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Economic Convergence and Structural Change: the Role of Transition and EU Accession

Dobrinsky, Rumen; Havlik, Peter - 2014

This paper analyses the speed and patterns of economic convergence in the new EU Member States of Central and Eastern … paper provides stylised facts on growth and convergence in Europe, and explores various convergence measures proposed in the … growth literature. It employs several analytical approaches in order to reveal convergence speed and patterns univariate …

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Economic Challenges of Lagging Regions II: Recent Structural Reforms, Outstanding Needs and Governance Issues

Fornoni, Ruggero; Greunz, Lydia; Rabemiafara, Nirina; … - 2017

This report is concerned with analysing, for eight EU Member States with lagging regions, the main structural reforms carried out over the past five to ten years, essentially those which are relevant for the European Structural and Investment Funds. Furthermore it provides an overview of the...

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Economic Challenges of Lagging Regions IV: Case Studies

Fornoni, Ruggero; Gardiner, Ben; Greunz, Lydia; … - 2017

This report presents the findings of three case studies of lagging regions in the EU to deepen the findings of wiiw Research Reports 421 to 423. The three (NUTS 2) case study regions are the Italian Campania, the Portuguese Norte and the Romanian Nord-Est region. While each of these regions...

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Fiscal Policy Under a Currency Board Arrangement: Bulgaria's Post-crisis Policy Dilemmas

Dobrinsky, Rumen - 2000

The paper analyses some policy issues under a currency board arrangement (CBA), focusing on the conduct of fiscal policy which is the only policy instrument at the disposal of the authorities as the CBA precludes an independent monetary policy. It is argued that the loss in degrees of freedom...

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