Potential new entrants to the European Union from Central and Eastern European countries face many challenges to achieve financial convergence with the existing EU nations. Using detailed case studies from Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Latvia, Lithuania and Poland and analysis of cross country...

The analysis in this book reflects various aspects of financial sector transformation in selected Central European countries that are expected to join the EU in 2004. The authors are Central European financial experts who provide, among other things, a detailed overview of the following main...

Gemessen am Ausgangsstand zu Beginn der Transformationsprozesse in den Ländern Mittel- und Osteuropas hat die Entwicklung des Bankenmarktes in dieser Region ein beachtliches Wachstum in qualitativer und quantitativer Hinsicht aufzuweisen. Mit der Etablierung eines zweistufigen Bankensystems zu...