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The main aim of the paper is to measure the relative efficiency of the R&D sector in the EU-27 at the regional level … relative technical efficiency of R&D activities across selected EU (NUTS-2) regions. The empirical analysis integrates …
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In view of the global run on African resources the EU is at pains to conclude Economic Partnership Programs with … Africa and thus creating a win-win situation in a partnership on eye-level. However, many Africans suspect the EU of double … ECOWAS EPAs as example, analyses reveal that tensions are due to both the gap between discourse and practice of EU trade and …
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Here some estimates obtained from a survey of the possibilities for regional and cross-border cooperation within four Balkan countries are presented. Mainly small and medium enterprises (SME) from Bulgaria, Macedonia and Albania (53 to 63 questionnaires) and Greece (121 questionnaires) were...
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EU- Africa Economic Partnership Agreements (EPAs) are on the brink. In February 2014 West African leaders agreed in … ECOWAS EPA in its current form would really create a win-win situation for both partners as asserted by the EU is open to … economies. The growing preparedness of African states to challenge EU mercantile interest has been effectively backed by …
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then applied to selected EU-27 and OECD countries. The empirical results show that the efficiency of ICT, when taking … educational outputs/outcomes into consideration, differs significantly across the great majority of EU and OECD countries. The …
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system in Slovenia is shown to have a much higher level of efficiency compared to both Croatia and many other comparable EU …
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The report identifies concerns with the EU anti-dumping instrument, as applied today, regardless of the fact that the …, but the observations and conclusions from the analysis are valid for most EU anti-dumping investigations. The report … observes that price dumping is evaluated differently depending on whether the product is manufactured in the EU or imported …
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While current instruments of EU economic policy coordination helped stave off a full-scale depression, the post-2007 … global financial and economic crisis has revealed a number of weaknesses in the Stability and Growth Pact, the EU framework … account of the reform proposals adopted by the Commission on 29 September 2010. In our view, the current system of EU rules is …
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The paper provides an overview of the potential social, economic and environmental impacts of an EU-Libya FTA as gauged … by the EU-Libya Sustainability Impact Assessment (SIA). The main potential benefits to both the EU and Libya from the …
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Under the VAT system of the European Union, domestic supplies of financial services are exempt. That exemption has significant drawbacks, not least of which is that it compromises the neutrality of the tax. In this article, the author indicates how, depending on government policy views,...
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