The EU15 countriesu0092 real GDP per capita levels adjusted for purchasing power converged in 1960u00962001 … analyse both s and b convergence and discuss the impact of EU membership, trade and investment. We also analyse how seven … accession countries fit into the historical picture of the EU15 area. The CEE countries are well positioned to catch up with the …

countries is similar to a third country. Third, we calculate the revealed comparative advantage of CEE countries in the EU …

Union after 1960. The Great Recession was a shock to the development, and convergence within the EU-15 has suffered …-transition countries have mostly continued their catching up. Historically, convergence in the EU has been faster when aggregate GDP growth …

consideration are the enlargement of the EU, Russias likely membership in the WTO, the future economic agreements between the EU and …

market in 1993-2002. Most accession countries’ comparative advantage remains less skillintensive than that of the EU15 … higher growth rates in the EU15 and the CEE countries. …Taloussuhteet Euroopan unionin sekä Keski- ja Itä-Euroopan (KIE) EU-hakijamaiden välillä liberalisoitiin Eurooppa …

Using pooled mean-group estimation we first analyse conditional convergence in the EU15 area in 1960-2002. Conditional … convergence is well documented for the EU15 countries and deeper European integration is mostly shown to have fastened convergence … method in order to estimate the conditional convergence of the new EU member countries of Central and Eastern Europe towards …

paper is two-fold. First we simulate the impact of the eastern enlargement of the EU and, second, we analyse how deeper … integration between the EU and FSU contributes to this. The analysis is carried out with GTAP computable general equilibrium model …, even in its very deep form, be beneficial for all EU regions without causing substantial welfare losses outside the Union …

Union after 1960. The Great Recession was a shock to the development, and convergence within the EU-15 has suffered …-transition countries have mostly continued their catching up. Historically, convergence in the EU has been faster when aggregate GDP growth …

We analyse the number of different HS8 products in the EU countries’ ex-ports in 1995–2015. We review what share, or …

In this paper, we evaluate the impact of Turkey's membership on EU voting. The aspects that we discuss are decision …-making efficiency and the distribution of power in the EU's leading decision making body the Council of Ministers. We compare two …