Thema Europa

Benchmarking Efficiency of Telecommunication Industries in the US and Major European Countries: A Stochastic Possibility Frontiers Approach

The impact of ICT on the efficiency of different national telecommunication industries of the US, Germany, France, the UK and the Netherlands is analysed by using a stochastic production possibility frontier approach. The relative inefficiencies of these industries measured as distances to the general production possibility frontier are estimated by a multi-country panel maximum-likelihood-estimation. ...

Can the German Electricity Market Benefit from the EU Enlargement? Results of Scenario Calculations Using the EMELIE Model

This paper investigates the impacts of the eastern enlargement of the European Union in 2004 and the liberalisation of European electricity markets on Germanys electricity exchange with neighbouring countries and on electricity prices. Thus, electricity imports from Czech Republic have increased sharply in the last few years and have dampened German wholesale prices for electricity. In this paper the ...

Evaluating the Move to a Linear Tax System in Germany and Other European Countries

The Effect of Globalization on Aggregate Labour Demand in EU Countries

E-Business in Europe 2006

A Pocketbook of E-Business Indicators 2006: A Portrait of E-Business in 10 Sectors of the EU Economy

Welfare Effects of the Euro Cash Changeover

Using merged data from the British Household Panel Survey (BHPS) and the German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP), this paper applies a parametric difference-in-differences approach to assess the real effects of the introduction of the Euro on subjective well-being. A complementary nonparametric approach is also used to analyze the impact of difficulties with the new currency on well-being. The results indicate ...

Economic Assessment of the Euro Area: Spring Report 2006: Special Policy Issue: Convergence and Integration of the New Member States to the Euro Area

Economic Assessment of the Euro Area: Autumn Report 2006: Special Policy Issue: Macroeconomic Differentials and Adjustment in the Euro Area:. - Stylised Facts and Policy Implications

Deutschlands EU-Ratspräsidentschaft: Chancen zur Gestaltung der Zukunftsfähigkeit Europas nutzen

Deutschland übernimmt zum 1. Januar 2007 für sechs Monate die EU-Ratspräsidentschaft und zugleich für ein Jahr den Vorsitz in der Gruppe der G-8 Staaten. Gerade durch das zeitliche Zusammenfallen beider Aufgaben kann Deutschland einen Beitrag zur richtungsweisenden Gestaltung der europäischen Politik leisten. Im offiziellen Ratspräsidentschafts-Programm der Bundesregierung wird die Bedeutung der Handlungsfähigkeit ...