously restrict the …
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Labour migration from the eastern partnership countries: Evolution and policy options for better outcomes
Barbone, Luca; Bonch-Osmolovsky, Mikhail; Lücke, Matthias - 2013
(Azerbaijan), Aleksander Chubrik and Aliaksei Kazlou (Belarus), Lasha Labadze and Mirjan Tukhashvili (Georgia), Vasile Cantarji … and Georgeta Mincu (Moldova), Tom Coupé and Hanna Vakhitova (Ukraine). The authors would like to thank for their comments …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010326572
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As East You Go, the More They Grow: Transition Economies in a New Setting
Gligorov, Vladimir; Pöschl, Josef; Richter, Sandor - 2004
Belarus, Russia and Ukraine as well as in China. For each country, it provides a forecast relating to GDP growth, inflation … positive growth figures recorded by the global economy as a whole. Central and Eastern Europe, together with Russia, Ukraine … instability. Finally, despite high GDP growth, structural distortions still characterize both Russia and Ukraine, whose economies …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012100044