Trade theory and economic geography suggest that the removal of trade barriers is likely to bring about more economic specialisation and potentially more diverse development paths between countries and regions. Thus, the deepening and extending European integration should be accompanied by an...

Die Beiträge in diesem Band sind das Ergebnis eines Workshops der unter dem Titel: "East European Integration and New Division of Labour in Europe" am 10. und 11. April 1997 am Institut Arbeit und Technik in Gelsenkirchen stattgefunden hat. Zielsetzung war eine kritische Diskussion zu den...

This paper examines patterns and factors underlying the international transmission of business cycles between Ireland and its trading partners over the period 1980-2007. We estimate a model of simultaneous equations using a panel of cross–country annual data where trade integration, sectoral...