Publications in: Productivity, Innovation and New Economy

Study on the Economic Benefits of Privacy-enhancing Technologies (PETs)

Client: EC DG Freedom, Security and Justice
Published: July, 2010

This report for the European Commission’s DG Freedom, Security and Justice investigates the economic benefits of privacy-enhancing technologies (PETs) for data controllers, with a particular focus on SMEs. Based on consultations with data protection authorities in 12 Member States, as well as on a large-scale survey of businesses and a number of case studies detailing […]

Evaluation of the CAP Policy on Protected Designations of Origin (PDO) and Protected Geographical Indications (PGI)

Client: EC DG Agriculture
Published: November, 2008

The study is based on two elements. A descriptive part provides a detailed analysis of the development of the Protected Designations of Origin (PDO) and Protected Geographical Indications (PGI) schemes over the course of the evaluation period, including the regulatory framework and the implementation mechanism underpinning the schemes. The second part of the project focuses […]

Assessing the Key Economic Drivers for Change in the Current Business Climate

Client: LE Presentation
Published: June, 2004

European Outsourcing Association’s Conference. Amsterdam, the Netherlands. June 9-10, 2004.

Internet Use by Businesses in Old and New EU Member Countries

Client: LE Presentation
Published: April, 2004

TIGER Conference The New Economy and Post-Socialist Transition. Warsaw, April 10-11, 2004.

European Integration and Productivity: Exploring the Gains of the Single Market

Published: May, 2002

This paper uses a variety of panel data techniques to argue that the European Single Market Programme significantly increased productivity in a number of European countries. In particular, as a result of the Programme, industry productivity increased considerably in 1992 and 1993 in France, Italy, Germany, the Netherlands and in the UK.

The New Economy, EU Accession Challenges, and the EBRD

Published: 2001

Revue d’Economie Financière, Special Issue, 2001. Muller, P.