Towards an EU-Mexico Strategic Partnership - COM (2008) 447 final, Brussels, 15 July 2008

COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES REGIONS 2020 GLOBALISATION CHALLENGES FOR EUROPEAN REGIONS Brussels, January 2009 DIRECTORATE GENERAL FOR REGIONAL POLICY BACKGROUND DOCUMENT TO COMMISSION STAFF WORKING DOCUMENT SEC(2008)2868 FINAL REGIONS 2020 AN ASSESSMENT OF FUTURE CHALLENGES FOR EU REGIONS

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Is there a better commitment mechanism than cross-listings for emerging-economy firms? Evidence from Mexico

Received: 25 April 2006 Revised: 30 July 2008 Accepted: 6 August 2008 Online publication date: 12 March 2009 Abstract The last decade of work in corporate governance has shown that weak legal institutions at the country level hinder firms in emerging economies from accessing finance and technology affordably. To attract outside resources, these firms must often use external commitments for repa...

Preserving Control in Trade Procedure Redesign - The Beer Living Lab

INTRODUCTION Globalization requires the European Union (EU) to reduce the administrative burdens on companies involved in cross-border trade if the EU is to remain a competitive economic zone. Two important foci in the EU electronic customs MultiAnnual Strategic Plan are the implementation of Authorized Economic Operators (AEO) and the Single Window vision. The Multi-Annual Strategic Plan aims ...

Lobbies, Democracy and EU Health Policy-Making

What effects do interest groups have on the democratization and legitimacy of the European Union (EU)? Interest groups can democratize the EU only to the extent that they do not replicate inequalities. We use a newly constructed database to look for inequalities: Are the big organizations in Brussels the same as the ones in the EU member states? Are some member states’ lobbies more active than ...