put them in contrast to the cyclical performance of the new members of the EU and other OECD countries. We use the … during the end of the 80s and the beginning of the 90s. The new EU members have also experienced a strong pattern of …

across EU regions using quantile regression. We propose using Bayesian Model Averaging (BMA) methods on the class of quantile …

characteristic of regions in old EU member states. We find robust evidence of asymmetric growth performance within countries, with a …