paper is two-fold. First we simulate the impact of the eastern enlargement of the EU and, second, we analyse how deeper … integration between the EU and Russia contributes to this. The analysis is carried out with GTAP computable general equilibrium … seems, even in its very deep form, be beneficial for all EU regions without causing substantial welfare losses outside the …

This paper evaluates the economic effects of Turkish EU membership. The evaluation is based on the widely utilized … seven regions: Turkey, Germany-Austria, North EU, South EU, Balkan countries, NAFTA, ASIA and Rest of World. We analyse … economic effects of abolishing trade barriers between the EU25 and Turkey and applying common external tax on Turkey. Turkish …

This paper examines how neutral the current EU decision-making procedures are to membership and how well they obey …

The European Union (EU) has moved towards bicameralism, making the codecision procedure its most important mechanism … institutionally the Council and the Parliament are seemingly in a symmetric position, CM has significantly greater influence on EU …