In 1991 and 1992, the European Union (EU) and the economies in transition of Central and Southern Europe - the CEE-5 (Bulgaria, the former Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Poland and Romania) - signed the European Association Agreements. The Agreements established a new framework for their mutual...

Empirical studies have paid little attention to the supply-side forces behind the export performance of the Central and Eastern European countries of Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Poland, and Romania (CEE-5) in OECD markets after the collapse of central planning. The author examines export...