This paper analyzes the dynamics of structural polarization and macroeconomic convergence vs. divergence in the context of European integration, where the latter is understood primarily as an increase in economic and financial openness. In the process of estimating the dynamic effects of...

This paper analyses the dynamics of structural polarisation and macroeconomic convergence vs. divergence in the context of European integration, where the latter is understood primarily as an increase in economic and financial openness. In the process of estimating the dynamic effects of...

Im Rahmen des Ökonomenpanels von ifo und FAZ im Februar 2017 wurden Professoren für Volkswirtschaftslehre an deutschen Universitäten zu ihren Erwartungen für die anstehenden Brexit-Verhandlungen sowie im Hinblick auf die zukünftige Handelspolitik der EU und dem Vereinigten Königreich...

The 'Five Presidents Report' cited in the title acknowledges that an important driver of the European economic crisis has been the faulty original design of the Monetary Union, and that substantial steps are urgently needed towards the creation of truly supranational institutions. Yet,...

Fostering the emergence of a "European identity" was one of the declared goals of the euro adoption. Now, years after the physical introduction of the common currency, we investigate whether there has been an effect on a shared European identity. We use two different datasets in order to assess...

Employing a wide range of individual-level surveys, we study the extent of cultural and institutional heterogeneity within the EU and how this changed between 1980 and 2008. We present several novel empirical regularities that paint a complex picture. While Europe has experienced both systematic...

Unter dem Titel „Von der Transformation zur europäischen Integration: Wachstumsfaktor Bildung besser nutzen“ hat das Leibniz-Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung Halle (IWH) gemeinsam mit Partnern aus Forschungseinrichtungen und Universitäten in Deutschland am 22. Februar 2017...

Ten years ago, the global financial crisis started to unwind in the USA and triggered the greatest recession since World War II. Although the crisis of 2007-08 was caused in the USA, their economy was not hit so hard in the Great Recession of 2009 as in Europe, and in particular in the Euro...

We use a quantitative model to study the implications of European integration for welfare and migration flows across 1,318 regions. The model suggests that an increase of trade barriers to the level of 1957 reduces welfare by about 1-2 percent on average, depending on the presumed trade...

Since its foundation, the European Union contributed to the advancement of peace and reconciliation, democracy and prosperity in Europe. This process over the years has been followed by several challenges. This research observes the challenges and prospects of European integration for the...

This thesis combines five chapters, all of which have been motivated by the exciting and intense policy discussions that have been dominating the political and economic landscape in recent years. It covers European bank regulation and its effects on financial stability and economic welfare, the...

The Brexit referendum and the decision of British voters to leave the EU have sparked a comprehensive debate on the future of European integration. A key issue in this debate is the appropriate division of responsibilities between the EU and its Member States. The EU might still lack certain...

The European Union is the world’s largest and deepest free trade zone. Amongst its members, it has abolished tariffs and lowered non-tariff barriers. This has led to trade creation within Europe and to trade diversion between EU countries and outsiders. The Transatlantic Trade and Investment...

Innerhalb der Europäischen Union macht sich zunehmend Nationalismus breit. Dies wird sichtbar an der Uneinigkeit über die Flüchtlingspolitik und die Rettungspakete sowie am Stimmengewinn antieuropäischer Parteien. Das Referendum in Großbritannien am 23. Juni steht kurz bevor und es ist...

Despite the effort at EU level to harmonize the process of recognition of foreign educational qualifications, the European states differ in their propensity to accept high-school and academic certificates obtained in other EU member states. In turn, a country's higher degree of recognition of...

The aim of the 'Five Presidents Report' cited in the title acknowledges that an important driver of the European economic crisis has been the faulty original design of the Monetary Union, and that substantial steps are urgently needed towards the creation of truly supranational institutions. Yet...

The European Union project is strongly challenged today by the historical decision of United Kingdom’s citizens to exit from this structure, with all consequences assumed. United Kingdom will be the first nation that will quit this ambitious initiative and the decision is transmitted by the...

European integration of financial markets appears to repeatedly encounter specific kinds of problems about the substance and limits of the notion of "the market" undergoing integration, and about the status and role of money, market infrastructures, and government within it. Moreover, these...

Diese IW-Analyse untersucht, welche institutionelle Architektur nötig ist, um den Euroraum dauerhaft zu stabilisieren. In der öffentlichen Debatte wird zunehmend behauptet, die Krise habe gezeigt, dass die Europäische Währungsunion (EWU) ohne mehr fiskalische Integration nicht zukunftsfähig...