Enlarging the European Union A Computable General Equilibrium Assessment of Different Integration Scenarios of Central and Eastern Europe Thomas Straubhaar, Hubertus Hille

Format:

Book

Thesis/Dissertation

Author/Creator:

Hille, Hubertus, 1970- Author.

Contributor:

Straubhaar, Thomas, Editor.

Series:

Schriften Zur Wirtschaftstheorie und Wirtschaftspolitik Series

Schriften zur Wirtschaftstheorie und Wirtschaftspolitik 20

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource (210 pages) , EPDF

Edition:

First, New edition.

Other Title:

Schriften zur Wirtschaftstheorie und Wirtschaftspolitik vol. 20

Enlarging the European Union

Place of Publication:

Frankfurt a.M. PH02 2018

Language Note:

English.

Biography/History:

The Author: Hubertus Hille was born in Amman, Jordan, in 1970. He grew up in Ecuador, Egypt, Peru and Germany. He studied economics at the University of Bonn and the University of Kent at Canterbury from where he obtained his M.A. in European Economic Integration in 1996. He subsequently began a Ph.D.-programme at the Europa-Kolleg Hamburg, writing his thesis under the supvervision of Prof. Thomas Straubhaar at the Institute of Economic Policy Research of the University of the Federal Armed Forces Hamburg.

Summary:

European politics has provided clear signals: the next round in the process of EU enlargement with the accession of the Central and Eastern European countries (CEEC) will come. Since expectations concerning the costs and benefits of integration are varied, it is our aim to contribute to this discussion by undertaking an empirical assessment of integration. Firstly the extent of potential free labour mobility between the CEEC and the EU is assessed using an econometric model. On that basis, different integration scenarios, i.e. trade liberalisation, capital transfers and labour migration are simulated using a computable general equilibrium model. Our results suggest that migration flows will be moderate and that integration is likely to cause positive welfare effects in the CEEC and negligible effects in the EU.

Contents:

Contents: EU-CEEC integration - Empirical assessment - Computable general equilibrium model - Econometric migration model - Simulation - Free trade - Capital transfers - Free labour migration.

Notes:

Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften

Doctoral Thesis

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ISBN:

9783631751350

3631751354

OCLC:

1163808575