We estimate the pro-competitive effects of Austria's participation in the Single Market after its EU accession in 1995 …

opening, Austria's accession to the EU and its currency union, EU enlargement). With some of these steps occurring in parallel …, its effects have similarly overlapped. Eastern opening since 1989 and Austria's EU membership since 1995 (and its … some 100,000 to 150,000 new jobs. The EU enlargement of 2004 has similarly benefiting Austria more than other EU 15 …

towards a more centralised fiscal policy at EU/Euro area level within a new EMU economic governance. Besides the improvement …

A new macroeconomic evaluation of EU enlargement is undertaken with a world macroeconomic model taking into account all … gain around ten times more from enlargement than the EU. On average, enlargement is a win-win game. Hungary and Poland can … percent). The EU on average would gain around ½ percent of real GDP over a six year period. However, the impact is quite …