Kallioras, Dimitris; Petrakos, George; Fotopoulos, Georgios - European Regional Science Association - 2005
-polar world. The parallel and interacting processes of economic integration and transition are the driving forces of these changes …. In this context, the EU new member-states (including the candidate countries of Bulgaria and Romania) have experienced …, often forcefully and painfully, the impact of these processes as a pre-condition for catch-up and integration with the …