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This paper presents evidence for structural differences in economic growth dynamics between the current EU and the central- and eastern European accession countries. Two important results emerge from the analysis. First, accession countries have posted higher average growth and wider output...
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The paper analyses the evolution of the trade specialisation pattern in the ten countries which will join the EU in 2004, by studying the dynamics of their comparative advantages over the period 1993-2000. The study finds that, although some countries are still broadly relying on natural...
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We quantify the degree of persistence in unemployment rates of transition countries using a variety of methods benchmarked against the EU. In part of the paper, we work with the concept of linear u0093Hysteresisu0094 as described by the presence of unit roots in unemployment. Since this is...
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This report provides an overview of the state of air quality in 13 central and eastern European countries involved in the European Union's Phare Programme. Based on EUROAIRNET monitoring network data for 1997 as reported by these countries, it also provides information on emission sources and...
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The paper extends the standard intertemporal model of the current account to include two important stylised facts: (1) the persistence of current account positions and (2) the relevance of the fiscal balance. Specifically, the paper derives a closed form solution for consumption in the presence...
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. It states that the critics of EU enlargement in Germany have overlooked that Eastern and Western Europe strongly differ …
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The Environment for Europe process is a political framework for a wide range of initiatives that aim to improve … its priorities for action after the Kiev Conference in May 2003. The rapid changes in Europe over the past decade and the … Aarhus, it was decided that Environment for Europe should refocus especially on those countries outside the EU Accession …
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financial and real capital. Without doubt, these processes will significantly accelerate the economic growth in east Europe …
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This report was prepared by Environmental Resources Management (ERM) in the context of the European Commission DG Environment framework contract u0093Financing Capacity for Implementation and Enforcement of Harmonizing Environmental Policy in the NISu0094. The first draft of the report was...
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The paper examines the determinants of location choices of French multinational firms in eastern and western Europe … important differences between the two regions of Europe concerning these determinants. Noticeably, agglomeration effects are … investors consider western Europe and eastern Europe as two distinct groups of potential host countries. It confirms the …
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