Suchergebnisse

Reviews the empirical evidence on the impact of economic integration in Europe on the size and structure of the activities of transnational corporations in the European Community (EC) during its formative years. More specifically it looks at the period when the original 6 Member States of the EC achieved the first stage of their customs union. (SJK)

Whilst the IMPs satisfy several of the requirements of an efficient adjustment policy either partially or fully, they fall short on 2 important requirements. These are the criteria of encouraging potentially viable, competitive activities and providing for market strengthening measures that will remove some of the principal causes of the reduced adjustment capacity of the adversely affected regions. (SJK)

The EC has offered trade preferences to various less developed countries to promote their growth but there has been no major assessment of their effectiveness. Analyses the results of tariffs, using trade data published by the European Statistics Office in 1981. Concludes that effectiveness depends on conditions under which tariffs are offered and the supply responsiveness in the beneficiary countries. (PAS)

Looks at the issues raised when deregulation is also accompanied with redistribution of the residual regulatory powers between governments and international organisations by focusing on the experience of deregulation of the airline industry in the European Community. (Abstract amended)