This chapter offers a framework to analyse the impact of EU membership on economic ("means"), institutional ("ways …") and social ("ends") convergence of EU11 countries to the frontier. It identifies the channels through which this impact … works: trade, investment, finance, migration and institutions. Using this framework, the analysis finds that EU membership …

find that the effect of the 2004 EU enlargement has been positive for both intermediate and final goods trade, and it is in …This paper focuses on the 2004 enlargement of the European Union to the East and treats it as a natural experiment to …

This paper summarizes the key findings of a recent study on the impact of Eastern Enlargement of the European Union (EU … the long-run stock of immigrants from the CEECs-10 in the EU will increase from 0.85 in 1998 to a peak of 3.9 million …) on labor markets in the current Member States. The study focuses on three main channels, along which enlargement may …

stands for is discussed. The EU adopted enlargement policies to include many states in the emerging markets of CEE. It …-States after the demise of communism in Central-Eastern Europe, all transitional countries applied for EU membership and the EU … countries of Central and Eastern Europe embarked on since the 1990s. This chapter details the EU’s democratisation agenda, how …

This study examines whether the CEECs' financial market development can explain the EU FDI in the CEECs during 1994 … sector reforms undertaken before the CEECs' EU accession. Second, the stock market size had a positive effect in 1997 …-2004. This is due to the fact that the EU membership announcement facilitated deeper stock market integration. Third, the higher …

Aim/purpose - The purpose of this paper is to analyze regional trade integration of 10 Central and Eastern Europe …

After almost a decade since the enlargement of the European Union to Central and Eastern Europe, history can be read … carefully now, because the consequences of those negotiations are felt even today. Covering under the mask of enlargement, we … candidate countries towards the old EU members. In this study, I analyse the merit of Günter Verheugen, the technocrat who found …

With the extension of its competence for social policy legislation in the Maastricht and Amsterdam treaties, the EU has … countries have to adopt the former via the acquis communautaire. This paper discusses the effect of an adoption of this EU … social law on future labor market performance in the CEECs. For this purpose, we model and investigate the impact of …

, among which one of the most significant has certainly been the European Union and its strategy of eastern enlargement (EE …) and associated efforts to integrate the new member states into the EU. The eight post-socialist new member states which …, and Slovenia. The very 1 st January 2007 and includes Bulgaria and Romania respectively in the Union. The 2013 enlargement …