Countries in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) still exhibit lower income levels than the European Union (EU) average. This paper examines convergence in per-capita GDP between CEE and the EU over the period 1990-2012 using parametric and nonparametric methods. The results indicate initial...

La future adhésion des PECO à la zone euro met en avant le risque de choc asymétrique externe, dû à une trop forte dépendance sur un secteur ou un pays client. Nous construisons deux indicateurs - sectoriel et géographique - d'exposition aux chocs, à partir de la symétrie des structures...

This article focuses on European FDIs (foreign direct investments) in the Central and Eastern European countries (CEECs) and their determinants. FDI now account for a large share of GDP in host economies and can help them to catch up with EU countries, by transforming and diversifying their...

De l'adhesion prochaine de huit PECO a l'Union europeenne s'ensuivra, a plus ou moins breve echeance, leur entree dans la zone euro. Les deficits courants de ces pays sont analyses dans cette perspective afin, en particulier, d'evaluer la necessite et la possibilite de quantifier le critere...

Capital cities in CEECs are changing rapidly. Their capacity to join the network of European business metropolises is evaluated here on the basis of their relative specialization in high-order services and their connections with the rest of the world. The comparative analysis covers Bucharest,...