' purchasing power, depending on whether two regions are located in (i) the same country (ii) within the EU15 or (iii) outside the … EU15. Our results suggest that there are substantial market potential effects on nominal wage rates. We also find … significant border effects between EU15 and non-EU15 countries. Our estimation results suggests that the enlargement of the EU on …

for seven EU countries for the period of 1995-2000. As is common in other empirical work, international outsourcing is …

empirical evidence for European regions, and outlines an agenda for future empirical research. …

EU Member countries have shown different degrees of ambition to reach a budget position of "close to balance or in … in the number of votes in the ECOFIN Council. It is also shown that in the medium run there is no evidence for a trade … the period 1992-2001, only one showed growth rates below the EU average. The other seven countries even managed to achieve …

In this paper we look at the evolution of the R&D intensity gap between the EU and its major competitors using data … evolution of the R&D intensity gap between the EU and its major competitors (US, Japan, BRIC, Asian Tigers) and then we look … EU-US R&D intensity gap and, by applying firm level analysis, we test whether the results obtained by the statistical …