Following accession to the European Union the big issue for the Czech Republic is to strengthen growth prospects. Growth potential at present is somewhat above 3%, implying a moderate pace of catch-up to living standards in the EU and elsewhere. There is room for greater ambition in growth...

...l’insertion dans la mondialisation pourrait être mieux maîtrisée et, transitoirement, la politique commerciale extérieure commune, en mettant dans une certaine mesure le marché communautaire à l’abri de chocs commerciaux trop forts en provenance de pays tiers, pourrait favoriser la...

This paper seeks to analyse the impact of European Union enlargement on accession countries and current EU as a whole, using a Computable General Equilibrium (CGE) model. Its aim is to provide an assessment of the impact of enlargement on the size and efficiency of firms and the varieties of...