Publications

Last year the European Union began negotiating free trade agreements (FTAs) with South Korea, India and ASEAN. Each negotiation process has taken a course of its own with different speeds and depths, ...chevron_right

The received view of many commentators is that vertically integrated energy incumbents such as E.ON and EDF are in a very strong position to resist the Commission's energy liberalisation proposals and...chevron_right

This brief discusses the relationship between two of the EU's financial market directives. The author examines the Untertakings for Collective Investment in Transferable Securities (UCITS) and the Mar...chevron_right

This paper examines the EU's policy of human rights promotion and support for Russian NGOs. The author argues that the current EU policies often fall short of their potential to develop the non-state ...chevron_right

This paper discusses restructuring the European Commission in the area of justice and home affairs. The author argues that the division between ministries of justice and the interior in most EU countr...chevron_right

This brief examines Iceland's financial and economic situation at the beginning of 2008. The author addresses the question whether adopting the Euro would reduce the country's vulnerability to outside...chevron_right

This paper discusses the budget and budget-making process of the EU. The author argues that the composition of the EU budget as well as the budgetary decision-making procedures have not kept up with t...chevron_right

This paper considers the human rights implications of the Schengen Information System (SIS). The author argues that the proposals of the European Commission for a European Border Management Strategy e...chevron_right

This paper analyzes the EU's strategy on visa facilitation and readmission. The authors consider the instrument of visa facilitation and readmission agreements as a means to implement a revised EU sec...chevron_right

This paper examines whether the widespread negative consensus on EU enlargement found at the elite level has a correlate at the public level. It also discusses the variation in levels of support for E...chevron_right

This research report examines the relationship between age and worker productivity in selected EU countries. In particular it compares old and new Europe states and seeks to determine which are likely...chevron_right

This study provides an overview of developments in retirement modeling. It first considers the single-period consumption/leisure model and moves on to the life-cycle multiple-decisions and joint retir...chevron_right

This research report presents and compares old-age income provision with respect to the issue of gender equality in current and future EU member-states. It considers various aspects of benefits, rangi...chevron_right

This study discusses pension systems as an institutional structure for intergenerational exchange. Aging populations throughout Europe place strain on working individuals and their pension fund contri...chevron_right

This report presents an empirical typology of pension regimes in the EU, the US, Canada, Australia and Norway. The categorization is based on 34 quantitative and qualitative characteristics of the man...chevron_right