Ward-Warmedinger, Melanie E.; Székely, István P. - 2020
institutions played a dominant role in shaping the transition process. Along with the EU accession process, the EU acted as a … Former Transition Economies (FTEs). The desire for a higher standard of living, to be anchored to the West, and to enter the … EU, spurred major reform waves and led to the very rapid introduction of best-practice institutions. Although social …