Many of the EU accession countries have announced that they will not only try to enter the EU as quickly as possible … countries and for the EU core countries. …Viele der EU-Beitrittsländer haben angekündigt, dass sie nicht nur der EU, sondern auch der EWU schnell beitreten …

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

-area shocks in four New Member States (Bulgaria, Hungary, Czech Republic and Romania) and in the Old Member State of the EU …

European Monetary Union (EMU) to the 10 countries that obtained EU membership in 2004. One-way and two-way error component …

specializations and economic policy coordination, contributed to the synchronization of business cycles in the enlarged EU. We … synchronization, specifically between incumbent and new EU members. More coordinated fiscal policies and, particularly in EU 15, the … EU income convergence, a declared objective of EU policy, supported business cycle synchronization. …