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The impact of EU Cohesion Policy has mainly been evaluated with regard to its growth effects. We extend the perspective by investigating the impact of EU Cohesion Policy on public investments and budget deficits in order to learn more about the channels through which this policy field works....
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more useful than the European Commission's approach, which equates social integration with the convergence of living and … convergence of regulations and social policies. …
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We compare the convergence with German monetary policy of the Balkan and Mediterranean country candidates for EU …
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-run relationships by allowing for causality and convergence, are employed. In three essays, the proposed procedures are applied to food …
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The paper takes into account both the concerns of the EU, arguing that convergence is incomplete, and the demands from … accession countries, claiming that monetary integration is optimal. Indicators are developed which measure convergence and … benefits from monetary integration. The more serious problem is a lack of convergence which could imply serious risks during …
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The paper addresses the question what effects the enlargement of a monetary union will have on necessary structural reforms in the (low distortion) member countries and the (high distortion) candidate countries. While monetary union lowers reforms in the candidate countries, members of the...
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more useful than the European Commissions approach, which equates social integration with the convergence of living and … convergence of regulations and social policies. …
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This paper analyses the growth effects of EU structural funds using a new panel dataset of 124 NUTS-1 / NUTS-2 regions over the time period 1995-2005. We extend the current literature with regard to at least three aspects: First of all, we extend the time period of investigation, using...
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