Can Austria influence EU economic policy through lidm [legal insight decision making]?

Thursday, 4 April 2013: 4:30 PM
Stephanie Bardwell, JD, LLM , Honors College, CNU, Surry, VA
TITLE: Can Austria influence EU economic policy through LIDM [legal insight decision making]?

Austria currently enjoys a low unemployment rate compared with other EU countries and the USA. This paper examines the history, data, and comparative rates of employment of EU nations and the USA for the past decade. Using this evidence, we demonstrate the relative influence of LIDM on economic regulation in Austria and its  particular influence upon  unemployment rates. The paper concludes with a significant problem posed: whether LIDM is indeed an influential factor in assessing economic health and status of a country or region?

Objectives:

[1] Describe the use of legal insight decision making [LIDM] and its influence upon hte history of employment regulation in subject countries

[2] Examine and analyze  10-11 years worth of employment/unemployment records of USA and these EU nations: Austria, Germany, France, Spain, Ireland, Greece

[3] Compare, contrast and describe the relationship of LIDM to employment/unemployment rates 

Data/Methods: 

[4] Collect and compare data described above from published, official EU and US sources

[5] Demonstrate trends as data indicates

Results/Expected Results:

Likely there will be a significant relationship between regulations identified usiing the LIDM model and employment/unemployment in the subject countries