, in the Central and Eastern European EU Member States. Using panel estimations for the period between 1995 and 2006, we …

specializations and economic policy coordination, contributed to the synchronization of business cycles in the enlarged EU. We … synchronization, specifically between incumbent and new EU members. More coordinated fiscal policies and, particularly in EU 15, the … EU income convergence, a declared objective of EU policy, supported business cycle synchronization. …

We estimate the pro-competitive effects of Austria's participation in the Single Market after its EU accession in 1995 …

opening, Austria's accession to the EU and its currency union, EU enlargement). With some of these steps occurring in parallel …, its effects have similarly overlapped. Eastern opening since 1989 and Austria's EU membership since 1995 (and its … some 100,000 to 150,000 new jobs. The EU enlargement of 2004 has similarly benefiting Austria more than other EU 15 …

on a sample of EU- and non-EU countries in the period 2004 to 2010. We account for non-tariff trade barriers and the … European value-added-chain and promote business service exports from third countries towards the EU. The reorientation of the … new members is in turn associated with declining intra-EU10 business intensities while leaving business trade among the …

On a global level, the EU emerges as the most important foreign direct investor, also if considering extra-EU … investments only. This reflects the capability and propensity of EU firms to internationalize their business activities. A joint …-2008 respectively, to reveal several facts and trends concerning the competitive position of EU firms in the BRICs and vice versa. The …

We carry out a detailed CGE (Computable General Equilibrium) analysis of the EU Decarbonisation Roadmap 2050 on a … macroeconomic and on a sectoral level. Herein, we study a Reference scenario that implements existing EU policies as well as 3 … ful l equalization of CO2 prices across all (EU) sectors as a reasonable policy option to avoid additional costs of the …

the EU and the US are leading FDI host countries and FDI source countries. Moreover, from a theoretical perspective a … underestimation of deep integration projects such as TTIP. The panel data estimation of knowledge production functions for 20 EU … real income gain of nearly 2% should be expected for Germany (and the EU): considerably higher than what the official TTIP …

(M&A) flows into EU Member States in the period 2011-2018, by implementing an augmented gravity model. The results show …