Freer movement of people to live and work across borders within Europe has made the average western European citizen better off since the 1980s.
Freer movement of people to live and work across borders within Europe has made many low-skilled western European citizens worse off since the 1980s.
Giving tax incentives to specific firms to locate operations in a country typically generates domestic benefits that outweigh the costs to the country providing the incentives.
Europe as a whole benefits when European cities or countries compete with each other by giving tax incentives to firms to locate operations in their jurisdictions.
This week's IGM European Economic Experts Panel statement:
On the whole, the shift from state to private ownership of many industrial assets in central and eastern European countries after communism has increased productivity in those countries.
