The CIS countries' EU-related interests are very heterogeneous. The countries themselves differ not only in terms of … their geopolitical and geo-economic situations, and how those affect their relations with the EU, but also in their levels … EU membership as their strategic goal; others want to enjoy the benefits of the common free market, and the ambitions of …

simple empirical assessment of convergence of inflation to EU levels and economic growth of 7 CEE economies which had adopted …

challenge for the common currency in the medium to long run may come from widespread breaches of EU fiscal rules. So the …

This paper aims to study the joint effects of the 2004 EU Enlargement and Russia's entry into the WTO, and the effects … of an eventual Russia-Enlarged EU Free Trade Agreement (FTA). The paper is organized as follows: in Section I, it starts … with the brief description of the model used. The effects of the 2004 EU Enlargement are estimated on Section II. In …

countries, the paper calculates the net financial position of each acceding country as a net gain from the negotiated EU … government sector and other beneficiaries of the EU assistance) and from that country into the EU budget. The net fiscal position … represents the net effect of accession on the government sector with the consideration of EU transfer flows to that sector …

The paper analyses possible consequences of the EU enlargement on the EU - CIS-7 trade. It considers current situation … trade associated with the EU accession of the Central and East European countries with strong historical ties to the CIS-7 …. The paper concludes that the EU enlargement creates some potential for expansion of trade and, importantly, exports from …

-off, as has been claimed, between nominal convergence to EMU and real convergence to EU average GDP levels. Second, the paper …

This paper analyzes the effect of the EU enlargement process on income convergence among regions in the EU and in the … Eastern neighborhood of the EU. The data used is NUTS II regions in the EU and Oblasts' of Russia over the period 1996 … regional income differences are reduced within EU15. The income convergence within the EU is mainly driven by reductions in the …