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This study evaluates potential migration flows to the European Union from its eastern neighbors and Croatia. We perform …-enlargement migration flows following the EU's 2004 enlargement. We consider two baseline policy scenarios, with and without accession of … sending countries to the EU. Our results show that migration flows are driven by migration costs and economic conditions, but …
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The general rules of the multilateral system cover trade in energy, although they are arguably not designed to specifically tackle major issues pertinent for energy trade. The traditional focus of GATT has been market access of domestic manufactured products abroad rather than access to foreign...
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Energy is pivotal for socio-economic and cultural development. Last century witnessed a drastic increase, on one hand on the consumption of energy and, on the other on greenhouse gases emissions. Traditionally, energy security has been linked with the need to guarantee supply and, in turn,...
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The Energy Charter Treaty (ECT) is the only multi-lateral treaty that deals specifically with the energy sector. It must be carefully reviewed to see if it can play a role in addressing climate change. The importance of international investment in the energy sector in the developing countries...
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Global energy demand is likely to increase by 45 percent by 2030. Climate change will threaten existing employment and necessitate new green jobs. Funding has gone towards such renewable energy technologies as wind and solar; such fuel economy options as second-generation hybrids, plug-in...
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Although China has become a major trading partner of the EU, the EU-China relationship has deteriorated over the last decade. This has been demonstrated, for example, by disputes over trade issues, unequal treatment of EU investors by Beijing, frictions over the transfer of intellectual...
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The issue of energy security is being reviewed from a standpoint of geopolitics. The contention is that geopolitics is inescapably related to the question of energy security for a simple reason: the contradiction between the universal character of energy demand and the nation-state’s exclusive...
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We examine the impact of IFRS reporting flexibility on the presentation of income statements after the adoption of IFRS and whether this affects analysts' forecasts. We find that 44.7 percent (42.02 percent) of first-time IFRS adopters exhibit an average marginal increase (decrease) of 2,584...
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One of the questions in the context of EU-Enlargement is that of East-West Migration. How many people will leave the … migration between the accession countries and the EU 15 from 2004 to 2015. The forecast is based on the analysis of migration … play an important role. Economic factors have a significant impact only on migration into the European countries but not on …
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