Latvia are going to increase. Key words: euro area enlargement, euro adoption, convergence, Maastricht, EU JEL classification … structure in 2002 was most similar to that of Lithuania and Estonia. In the EU country group, Latvia's situation most closely …, Latvia among them, means also joining the Economic and Monetary Union (EMU) and the adop- tion of the euro. To this end …

structural vector autoregressive model incorporating variables from both the euro area and Lithuania. The model exhibits a block …We study the effect of a (standard) monetary policy shock in the euro area on the Lithuanian economy. We employ a … exogenous structure to account for the fact that Lithuania is a small economy. In general, we find that a monetary policy shock …

by 18.8 percent, in Estonia by 15.7 percent and in Lithuania by 11 percent. In the run-up to the current crisis, these … affected the economies of the Baltic countries. The real gross domestic product decreased in the first half of 2009 in Latvia … particularly tense in Latvia. Early warning indicators point to an imminent currency crisis in Latvia. A devaluation would improve …

corruption for 11 transition economies in the Central and Eastern Europe. Design/methodology/approach - The empirical analysis … and corruption and a weak linkage between non-tax revenue collection and corruption in the transition economies. We …

This study investigates the determinants of FDI to 12 transition economies in the Commonwealth of Independent States …