There are considerable variations in the pace and speed of EU’s South-Eastern enlargement. Bulgaria and Romania joined … European Union (EU) in 2007, Croatia became the 28th member-state only in July 2013 while the rest of the South-East European … EU enlargement politics with the aim to uncover necessary and sufficient conditions that matter in the case of EU …

future opportunity, especially for the poorest regions, such as the regions in Bulgaria and Romania. … that joined the EU after 2000 are considered. Due to the presence of externalities between the regions, the Solow growth …. According to previous research, the effects of European funds in the EU on reducing disparities are not unique, but …

East European NUTS 2 statistical regions of the European Union member states of Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Estonia …In this scientific paper we have examined the presence of beta and sigma-convergence of productivity in the Central and …, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia for the period from 2000 to 2016. Applying a fixed effects …

Turkey, tend to score on average higher than Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Kosovo. While many EU CC/PCC have improved … reform momentum to enable a sustainable convergence with the EU. …This paper reviews institutional and structural challenges in countries preparing for EU membership, i.e. Albania …

Starting on 1st of May 2004, 11 countries in Central-Eastern and South Eastern Europe and in the Baltics (EU11) joined … transition in the region, we thought it would be opportune to look into the convergence experience of these countries. The two …

’s 2007 Enlargement in Bulgaria and Romania Integration effects Scale Pre-accession period 2000-2006 EU membership 2007 ….Breuss@wu-wien.ac.at Vienna, 9 May 2007 Abstract EU’s 2007 enlargement by Bulgaria and Romania is evaluated by applying a simple …. The direct integration effects of Bulgaria and Romania spill-over to EU15, including Austria and the 10 new member states …

specific policy areas of the EU. Accession negotiations regularly focus on these countries' integra­tion into the highly … people, goods, services and capital. Whether the EU's offer of these country's gradual integration into the EU single market …Since 25 June 2024, the 27 member states of the European Union (EU) have been engaging in accession negotiations with …

Convergence to the Centre -- Financial Markets: Banks Capital Markets -- Firm Size, Productivity, EU-Funds and … between the countries concerned. Based on wide comparative data analysis of Bulgaria, Croatia, The Czech Republic, Hungary …, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, and Slovenia, each chapter in the volume provides detailed information about the state of the …