Integrity is a performance-increasing factor – also in the real estate industry! This positive view is in contrast to wide-spread beliefs since the adherence to moral and ethical standards is frequently seen as a performance costing aspect. Even if it is clear to people that honesty and...

When applying Computable General Equilibrium (CGE) models to transition economies, it is not plausible to use the standard assumption that the base year data represents stable structural characteristics or even the steady state of the economy. The suggestions forwarded until now to overcome this...

This paper examines the additional advantages of membership of the Central and Eastern European countries in the European Union (EU) over the already advanced economic integration between the Union and its eastern neighbours. Besides transfers, further reductions in trade barriers and guaranteed...

Initiatives to reduce transatlantic trade barriers or to harmonize trade-related domestic policies in the EU and the US appear regularly on the agenda of policy makers. The last decade saw also considerable steps in transatlantic economic cooperation focusing on special aspects. In February...

Regionale Integration wird trrotz multilateraler Liberalisierung im Ramhen der Welthandelsorgansiation (WTO) von vielen Ländern weiter vorangetrieben. Dieser Beitrag beschäftigt sich mit den dynamischen Effekten einer nordatlantischen Wirtschaftsgemeinschaft (North Atlantic Economic Community...