In this paper, we present the results of a study which investigated the welfare impact of lifting geo-blocking restrictions to cross-border e-commerce in the EU, using a dataset for consumer electronics products in ten European countries for the period 2012-2105. We simulated two counterfactual...

In dieser IW-Analyse geht es um die positiven Wohlfahrtseffekte der EU-Integration, die am Beispiel der langfristigen Auswirkungen eines Brexits illustriert werden. Dazu werden wesentliche Studien zu den Auswirkungen eines Brexits kategorisiert und kurz vorgestellt. Die bis Anfang April 2016...

The European Single Market created a common market for millions of Europeans. However, thirty years after its introduction, it appears that the benefits of the common European project are occasionally being questioned at least by some parts of the population. Others, by contrast, strive for...

This paper explores the economic consequences of the enlargement of the European Union with countries from Central and Eastern Europe. We focus on integration aspects that go beyond the reduction of formal trade barriers, namely accession to the internal market and free movement of labour. The...