We test for real interest rate convergence in the EU25 area. Our contribution is twofold: first, we account for the … have important implications relating to the single monetary policy and the progress new EU members have achieved towards …

are determined primarily by the EU initiatives. This fact is based on both, the necessity of the Republic to correspond to … European norms and the EU interest to have reliable and stable partners from economic and political point of view. The … Association Agreement, DCFTA, visa liberalization are main bonuses that Moldova has received from EU within Eastern Partnership …

current debate on the EU budget for the period 2007 to 2013 and introduces five scenarios. The first is identical to the … European Commission's proposal; the second is based on reducing the budget to 1% of the EU's GNI as proposed by the six major … a '1% EU GNI'; however, the expenditures for providing 'EU-wide value added' are left unchanged and it is envisaged that …

Using pooled mean-group estimation we first analyse conditional convergence in the EU15 area in 1960-2002. Conditional … convergence is well documented for the EU15 countries and deeper European integration is mostly shown to have fastened convergence … method in order to estimate the conditional convergence of the new EU member countries of Central and Eastern Europe towards …

paper is two-fold. First we simulate the impact of the eastern enlargement of the EU and, second, we analyse how deeper … integration between the EU and FSU contributes to this. The analysis is carried out with GTAP computable general equilibrium model …, even in its very deep form, be beneficial for all EU regions without causing substantial welfare losses outside the Union …