The 2004 EU enlargement will most likely yield major benefits to the new member countries in the long run. The new members will be able to capture gains from trade in goods and services and will moreover benefit from a continued inflow of financial and real capital. Without doubt, these...

The present study looks at a range of questions related to the social and economic consequences of private equity/LBO activity raised by the European Parliament. Overall, we find private equity to be a well-functioning, established industry that fulfils a crucial role in our economy by providing...

ECORYS has been contracted through the framework contract on Evaluation and Evaluation-related services (BUDG N°06/PO/01/Lot N°3) of DG Budget of the European Commission to prepare a thematic evaluation on the assistance provided by the EC to Turkey through the Twinning instrument. The object...