Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to look at the process of socio-economic modernization experienced by Poland in the period following the fall of communism in 1989 through the lens of three major narratives in domestic public discourse: the neoliberal, the conservative and the social...

The new Amsterdam Treaty — which incorporates the Social Chapter — was signed in October. The UK will now be affected by a number of European directives from which it had previously opted out. Employee information and consultation is one such directive. This article describes the best...

Zusammenfassung Die Krankenversicherungssysteme der EU-Mitgliedstaaten weisen eine unterschiedliche starke soziale Komponente auf. Wäre der Zugang zu einem derartigen System ohne Beschränkung möglich und könnten die Leistungen in der gesamten EU in Anspruch genommen werden, würde dies bei...

Zusammenfassung Die Ziele dieser Studie sind die Messung der Änderungen von Effizienz und Produktivität in der deutschen Versicherungswirtschaft. Damit wird eine wichtige Auswirkung der durch die Europäische Integration induzierten Deregulierung und Öffnung des deutschen Versicherungsmarkts...

Summary The diffusion of spillovers in the EU regions has often been discussed in recent years. Many studies have dealt with the issue of convergence and divergence. However, the theoretical explanation of spillovers and the effects of the integration on regional interaction have usually been...

Summary The paper is a contribution to the special issue “150 years Journal of Economics and Statistics”. The starting point is a series of articles on the nature and the history of the German Zollverein by Gustav Fischer in the early volumes of the Journal. Both the perception of the...

Abstract: The European Union is the world’s deepest free trade zone. Amongst its members, it has abolished tariffs and lowered non-tariff barriers. This has led to trade creation within Europe and to trade diversion between EU countries and outsiders. Deep trade integration and the resulting...

Properly implemented, the social charter′s principles will provide for both social justice and enhanced competition in the new European market. The principle of “subsidiarity” states that the EC should involve itself only in matters most appropriate for its intervention. The article...

By the end of 1992 many of the barriers which still hinder trade between the European states will have gone. This article surveys recent developments in the European Community and economic adjustments in response to integration; summarising the other articles in this issue, which consider...

International specialisation in production via the development of international trade and factor movements is the basis of much of the developed world′s prosperity. This article is concerned with the forces that drive specialisation in manufacturing in the developed countries, and particularly...