specializations and economic policy coordination, contributed to the synchronization of business cycles in the enlarged EU. We … synchronization, specifically between incumbent and new EU members. More coordinated fiscal policies and, particularly in EU 15, the … EU income convergence, a declared objective of EU policy, supported business cycle synchronization. …

, in the Central and Eastern European EU Member States. Using panel estimations for the period between 1995 and 2006, we …

On a global level, the EU emerges as the most important foreign direct investor, also if considering extra-EU … investments only. This reflects the capability and propensity of EU firms to internationalize their business activities. A joint …-2008 respectively, to reveal several facts and trends concerning the competitive position of EU firms in the BRICs and vice versa. The …

very important to the EU and the countries of the EU are interested in further deepening areas of cooperation. Therefore it …

(M&A) flows into EU Member States in the period 2011-2018, by implementing an augmented gravity model. The results show …

It is now over three decades since the eleven EU member states in Central, Eastern, and Southeastern Europe (EU … achieved mostly sustained convergence with Western Europe. Many EU-CEE countries have overtaken Southern EU member states in … development varies widely across the region. This study has three key components. First, it establishes that the existing EU …

largely neglected, although the EU and the US are leading FDI host countries and FDI source countries. Moreover, from a … functions for 20 EU countries between 2002 and 2012 shows clear empirical evidence that a rise of the number of researchers and … macroeconomic interdependency effects a real income gain of nearly 2% should be expected for Germany (and the EU). As the Trump …

the EU and the US are leading FDI host countries and FDI source countries. Moreover, from a theoretical perspective a … underestimation of deep integration projects such as TTIP. The panel data estimation of knowledge production functions for 20 EU … real income gain of nearly 2% should be expected for Germany (and the EU): considerably higher than what the official TTIP …