consideration are the enlargement of the EU, Russias likely membership in the WTO, the future economic agreements between the EU and …

international firms and systematically important non-banking financial institutions. EU on the basis of reports Larosière Commission …

In this paper we look at the evolution of the R&D intensity gap between the EU and its major competitors using data … the EU and its major competitors (US, Japan, BRIC, Asian Tigers) and then we look more closely at the role and evolution … on the EU-US R&D intensity gap and, by applying firm level econometric analysis, we test whether the results obtained by …

) stock market, regional factor Europe (RF EU) stock market and as the world factor oil price (WF Oil) changes on the eight … country j has been explained respectively by Global Factor US (GF US), Regional Factor EU (RF EU), local factor (own market of … from the US-global, EU-regional, and the world factor oil towards individual stock markets. While both mean and volatility …

Havlik, Michael Landesmann and Olga Pindyuk; pp. 2-6) Agricultural imports from LDCs a comparison across EU-27 Member States … of SMEs’ funding obstacles – a comparative analysis of EU-15 and NMS-13 countries (by Sandra Leitner and Marek Rojicek …

seriously amiss with EU labor markets. The theme of this piece issimple. Compared to an ideal competitive market, EU labor … markets fall seriously short, butcompared to labor markets in the US and to other markets in advanced capitalist countries,EU … labor markets do not live up to their awful press. The variety of labor market institutionsamong EU countries, moreover …

Within the EU France devotes to defence the largest financial and human resources although it is not the richest …

Region indicates that high income levels and a stable development path in the 'old' EU member states can provide the grounds …