Economic transition is a process of change from a centrally planned economic system to a market-based economy. The process started with the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989. There were no theoretical foundations and experiences for the process of economic transition. The neoliberal Washington...

The continuous enlargement of the European Union (EU) has been one of its greatest achievements and judging by the increasing number of EU member countries, one of its most successful policies. This primer considers the economic side of enlargement for the ‘new' EU members, and provides data...

The European Union (EU) has a splendid record concerning enlargement. Judging by the number of EU member countries, enlargement has been the most successful EU policy ever. The economic side of its eastern enlargement is a hybrid bag of effects for the EU's eastern countries. Membership in the...

The objective of this article is to contribute to the ongoing discussion about the potential enlargement of the European Union (EU) 1. Ten countries with economies in transition, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Poland and Slovenia (the 'Luxembourg group'), Bulgaria, Latvia, Lithuania,...