achieve financial convergence with the existing EU nations. Using detailed case studies from Bulgaria, the Czech Republic …

scope within the enlarged EU, and address the question of whether there should be harmonization between the individual … member states or even a common EU minimum wage. They also examine the impact of the minimum wage at the national level …1. Minimum wage revival in the enlarged EU: explanatory factors and developments / Daniel Vaughan-Whitehead -- 2 …

pt. I. The effects of migration on labour markets -- pt. II. European migration after EU enlargement -- pt. III. Labour …

particular emphasis on the process of EU enlargement … -- pt. 3. Environmental policy concerns in the context of EU enlargement -- pt. 4. Economic and environmental policies in …

Financial integration and financial deepening in the EU : mind the gap / Klaus Liebscher -- Benefits and risks of … policy / Cristian Popa -- The financial system of the EU-25 / Franklin Allen, Laura Bartiloro and Oskar Kowalewski -- Meeting … the need for a regulatory framework for EU financial markets / Alexandre Lamfalussy -- Finance and growth : the legacy of …

states / Andreas Reinstaller and Fabian Unterlass -- 5. EU innovation policy : one size doesn't fit all! / Alasdair Reid -- 6 …. Attracting and embedding R&D in multinational firms : policy options for EU new member states / Rajneesh Narula -- 7. Innovation … in EU CEE : the role of demand-based policy / Jakob Edler -- 8. Innovation policy options for "catching up" by the EU CEE …

policy challenges, sustainability of public finances and EU accession : the case of Turkey -- 4. Monetary policy in the Euro … the European Union accession process -- 6. Monetary and fiscal policy in Poland during EU accession -- 7. Preconditions …

This book presents an evidence-based assessment of the impact of EU enlargement on industrial relations and social … standards in old and new EU Member States. It combines chapters which give an overview of the process of enlargement …/integration and comparative socio-economic data at EU and national level, with chapters that present an in-depth analysis of the …

in EU-CEE11, Russia and Ukraine / Marina Gruševaja -- 9 Central, Eastern and Southeastern Europe's reunion with Europe … Central and Eastern Europe? / Martin Selmayr -- 15 Will the EU overcome the East-West divide? / Ada Ámon -- 16 Demographic …