The aim of this paper is to explain the natural gas demand dynamics of Germany and to determine the factors affecting the import of natural gas from Russia. In the existing literature, there are several studies which investigate the demand structure of single sectors (like industry or...

Im Beitrag werden einzelne Aspekte der wirtschaftlichen Zusammenarbeit zwischen Russland und der EU betrachtet. Zunächst wird die Kooperation zur EU als Bestandteil der russischen Außenwirtschaftspolitik dargestellt. Weiterhin erfolgt die Zusammenfassung der wichtigsten Daten, die den heutigen...

The paper analyses the impact of the technological specializations of the EU-15 countries on their production specializations. A neoclassically inspired empirical model is specified and estimated to explain for the considered countries the value added shares of the manufacturing industries in...

European integration brings about major impulses for structural change in industry within the enlarged European Union. Underlying paper aims at explaining trade specialization patterns of the new EU member states as suppliers on the EU 15 market. The analysis is based on the key shifts in...

This paper highlights the role of financial development in producing innovative products and services. Venture Capitalists (VCs) seem to play a crucial role in achieving product and service innovation. Young entrepreneurs particularly face the problem of financial constraints if starting their...

Most countries around the world offer financial support for students, in the sphere of higher education. The general goal is to give young people who have the abilities and the willingness to study access to higher education, despite a lack of their own financial means. But ensuring equality of...

The aim of the paper is to analyze the problems of Russia´s integration into the world economy from the point of view of the theory of interjurisdictional competition. It argues, that huge exit-effects in the Russian economy do not lead to increasing quality of institutions and economic...

European integration brings about major impulses for structural change. Analyzing the new competitive structure of countries and industries within the enlarged European Union is a great challenge for economic research. Focusing on the four cohesion countries, Spain, Portugal, Ireland and Greece,...

The cornucopian paradigm of sustainable development eludes quantification and opens the door to advocacy and activism. Moreover, setting normative sustainability targets for an opaque development concept blurs assessment and analysis. Policy integration should focus, therefore, on what is...

When the Enlargement took place on 1 May 2004, The Common Trade Policy with all trade policy instrument were automatically applied to imports into the enlarged European Union. As a result, current EU trade defence law and measures are automatically in force in Cyprus, Czech Republic, Estonia,...