The failure of the Maastricht criteria delayed Estonia’s accession to the European Monetary Union (EMU) until January 2011. During this time, trading shares with Eurozone countries declined, raising questions about the optimal accession time. In this study, the macroeconomic effects of...

For more than two decades now, current-account imbalances are a crucial issue in the international policy debate as they threaten the stability of the world economy. More recently, the government debt crisis of the European Union shows that internal current account imbalances inside a currency...

For more than two decades now, current-account imbalances are a crucial issue in the international policy debate as they threaten the stability of the world economy. More recently, the government debt crisis of the European Union shows that internal current account imbalances inside a currency...

Der Beitrag untersucht die makroökonomischen Auswirkungen der Umlenkung der Migrationsströme im Laufe der EU-Osterweiterung von Deutschland weg in Richtung Großbritannien. Mit den neuen osteuropäischen Mitgliedsländern wurden Übergangsfristen bis zur kompletten Freizügigkeit vereinbart....