For almost a decade all three Baltic countries have witnessed substantial deficits on the current accounts of the balance of payments. This paper discusses whether this situation should be a matter of concern. Recent literature on the sustainability of balance of payments deficits is reviewed...

The paper seeks to explain why formal integration, i.e. membership of the European Union (EU), should matter to Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) by testing a number of hypotheses about the relationship, respective levels and intensity of relationship of the two fundamental forces of real...