This paper examines the FDI flows towards two regions in the periphery of Europe: the Central and Eastern European countries (CEECs) and the countries of Southern Europe. We investigate whether evidence exists for FDI diversion from Southern Europe to the CEECs. A cursory observation of recent...

Many studies with different methods (CGE models, DSGE models, structural gravity equations) have recently evaluated EU's Single Market. The problem with all these studies is that they use complex models with data sets which are not replicable. The aim of this paper is to develop a simple EU...

One of the strongest stylized facts of the transition is also one of the most unexpected: after 1989 Central and Eastern European and Former Soviet Union countries diverged massively. Institutions are a main reason. The EU anchor thesis posits that the prospect of membership in the European...

Die Arbeit beschäftigt sich mit der Entwicklung des funktionalen Verhältnisses zwischen den einzelnen Governance-Formen des europäischen Beschäftigungsregimes zwischen 1997-2007. Es wird die Frage behandelt, wie sich das Verhältnis zwischen den separat in das Regime eingeführten...