This volume shows how joining the European Union helped Ireland energize what had been a stagnant agricultural backwater. Ireland became a prosperous globalized hub for multinational firms exporting technologically sophisticated products and services. But there have been some severe policy...

"The objective of this book is to put forward a comprehensive, detailed, yet critical assessment of the state of the art in this burgeoning literature. The book will cover most recent work related to economic impacts of structural reforms on growth (recovery), unemployment, investment,...

Over the past decade European economic integration has seen considerable institutional success, but the economic performance of the EU has been varied. While macroeconomic stability has improved and an emphasis on cohesion preserved, the EU economic system has not delivered satisfactory growth...

Auf der Tagung in Dresden standen neben dem Stand und der Strategie von MOE-Ländern für den EU-Beitritt auch allgemeinere Themen auf der Tagesordnung; z.B. Fragen wie der Technologietransfer zu verbessern ist oder ob die technologische Entwicklung zu einer Beschleunigung des...