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EU enlargement - moving forward with pragmatism

Swoboda, Hannes - 2026

A credible EU enlargement policy remains necessary from a geopolitical perspective, but can only succeed through a more pragmatic and gradual integration approach. New members amplify the existing challenges to EU decision making, rule-of-law conditionality and political cohesion, particularly...

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Ankara's critical view of the EU-India Free Trade Agreement : Turkey is emphatically calling for the modernisation of the customs union with the EU

Aydın, Yaşar - 2026

Thirty years after establishing a customs union with the European Union (EU), Ankara sees growing economic risks in the EU’s free trade agreements with third countries, most recently India. While negotiations on the EU-India Free Trade Agreement were concluded at the end of January, and...

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Work authorization delays and economic integration of asylum seekers in the United States

Amuedo Dorantes, Catalina; Bucheli, José R. - 2026

Access to the labor market is crucial for the economic integration of asylum seekers. This study estimates the causal impact of work authorization timing on the labor market outcomes of likely asylum seekers. We link USCIS administrative records with American Community Survey microdata and use...

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EU-Ukraine economic integration : the Finnish stress test

Parviainen, Sinikka; Samoiliuk, Maksym - 2026

Ukraine's EU accession is the most economically complex enlargement in recent EU history. It is unfolding amidst conditions of an active war, large-scale reconstruction needs, and rapid evolution of Ukraine's defence sector. This policy brief examines EU-Ukraine economic integration using...

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Development perspectives of STRING : how to form a thriving, sustainable and resilient megaregion

Gold, Robert; Schrader, Klaus - 2026

STRING (South Western Baltic Sea Transregional Region - Implementing New Geography) is a regional cooperation of urban centers and regions in the Nordic countries and Northern Germany. The study shows that the member countries of STRING have developed dynamically over the last decades, both...

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EU integration after the Liberal International Order

Hansen, Olle - 2026

The European Union (EU) emerged as a product and beneficiary of the Liberal International Order (LIO). Yet, as this order disintegrates, marked by multipolarity, thin multilateralism, and the return of power politics, the EU has taken unprecedented integrative steps, including joint debt...

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Avoiding the China shock : how Chinese state-backed internationalization drives changes in European economic governance

Gräf, Helena; Schmalz, Stefan - 2026

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ASEAN at a crossroads : pathways for deeper economic integration

Allen Ng; Andhare, Kriti; Ang, Yohnsen; Inayoshi, Naoaki; … - 2026

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Migration and the politics of integration : IMISCOE short reader

Borevi, Karin; Kaya, Ayhan - 2026

This open access short reader provides an introductory yet critically analytical exploration of migration and the politics of integration. Drawing inspiration from Nira Yuval-Davis' concept of the 'politics of belonging,' we define the 'politics of integration' as various political projects...

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Timor-Leste Economic Report : Leveling Up - How ASEAN Membership Can Support Timor-Leste’s Economic Transformation

2026

Timor-Leste está a entrar num novo e potencialmente transformador capítulo económico. A produção de petróleo e gás no campo offshore de Bayu Undan terminou e o país enfrenta agora a tarefa de construir uma base duradoura para a prosperidade – impulsionada por empresas produtivas,...

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Interregional trade estimation as a case for economic integration

Arena, Giacomo; Bregoli, Daniele; Ferreira, Ricardo; … - 2026

This paper explores the estimation of interregional trade as a lens through which to assess the broader dynamics of economic integration, with a particular emphasis on the persistent "border effect" in the European Union (EU). Although regional integration is intended to foster seamless economic...

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The integration-contagion paradox : global linkages and crisis transmission in South Asian stock markets

Gajurel, Dinesh; Thapa, Bharat Singh - 2026

This study examines financial integration and contagion across South Asia's emerging and frontier markets during the 2001-2013 period, encompassing both the global financial and Eurozone crises. Employing a multi-factor asset pricing model within an EGARCH framework, we disentangle systematic...

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Anti-Corruption and Integrity Outlook 2026 : Harnessing the Integrity Advantage

2026

Integrity is a strategic asset for governments and businesses. It protects democracies against corruption, fraud and waste, supports growth and fair competition, and improves trust and engagement with public institutions. The Anti-Corruption and Integrity Outlook 2026 assesses the strengths and...

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EU enlargment: Ukraine as a special case - the Western Balkans as the norm : anchoring Kyiv in the EU through a new type of accession association

Lippert, Barbara; Ondarza, Nicolai von; Seebass, Frauke - 2026

Since Russia launched its full-scale war of aggression against Ukraine in 2022, the European Union (EU) has pursued its enlargement policy as part of a geopolitical approach. According to the European Commission and candidate states, the EU could admit new members from 2028 onwards, while...

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The determinants of economic integration among Ukrainian forced and economic migrants in Poland

Brzozowski, Jan; Pędziwiatr, Konrad; Stonawski, Marcin; … - 2026

Objective: The article aims to analyse the key determinants of multiple dimensions of economic integration among Ukrainians in Poland, including employment status, job quality, skill matching, job satisfaction, and perceived financial situation, with a comparison between forced and economic...

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Neoclassical growth in an interdependent world

Kleinman, Benny; Liu, Ernest; Redding, Stephen; Yogo, … - 2026

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Neoclassical Growth in an Interdependent World

Kleinman, Benny; Liu, Ernest; Redding, Stephen; Yogo, … - 2023

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Winners and losers from trade? : product and process innovation in a 3x3 model

Tinnefeld, Franziska; Wagener, Florian - 2026

We develop a multi-region, multi-sector Romer-type dynamic partial equilibrium model of endogenous growth. We calibrate on equally sized regions North, East, and South, based on data from Germany, Poland, and China. We compare the effect of trade block formation on innovation outcomes....

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Do deep regional trade agreements facilitate regional production networks in Latin American and Caribbean countries?

Murakami, Yoshimichi - 2025

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Economic polarization in the European Union : development models in the race for the best location

Dominy, Jonas; Gräbner-Radkowitsch, Claudius; … - 2025

This paper analyzes developmental trajectories in the EU. In doing so, it diagnoses economic polarization on two different levels: for one, we observe a divergence of average incomes across EU countries as a persistent empirical feature associated with European integration. For another, European...

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Economic polarization in the European Union : development models in the race for the best location

Dominy, Jonas; Gräbner-Radkowitsch, Claudius; … - 2025

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Firm-specific trade effects of economic integration agreements : estimating extensive and intensive margins of trade

Sunil Dash - 2025

By utilizing panel statistics of 1520 country pairs and economic integration agreements (EIAs) from 2007 to 2017, this paper presents evidence of the effect of EIAs on export margins, i.e., both extensive (firms) and intensive margins (average exports per firm). In doing so, this work adds...

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The growth effects of Bulgaria and Romania's EU accession : a synthetic control method examination

Cieślik, Andrzej; Turgut, Mehmet Burak - 2025

Objective: The article aims to evaluate the growth effects of the 2007 Eastern enlargement of the European Union (EU) for the New Member States (NMS). Research Design & Methods: To study the growth effects of the 2007 Eastern enlargement we apply the synthetic control method (SCM). The synthetic...

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An integrative approach to reviewing the literature on judicial efficiency in Europe

Pereira, Miguel Alves; Bădin, Luiza; Kerstens, Kristiaan; … - 2025

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The European Union’s relations with Latin America and the Caribbean countries in the current geopolitical context

Bădescu-Secu, Ioana-Elena - 2025

A study conducted by the European Parliamentary Research Service (2023) notes that the European Union's (EU) relations with Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) countries are being affected by changes in global power, economic uncertainty, and security threats. The current working paper...

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Understanding ASEAN centrality : comparative analysis of "core" and "hub" strategies

Yamanaka, Shintarō - 2025

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European consumer price indices since 1870

Ljungberg, Jonas - 2025

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European consumer price indices since 1870

Ljungberg, Jonas - 2023

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Economic Benefits from Deep Integration : 20 years after the 2004 EU Enlargement

Beyer, Robert - 2025

EU enlargement has stalled since the last member joined over ten years ago, marking the longest period without expansion since 1973. This elapsed time contrasts with the potential income gains membership promises. Drawing on the biggest EU enlargement in 2004 and employing a synthetic...

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Protection or protectionism : the effect of technical regulations on input sourcing

Iodice, Irene; Reverdy, Camille - 2025

This paper examines how EU Technical Barriers to Trade (TBTs) reshape firms’ global supply chains, extending Grossman et al. (2024) to incorporate adaptation costs between sourcing partners. To test the model’s predictions, we construct a novel dataset linking EU TBTs to French firm-level...

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Reversal of economic integration : evidence from EU enlargement

Gnutzmann, Hinnerk; Gnutzmann-Mkrtchyan, Arevik; Korn, … - 2025

Empirical models of trade agreements implicitly assume that withdrawal from a trade agreement has an equal and opposite trade effect as accession, i.e., symmetry. With increasing opposition to international economic cooperation, it becomes urgent to test this assumption. We analyze a...

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Navigating new trade winds : the EU's strategic response to RCEP in a shifting global economy

Mohan, Mohitha - 2025

The trade strategy of the European Union has experienced substantial transformations in the initial two decades of the millennium, focusing on Asia, the strategy emphasises competitive bilateralism, shared values, and alignment with European trade standards. The EU's trade strategy has been...

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The role of Armenia's foreign trade and development opportunities in the context of cooperation with Global South countries

Markosyan, Meruzhan; Matevosyan, Elyanora; Markosyan, Ashot - 2025

Foreign trade plays a central role in Armenia's economic development, shaping GDP through both internal and external factors. In small and open economies such as Armenia, external trade and integration strategies are decisive for growth. The state budget data for 2022-2024 underline this...

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Research on the mechanism of digital-real economic integration enhancing industrial structure upgrading

Cheng, Daojin; Zhao, Yu; Guo, Yuanyuan - 2025

The integration of the digital and real economies (DRI) is an inevitable trend in future economic growth. This study measures DRI levels across 30 Chinese provinces from 2012 to 2022 using a coupling coordination model with panel data and empirically examines DRI's impact on industrial structure...

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West African Economic and Monetary Union : Staff Report on Common Policies for Member Countries-Press Release; Staff Report; and Statement by the Executive Director for the West African Economic and Monetary Union

2025

This paper presents IMF staff report on common policies for member countries of West African Economic and Monetary Union (WAEMU). Economic growth continues to be strong in the WAEMU. Inflation has fallen back to its target range, and recent improvements in regional external imbalances are...

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2024

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West African Economic and Monetary Union : staff report on common policies for member countries : press release; staff report; and statement by the Executive Director for the West African Economic and Monetary Union

2021

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Lifting Binding Constraints on Growth in Europe : Actionable Priorities to Deepen the Single Market

Arnold, Nathaniel - 2025

Focusing on a cross-border perspective, this paper identifies four key binding constraints that hinder firms' ability to innovate and scale up within the EU single market-fragmented regulations, inefficient financial intermediation, limited labor mobility, and fragmented energy market. To...

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Unleashing the Benefits of Intra-African Trade Integration for the WAEMU : WAEMU

Hakobyan, Shushanik - 2025

WAEMU members' trade openness, integration into global value chains (GVCs), and export diversification remain limited. Tariffs, non-tariff measures (NTMs, obstacles to trade that arise mainly from differences in national regulations), and a challenging trade environment (e.g., cumbersome Customs...

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Economic Assessment of Somalia's Accession to the East African Community

2025

Somalia's accession to the East African Community (EAC) presents a transformative opportunity to accelerate its economic development and integrate more effectively into the regional economy. With membership, Somalia could access a broader market of over 300 million people, enhancing trade and...

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Trade bloc enlargement when many countries join at once

Campos, Rodolfo G.; Timini, Jacopo - 2025

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Does Migrants' consumption of cultural goods impact their economic integration? : disclosing the culture-to-market pathway

Carrozzo, Salvatore; Lodigiani, Elisabetta; Venturini, … - 2025

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Income convergence clubs in the Eurozone : a tale beyond the core/periphery divide

García-Solanes, José; Beyaert, Arielle; Lopez-Gomez, Laura - 2025

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Western Balkan's attitudes regarding the EU integration

Qorraj, Gazmend; Kacani, Jolta; Kopani, Sajmira; Jahic, … - 2025

Western Balkan countries aim to intensify their path toward the European Union as an opportunity to ensure peace, economic growth, and institutional sustainability. Apart from the regional challenges, the EU integration process of the WB is affected by different geopolitical challenges, such as...

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General, high-tech, and mid-tech regional trade introversion indexes as measures of trade integration within RTAs

Czarny, Elżbieta; Folfas, Paweł; Szarek-Piaskowska, … - 2025

In this paper, we analyze the regional trade introversion indexes (RTIIs) for regional trading arrangements (RTAs)with various numbers of differently developed participants and different depths of economic integration. The analyszed RTAs stem from all inhabited continents. We compare three types...

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Croatia's economic integration in EU's regional supply chains : panel data quantile regression

Mance, Davor; Šekimić, Dora; Debelić, Borna - 2025

Background: Recent global disruptions have exposed the vulnerability of international supply chains, prompting a shift toward regionalization to enhance economic resilience. As a European Union (EU) member, Croatia has an opportunity to strengthen its integration into EU regional value chains...

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Barriers and initiatives to access international market for European cross-border regions

Karagkouni, Aristi; Dimitriou, Dimitrios - 2025

This paper explores the role of export-oriented firms in shaping regional economic development, with a focus on their operational footprint, strategic orientation, and interaction with institutional and infrastructural environments. Set within the broader context of regional competitiveness and...

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The long road to cooperation and integration across Africa

De Melo, Jaime - 2025

Ever since their independence, African countries have engaged in a series of treaties creating 8 Regional Economic Communities (RECs) that were (and still are) to pilot this integration starting with a Free Trade Area (FTA) followed by a customs union, a common market, and a monetary union...

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Globalization and gender equality

Gründler, Klaus; Potrafke, Niklas; Schmid, Ramona; … - 2025

Legal rights continue to differ between women and men, particularly in developing countries. In this paper, we examine whether economic integration can improve gender equality by law. We design a novel instrumental variable strategy based on regional waves of globalization, which serve as strong...

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Do economic integration agreements increase members' migration? : accounting for migration in trade agreements

Baier, Scott L.; Reesman, Ward M. - 2025

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Quantile gravity : economic integration agreements, least traded goods, and less developed economies

Bergstrand, Jeffrey H.; Clance, Matthew W. - 2025

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Gibraltar: the new EU territory? : analysing the historic 2025 agreement

Brandtjen, Roland - 2025

This paper analyses the transformative 2025 political agreement redefining Gibraltar's relationship with the European Union (EU) in the post-Brexit era. Historically a British Overseas Territory with strategic significance, Gibraltar has long occupied a unique legal and geopolitical position....

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Economic benefits from deep integration : 20 years after the 2004 EU enlargement

2025 - 1st edition

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Central African Economic and Monetary Community : Common Policies in Support of Member Countries Reform Programs-Staff Report; and Statement by the Executive Director

2025

The CEMAC economy gained some momentum in 2024, and inflation continued to ease while still above the regional converge criterion. The external position weakened further, with the current account deficit rising and the reserve coverage stagnating. Preliminary data on fiscal outturns suggest a...

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Central African Economic and Monetary Community : Common Policies in Support of Member Countries Reform Programs-Staff Report; and Statement by the Executive Director

2024

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Central African Economic and Monetary Community : Common Policies in Support of Member Countries Reform Programs-Staff Report; and Statement by the Executive Director

2023

Book / Working Paper

Central African Economic and Monetary Community : Common Policies in Support of Member Countries Reform Programs-Staff Report, and Statement by the Executive Director

2022

Book / Working Paper

Are deep trade agreements a solution for Asia?

Drábek, Zdeněk - 2025

The current crisis in the international trading system has led many to ask whether Asia can succeed where the WTO has failed. The purpose of this paper is to discuss the possibility of stronger regional trade ties as a result of the turmoil in the WTO. It is argued that, given its size and...

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