Böwer, Uwe; Turrini, Alessandro - Directorate-General Economic and Financial Affairs, … - 2009
. The analysis tests whether, on top of the standard growth determinants, the period of EU accession made a significant … difference to the growth performance of the New Member States (NMS). The paper finds that the period of EU accession is … institutional quality and less advanced financial development, suggesting that EU accession has been speeding up the catching …