This paper analyses the links between financial constraints and firm export behaviour, at the firm level, by using data on Portuguese manufacturing enterprises. Previous empirical literature has not yet reached a consensus on these subjects and there is a great heterogeneity in measuring...

The following paper addresses the ongoing debate on the questions of the composition and financing of the European Union's common budget. The authors argue in favour of a significant enlargement of the budget, together with a profound reform of its composition and financing.