and lowered non-tariff barriers. This has led to trade creation within Europe and to trade diversion between EU countries … heterogeneity across sectors and countries. To avoid the political costs associated with weaker intra-EU ties, Europe should deepen …

The Schengen Agreement has guaranteed unchecked travel across internal EU borders since 1995. Has it also facilitated …

Ein harter Brexit ist für das Vereinigte Königreich sehr viel teurer als für die EU. Mit einer "Hard … grundlegend. Die Analyse legt nahe, dass sich die EU-Kommission nicht stur auf das für London unakzeptable Austrittsabkommen …A hard Brexit would be much more expensive for the UK than for the EU. With a "hard but smart" strategy, on the other …

, but we also document a strong degree of heterogeneity across EU insiders. Effects on EU outsiders are often insignificant … are substantial for many countries as well. Percentage losses are more pronounced for more central EU members, while …

2000 verteilt. Die Varianz ist gesunken. Das gilt auch für die 1 300 Regionen der EU – wobei allerdings innerhalb der alten … EU-15-Staaten ein Anstieg der regionalen Ungleichheit zu beobachten ist. Überall gilt: Wegen progressiver Steuern und … verfügbaren Einkommen ist in Deutschland niedriger als in allen großen EU-Staaten. Die Zahlen stützen weder die Behauptung, die …

Im ifo Schnelldienst 7/2018 wurde gezeigt, dass die regionale Ungleichheit in Deutschland und der EU, gemessen an der …In ifo Schnelldienst 7/2018 the authors demonstrated that regional inequality in Germany and the EU, measured by the …

The sheer size of the EU and US economies combined suggests substantial economic benefits from eliminating tariffs … demonstrate gains on the level of GDP per capita from 0.5 to 4.0% for the EU and a similar span for the US. Almost all of the … variety, and higher productivity. Virtually all EU member states benefit, while TTIP outsiders may lose. Estimates of job …

The currently negotiated Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership between the EU and the United States of America … offset each other in Norway. A comprehensive agreement between the EU and the US would lead to an increase in Norwegian GDP …