neighbor states with the EU. To achieve this, the authors aim to assess the existing trends in the size of the gaps across … countries and problem areas, taking into consideration the specific origin of the gap between EU15/EU12, on the one hand, and … FSU republics, EU candidates and West Balkan countries, on the other hand. The paper is structured as follows: (1) An …

, in the Central and Eastern European EU Member States. Using panel estimations for the period between 1995 and 2006, we …

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 …

European Union (EU25) employing survival analysis. The results show that the duration of trade differs across EU10 and EU15 … markets, for the majority of countries the length of trade is higher in EU10 markets than in the EU15 markets. The estimations …