... uses the event study method to examine the impact of the CSRD implementation (5 January 2023) on stock market returns in 27 European Economic Area nations. We use the market model estimation with a 252-day estimation window and a 15-day event window. The MSCI European Union index serves...

... incentives and constraints (Acheson and Maule, 2006 ; Burri, 2015). In the European Union, recent regulations on the importation of cultural goods seek to curb illicit trafficking and harmonize customs procedures but may simultaneously introduce new frictions affecting legitimate trade flows (Sarapani, 2021...

.... Design/methodology/approach The analysis is based on data from selected European Union countries between 2014 and 2023. We assess the existence of conditional beta convergence within a dynamic panel analysis framework, estimated using the System GMM estimator. Evidence of sigma convergence is identified...

...Adeel Ahmad Dar; Sumit Deole Purpose This paper examines the impact of deep integration within the European Union (EU) on firm welfare in member countries. We use data from the 8th Vintage of Competitiveness Research Network (CompNet), which provides micro-aggregated, industry-level data derived...

...Tomasz Serwach Purpose In this paper, the impact of the 2004 European Union accession on income inequalities within New Member States is analyzed. Design/methodology/approach An empirical analysis is conducted with nine New Member States over the period 1991–2015, with 55 economies serving...

... findings confirm that finance, economic growth, educational attainment and degree of trade openness have a positive long-term effect on the level of income inequality in the European Union countries, whilst government spending has a negative impact in the short term. Research limitations/implications...

...Chiara Castelli; Nicola Comincioli; Chiara Ferrante; Nicola Pontarollo Purpose The aim of this study is to investigate the contribution of tangible and intangible investments in driving labour productivity growth in the European Union over the period 2000–2017 and their role in the short...

...Orkun Çelik Purpose The author investigates the effects of human capital on labor income share in the 15 sectors of the European Union (EU)-13 countries and the United Kingdom (UK) over the period 2008–2015. Design/methodology/approach The author employs pooled ordinary least squares (OLS...

... an extended time interval and endogeneity. Findings A process of real economic convergence has characterised the period under investigation (1995–2016), but, in general, the size and significance of the parameter is greater for the wide European Union (EU) area (EU25 and above) rather than the Eurozone...

... to change in some basic ways, and major policy challenges now arise. The current environment is one of uncertainty and this will continue to be the case, at least until the UK formally leaves the European Union (EU) [1] . However, the uncertainty began prior to the result of the June 23 referendum in 2016...

...Colin C. Williams; Ioana Alexandra Horodnic; Jan Windebank European Union Shadow economy Undeclared work Informal economy Dual economy To transcend the current debates about whether participation in the informal sector is a result of informal workers “exclusion” or their voluntary...

... Group Publishing Limited 2016 European Union Unemployment Shadow economy Informal sector Labour economics For many decades, the dominant view was that shadow work was concentrated amongst the unemployed who engage in such activity out of necessity and as a last resort due...

...Alessandro Antimiani; Valeria Costantini Purpose The purpose of this paper is to analyse the role of the enlargement process of the European Union as a factor fostering international competitiveness of EU Member States. The paper argues that the economic integration process has reduced...

... inequalities they have had little effect in stimulating convergence of employment‐population ratios across regions. Research limitations/implications The paper argues that national priorities, particularly in the context of the current European economic crisis, are likely to hinder European Union level...

...Stergios Leventis; Panagiotis E. Dimitropoulos; Asokan Anandarajan Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate whether bank managers of countries within the European Union (EU) engage in signalling, especially after implementation of international financial reporting standards (IFRS...

...Christos Kollias; Suzanna‐Maria Paleologou Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate the relationship between growth, investment and military expenditure in the case of the European Union‐15. Design/methodology/approach The paper uses fixed panel models, random coefficient models...

... Publishing Limited 2009 Free trade European Union South Korea Electrical equipment Machine tools The proliferation of preferential trade agreements (PTAs), regional trade agreements (RTAs) and free trade agreements (FTAs), in the aftermath of the Doha round launched in 2001, has been...

...Cândida Ferreira Purpose This paper seeks to contribute to the study of the link between financial intermediation and economic growth in the context of the European Union and particularly in the context of the integration of new member‐states. Design/methodology/approach Panel fixed...

...Dimitris K. Christopoulos; Miguel A. León‐Ledesma Purpose The paper aims to re‐examine the stationarity properties of unemployment rates in 12 European Union (EU) countries over the period 1988: I‐1999: IV. Design/methodology/approach This paper applies a battery of second‐generation panel...

...Gianni Betti; Neil Dourmashkin; Mariacristina Rossi; Ya Ping Yin Purpose This paper seeks to measure and characterise the extent of consumer over‐indebtedness among the European Union (EU) member states. Design/methodology/approach The study evaluates alternative measures of over‐indebtedness...