This report provides empirical evidence on the relationship between financial development and economic growth in the European Union and the Euro area. Results indicate that the type of financing fund receiver matters in the financial depth-growth link.

This report addresses the activities carried out for the adoption and implementation of the Eurocodes in the non-EU countries in the Balkan region within the context of the Enlargement and Integration Action of the JRC. The considerable interest in the implementation and adoption of the...

This is the final report on a study carried out by IPTS on 'The potential of ICT for the promotion of cultural diversity in the EU: the case of economic and social participation and integration of immigrants and ethnic minorities'. The study explores ICT supply and demand aspects for and by...

We compute three possible measures based on the sensitivity of domestic European stock (sovereign bond) markets to global, US or European shocks. The common rationale is to measure the extent to which domestic stock (bond) market volatility incorporates external shocks, following the idea that...

The objective of this study is to provide a new evidence on time-varying equity market integration, employing alternative econometric specifications of the conditional covariance process. Differently from the current literature on the topic, we specify alternative econometric models for the...

Forests cover over a third of the total land area of Europe. In recent years, large forest fires have repeatedly affected Europe, in particular the Mediterranean countries. Fire danger is influenced by weather in the short term, and by climate when considering longer time intervals. In this...

Following the closure of the FDI-classic EWG meeting, an error in beam trawl effort data for the year 2016 was notified by The Netherlands. Under normal the STECF data handling procedures for Expert Working Groups the database for this year would be considered final and no further uploads would...

Commission Decision of 25 February 2016 setting up a Scientific, Technical and Economic Committee for Fisheries, C(2016) 1084, OJ C 74, 26.2.2016, p. 4-10. The Commission may consult the group on any matter relating to marine and fisheries biology, fishing gear technology, fisheries economics,...

Commission Decision of 25 February 2016 setting up a Scientific, Technical and Economic Committee for Fisheries, C(2016) 1084, OJ C 74, 26.2.2016, p. 4-10. The Commission may consult the group on any matter relating to marine and fisheries biology, fishing gear technology, fisheries economics,...