This paper is aimed at testing the German Dominance Hypothesis (GDH) in the context of Eastern enlargement of the EU … via the EU Banking Directives. …

-World Bank-backed residualism in post-communist regions since 1989; the paper also argues that the EU did not have an influence … 'Economic Europe' and 'Social Europe' is indispensable for the future of the EU. …

In the course of integrating Eastern Europe into the EU the accession countries will have a good opportunity to attract …

The project’s aim is to look beyond the journalistic flash stories and the repetitive high pathos analysis of EU …, arising from Bulgaria and Romania’s accession to the EU and in a broader context what are the geo-economic and geopolitical … research concentrates on series of other closely related, but narrowly focused questions, namely: How the EU policies of …

, it is remarkable that, for the accession countries, the eastern enlargement of the EU had not the particularly strong … of Slovakia, Hungary and Slovenia - joined the European Union. In the accession year the new EU member states have … experienced powerful macroeconomic dynamics, and convergence of per capita income within the new EU-25 was progressing. However …

, it is remarkable that, for the accession countries, the eastern enlargement of the EU had not the particularly strong … of Slovakia, Hungary and Slovenia - joined the European Union. In the accession year the new EU member states have … experienced powerful macroeconomic dynamics, and convergence of per capita income within the new EU-25 was progressing. However …

This paper takes a welfare-view on eastern enlargement of the EU, focusing on incumbent countries. Enlargement is … decomposed into three elements: Single-market integration on commodity markets, budgetary costs from EU-expenditure policies, and … inter-country pattern of enlargement- induced welfare effects for all EU15 countries. Aggregating these across countries …

This paper takes a welfare-view on eastern enlargement of the EU, focusing on incumbent countries. Enlargement is … decomposed into three elements: Single-market integration on commodity markets, budgetary costs from EU-expenditure policies, and … characteristic inter-country pattern of enlargement- induced welfare effects for all EU15 countries. Aggregating these across …

This paper takes a welfare-view on eastern enlargement of the EU, focusing on incumbent countries. Enlargement is … decomposed into three elements: Single-market integration on commodity markets, budgetary costs from EU-expenditure policies, and … characteristic inter-country pattern of enlargement- induced welfare effects for all EU15 countries. Aggregating these across …

This paper takes a welfare-view on eastern enlargement of the EU, focusing on incumbent countries. Enlargement is … decomposed into three elements: Single-market integration on commodity markets, budgetary costs from EU-expenditure policies, and … inter-country pattern of enlargement- induced welfare effects for all EU15 countries. Aggregating these across countries …