werden. Dazu wird eine differenzierte Analyse der Handelpolitik der EU gegenüber dem osteuropäischen Wirtschaftsraum …, wohingegen bei den heutigen Mitgliedsstaaten der EU die …

This paper discusses the eastward enlargement process of the EU in the framework of a simple war of attrition … bargaining game. Both players - the existing EU members and the applicants - benefit from enlargement, yet for the applicants … reform to the acquis is costly, while the EU prefers substantially reformed candidates. A waiting game unfolds. Within this …

need for social policies at the EU level. Social harmonisation would distort migration flows and slow down the speed of …

The paper studies the role of international implications after EU enlargement. Based on a formal model with migration … costs for both capital and labor, it predicts a two-sided migration from the new to the old EU countries which is later …