Verlagsinfo: Regionale Unterschiede wirtschaftlicher Leistungskraft stellten die Europäische Wirtschaftsgemeinschaft seit ihrer Gründung im Jahre 1957 vor erhebliche integrationspolitische Probleme. Erweiterung und Vertiefung haben diese Herausforderung ständig vergrößert. Vor diesem...

Many of the EU accession countries have announced that they will not only try to enter the EU as quickly as possible but also to adopt the euro at an early date. This is justified by the effort to avoid the danger of financial instability in the period prior to euro-introduction. However, by...

This paper investigates how the European integration process of central eastern European countries, which has been taking place since the 1990's, affects their GDP growth. Based on an augmented Solow model, I estimate a convergence equation for a panel of ten countries over 16 years (1995-2010)....