Union after 1960. The Great Recession was a shock to the development, and convergence within the EU-15 has suffered …-transition countries have mostly continued their catching up. Historically, convergence in the EU has been faster when aggregate GDP growth …

consideration are the enlargement of the EU, Russias likely membership in the WTO, the future economic agreements between the EU and …

per capita convergence in the EU-15, but the extransition countries have mostly continued to catch up. We found this by … are left outside of income increases, then the general development is not in line with the spirit of the EU convergence …

The EU15 countries’ real GDP per capita levels adjusted for purchasing power converged in 1960–2001. Convergence … convergence and discuss the impact of EU membership, trade and investment. We also analyse how seven accession countries fit into … the historical picture of the EU15 area. The CEE countries are wellpositioned to catch up with the incumbent EU countries …

countries in the EU internal market and analyse the results in a two-dimensional space showing relative labour-skills and …

Czech Republic. This is followed by an analysis of revealed comparative advantage (RCA) in trade between the EU and the two …

economies (EMEs) of Central and Eastern Europe towards the EU15 average by 2050. We estimate the countries initial capital … the euro is projected as a function of the GDP-per-capita gap vis-à-vis the EU15. We also discuss whether the level of … human capital in the EMEs is likely to allow for full catching up. We argue that the EU membership of most of the EMEs is …

We analyse the implications of free trade between the EU25 and Russia using GTAP, a computable general equilibrium …