Barrell, Ray; Holland, Dawn - National Institute of Economic and Social Research - 2004
Eastern Europe, which spent the 15 years prior to EU membership in transition from centrally planned to market economies. The … current EU enlargement is no larger, in terms of population, than previous enlargements, but the Union itself has changed … incumbent and acceding members of the EU. We draw on parallels to previous enlargements where appropriate, and discuss in depth …