This book addresses a number of vital economic convergence issues in the European Union. These are both general and … discussion of problems of a general nature. Questions posed include: What is the convergence record in the EU so far? Is there a … sign of Baumol and Quah's 'convergence clubs' and 'twin peaks'? Have the 'structural funds' of the European Commission made …

achieve financial convergence with the existing EU nations. Using detailed case studies from Bulgaria, the Czech Republic …

prolonged growth. They contend that the economic impact of the euro, and its accompanying institutions, is likely to be … as the Stability and Growth Pact which govern the euro. The authors propose alternative policy and institutional … arrangements within which the euro should be embedded. They demonstrate that these would have the benefits of a single currency …

telecommunications regulation. Globalisation, Convergence and European Telecommunications Regulation analyses the achievements and …'s treatment of the EU's regulatory policy response to technological convergence in the information and communications sector … key finding is persistent Member State diversity in regulatory implementation alongside remarkable policy convergence on a …