The main aim of this paper is to examine the exchange rate behavior of a group of four transitional, EU accession …

need for social policies at the EU level. Social harmonisation would distort migration flows and slow down the speed of …

Turkey triggered by EU-membership; and (iii) migration in response to the free movement of workers. Overall, the … macroeconomic implications for EU countries are small but positive. European exports increase by around 20 percent. Turkey … experiences larger economic gains than the EU: consumption per capita is estimated to rise by about 4 percent as a result of …

In this paper we argue that strong political economy forces explain the rush of the EU to expand eastwards. We use a … model of vertical product differentiation in order to claim that technologically- advanced EU firms (residing in high …

Eastern enlargement of the EU promises gains, but also imposes fiscal costs on incumbent countries. A sensitive issue …