Indicators

You can download the data that we have used in our JCMS publication here: EU-Index.xlsx

You can find the data of the EU-25-Index (updated to 2012) here: EU-25 Index

Indicators used in the EU-Index:

Single Market

EU openness

• Trade in goods
• Trade in services
• Capital movement
• Labor migration

EU importance

• Trade in goods
• Trade in services
• Capital movement
• Labor migration

EU Homogeneity

• Per capita income
• Purchasing power standard
• Labor cost
• Long-term interest rate
• Public debt ratio
• Consumer tax rate
• Capital tax rate

EU Symmetry

• Economic growth
• Inflation
• Change in unemployment
• Government budget deficit

Institutional Conformity

EU participation

• EMU membership
• Schengen participation

EU compliance

• Infringement proceedings
• ECJ verdict: Single Market
• ECJ verdict: Environment and consumer protection
• ECJ verdict: Other sectors

Note: “intra-European”, “European” and “EU average” refer to the respective EU-14.