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 …

European countries, members of the EU. The empirical analysis seeks to establish the relevance of the main determinants of the …

growth. We examine and evaluate the direct effect of higher indebtedness on economic growth for countries in the EU which are … sovereign member states of the EU. Our sample of EU countries is divided into subgroups distinguishing between so-called ‘old … EU. …

, we study the causality between government spending and revenue for the EU in the period 1960-2006. We find spend … Finland and the UK, and for several EU New Member States. Moreover, in the run-up to EMU there was some shifting away from a …

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 …