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The Convergence of Welfare State Indicators in Europe: Evidence from Panel Data

Paetzold, Joerg - Fachbereich Sozial- und Wirtschaftswissenschaften, … - 2012

This paper investigates whether there is a convergence in welfare state policies among the old EU member states. To identify such trends, we rely on pension and unemployment net replacement rates as well as on public social expenditures. Empirically, we use a sample of 14 economies (EU-15 excl....

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Convergence without hard criteria: Does EU soft law affect domestic unemployment protection schemes?

Paetzold, Joerg; Vliet, Olaf van - Fachbereich Sozial- und Wirtschaftswissenschaften, … - 2012

The European Employment Strategy (EES) aims to promote convergence of domestic labour market policies by soft law instruments. Previous studies on the impact of the EES are mainly focused on active labour market policies. The present study aims at explaining cross national variation in national...

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The unbearable lightness of Europeanisation: extradition policies and the erosion of sovereignty in the post-Yugoslav states

Dzankic, Jelena - Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies (RSCAS), … - 2014

This research analyses the effect of Europeanisation on sovereignty in the post-Yugoslav states by examining the evolution of the different states’ policies related to extradition of their own nationals. Extradition is an important aspect of these countries’ political transformation, because...

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The Theory of Constitutional Synthesis

Fossum, John Erik; Menéndez, Agustín José - ARENA - 2010

This paper puts forward the main elements of the theory of constitutional synthesis as a constitutional theory of European integration. Constitutional synthesis is both a political philosophy of European integration (which dilucidates what kind of polity the Union is an what is its basis of...

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The Impact of Europeanization on the Quality of Democracy in Romania

ALBESCU, Andrada - In: Europolity – Continuity and Change in European … 1 (2007) 1, pp. 35-50

In this project I propose to analyse the impact of the Europeanization process on democracy’s quality in Romania … focus on the analysis of democracy’s quality in Romania proper and on the importance of Europeanization in this process. The … last part will present conclusions regarding the way in which Europeanization was understood in Romania. Was …

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EU energy policy and regional co-operation in South-East Europe: managing energy security through diversification of supply?

Bozhilova, Diana - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2009

process of Europeanization, identifying caveats in the security of energy supply. It then proposes a solution to the main …

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Financial Regulation in Slovenia

Mencinger, Joze; Juuse, Egert; Kattel, Rainer - Financialisation, Economy, Society & Sustainable … - 2014

The presentation of financial regulation in Slovenia and its adaptation to the EU regulation reveals the importance of understanding the rationales behind the changes of the regulation and their consequences. They both depend on social and economic environment in the country, on its history, and...

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Financial Regulation in Estonia

Juuse, Egert; Kattel, Rainer - Financialisation, Economy, Society & Sustainable … - 2014

Regulation of the banking industry in Estonia is theoretically significant in many respects. There is no clear straightforward model that would explain the evolution of the banking legislation, as all theoretical concepts are applicable for understanding the dynamics at certain periods in the...

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Implementation of the acquis communautaire in EU candidate countries: A reappraisal

Jano, Dorian - Institute for European Integration, Europa-Kolleg - 2012

This article replicates and extends the Hille and Knill (2006) study on the implementation of the acquis communautaire in EU candidate countries. We use a different methodological approach, i.e. the fuzzy set qualitative comparative analysis (fsQCA), and extend the analysis by incorporating...

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FOREIGN TRADE IN POLAND AND SLOVAKIA IN THE PROCESS OF EUROPEAN ECONOMIC INTEGRATION

WACH, KRZYSZTOF; UBREŽIOVÁ, IVETA; HORSKÁ, ELENA - In: JOURNAL STUDIA UNIVERSITATIS BABES-BOLYAI NEGOTIA (2008)

Integration processes in Europe as well as globalization trends create new possibilities for enterprises. The accession of ten new Member States in 2004 and additional two in 2007 create new possibilities for enterprises, especially as far as foreign trade is concerned. The paper elaborates on...

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