enlargement should depend on institutional convergence between the EU and potential accession candidates. Therefore, the paper … looks at institutional quality in the EU, in the EU’s neighboring Balkan and Black Sea regions, and especially in Bulgaria …, Romania, Croatia, Turkey, and Ukraine, i.e. the next countries in the queue for entry or likely to lobby for entry into the EU …

factors of production (capital and labor). In contrast, the consequences of FDI from the capital abundant country (EU) to the … country CGE model, including the EU and the CEEC. A panel regression for both regions separately, helps to decide empirically … advantage (increase in global net trade) has contributed to a decline in the labor income shares in the EU. Additionally, those …

public administration reforms for a panel of EU countries using a novel reform indicator. The findings support the political … Europe. Administrative reforms which boost the efficiency of the administration can alleviate the trade-off between … other EU countries, and for vertical learning associated with a particular type of EU transfers. …