This paper outlines some of the implications of factor market integration for fiscal policy in the countries of the EU … and for the EU itself. It draws particular attention to the dynamic dimensions of factor market integration, and …

The paper applies standard public choice reasoning to the negotiations on EU enlargement and the Treaty of Nice. The … present EU countries are respected. Decisive actors in the West are the members of the European Parliament, individuals in … post-entry position of new members. The Intergovernmental Conference is reinterpreted as an opportunity of EU-15 actors to …

Comparing the economic development and current situation of the internal markets of the U.S. and the EU, two things are … noticeable. On the one hand, the EU is conducting massive regional policy programmes (notably the Structural Funds) to foster …-average GDP per capita while in the EU approximately 31\% of the total population lives in such regions eligible for structural …

of three dimensions on EU and euro area fiscal reform preferences: nationality, political ideology, and populism. We …

A rational financial constitution of the EU should be able to fulfil redistributive objectives at minimum costs. The … and the pressure will increase to open new financial sources for the EU in form of a competence to issue debt and to …