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and uncertainty shocks. Voting for Brexit had large negative effects on the UK economy between 2016 and 2019, leading to …
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react differently to changes in political uncertainty and economic variables. While import flows are more rigid and do not …
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targets for macroeconomic convergence, intending to eliminate exchange rate uncertainty within the bloc and reduce the costs … the set macroeconomic targets has been very slow, resulting in high exchange rate uncertainty within the region. It is … on the exchange rate uncertainty of EAC states using secondary panel data. The study made use of standard deviation and …
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Objective: The objective of the article is the examination of factors that affect structural convergence and assessing their robustness. Research Design & Methods: Determinants of structural similarity are examined using the Bayesian model averaging with dilution prior to establishing robust...
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High expectations surrounded the two waves of eastward EU enlargement in 2004 and 2007, with the extension of the EU Internal Market being expected to deliver a substantial boost to economic growth in new and old member States alike. Indeed, considerable progress has been made, with existing...
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The aim of the present contribution is two-fold. First, we are going to briefly overview the theoretical arguments suggesting that regional economic integration may enhance the process of real economic convergence or catching up by less-advanced members of integration arrangements towards the...
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The paper discusses the relevance of past concerns about trade and foreign direct investment diversion to the detriment of Asian suppliers and hosts as a result of EU integration deepening and widening in the nineties. Based on recent empirical evidence, these concerns are rejected. As concerns...
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The paper discusses similarities and differences between past EU binding internal liberalization "across the board" in the industrial sector and present so-called voluntary sectoral liberalization of member states of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC). While both approaches are...
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This paper examines the transition process within Eastern Europe and the integration process with the EU and shows that the requirements for the transition towards a market economy overlap with the requirements for EU accession. Furthermore, the economic situation of the candidate countries is...
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We use a quantitative model to study the implications of European integration for welfare and migration flows across 1,318 regions. The model suggests that an increase of trade barriers to the level of 1957 reduces welfare by about 1-2 percent on average, depending on the presumed trade...
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