This paper analyzes the dynamics of structural polarization and macroeconomic convergence vs. divergence in the context of European integration, where the latter is understood primarily as an increase in economic and financial openness. In the process of estimating the dynamic effects of...

This paper analyses the dynamics of structural polarisation and macroeconomic convergence vs. divergence in the context of European integration, where the latter is understood primarily as an increase in economic and financial openness. In the process of estimating the dynamic effects of...

In den vergangenen Jahrzehnten haben sich durch die Europäische Integration zahlreiche Einflüsse auf das deutsche Gesundheitswesen ergeben. Hierzu zählt neben den Aktionsprogrammen der Europäischen Union zur Verbesserung der öffentlichen Gesundheit und der Anwendung der Offenen Methode der...

The 'Five Presidents Report' cited in the title acknowledges that an important driver of the European economic crisis has been the faulty original design of the Monetary Union, and that substantial steps are urgently needed towards the creation of truly supranational institutions. Yet,...