This volume presents a selection of mainly empirical contributions which address growth potentials and potentials for growth in Europe and the OECD. The contributions offer a national-level as well as a firm-level perspective on these issues Given this rather broad view, the volume should be of...

The opening of network industries to competition is a long-running issue of economic policy in the European Union since the mid 1990s. In an effort to contribute to the vivid exchange between academics and policy makers, the three chapters of this volume are focusing on current topics in the...

The interplay of migration and labour markets is a phenomenon too diverse to be explained by a single theory. Thus, this volume, based on contributions presented during a workshop in Saarbrücken, Germany, brings together experts in migration research from economics, political science, and...

The promotion of competition in Europe's network industries has been in the foreground of economic policy in recent years. Network industries have undergone dramatic changes, involving privatisation, liberalisation and de- as well as re-regulation. But there are still many unresolved problems in...