We estimate a linear approximation of the market potential function for Europe as derived in geography and trade models. Using a spatial econometric estimation approach, border effects are identified by a differential impact of other regions’ purchasing power, depending on whether two regions...

This paper explores the role of new modes of governance in the EU’s attempts to impact upon states which are not (yet) members or which became members in the 1980s. More specifically, it summarizes the findings of comparative case studies on the involvement of non-state actors in the...

This paper analyses the relationship between openness to trade and wages at the industry level (15 manufacturing industries) in 25 EU countries over the period from 1995 to 2005. By applying a cross-country and industry-specific approach, it is possible to kontrol for unobserved heterogeneity at...

The paper focuses on the status of the Charter in some EU member states on the basis of Protocol No. 30, about the specifics of the application of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the EU in Poland and in the United Kingdom. It especially focuses on the legal and political reasons for the...

This article is the theoretical chapter of a planned book. The book aims to contribute to the theoretical foundations of similarities and differences in the transformation of party-state systems. The analytical framework of system transformation is based on the extension of the Interactive...

The impact of the economic crisis, which has rapidly developed and spread into a global economic shock, has become increasingly severe. The period immediately before the crisis was characterized by a combination of the following factors (hereinafter “origins of the crisis”): Blind belief in...

The evasion of income taxes causes the national budget of Hungary great damage. Just partial prevention would greatly benefit the state balance and the realization of economic policy in Hungary. Preventing income tax evasion can only be achieved by various means. These are the following: to...

The UN Human Rights Council has replaced the Commission on Human Rights in 2006. The complaint procedure used by individual and group of persons to reveal consistent pattern of gross human rights violations, so called the ‘1503 procedure’, was one of the monitoring mechanisms exercised by...

The Western Balkan countries are significantly exposed to the effects of global crisis because most of them are highly indebted abroad, possess insufficient hard currency reserves and experience high balance of payments deficits. Although the first wave of financial crisis (a fall in prices of...

In reaction to the problems related to the excessive deficit and the imminent default of Greece that threatened the currency stability of the whole euro area, the EU adopted several legislative measures in order to safeguard EU Member States from default and to perhaps prevent similar...