Belke, Ansgar; Göcke, Matthias; Hebler, Martin - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2004
With the extension of its competence for social policy legislation in the Maastricht and Amsterdam treaties, the EU has … countries have to adopt the former via the acquis communautaire. This paper discusses the effect of an adoption of this EU … kinds of benefits of the adoption of the acquis have to be weighed against the danger that the adoption of inefficient EU …