The fulfillment of the nominal convergence criteria by a certain member country of the EU constitutes a necessary, albeit not sufficient condition to adhere to a monetary union. Essential are the progresses in the process of real convergence, because these are, in a large measure, able to ensure...

The effects of the EU enlargement will not be spread evenly across all regions in Austria: this assessment is the outcome of an analysis of sectoral structures and regional location factors. Using a range of approaches to (regional) growth theory, regional development determinants were derived...

The focus of this paper is on the effects of housing privatization reforms in Central and Eastern Europe in the 1990s in the context of policy formulation, implementation and evaluation. The paper analyses the similarities and differences between Central and Eastern European countries in the...