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Balkan and Mediterranean candidates for European Union membership : the convergence of their monetary policy with that of the European Central Bank

Brada, Josef C.; Kutan, Ali Mustafa - 2001

We compare the convergence with German monetary policy of the Balkan and Mediterranean country candidates for EU …

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Assessing the advantages of EMU-enlargement for the EU and the accession countries : a comparative indicator approach

Schweickert, Rainer - 2001

The paper takes into account both the concerns of the EU, arguing that convergence is incomplete, and the demands from … accession countries, claiming that monetary integration is optimal. Indicators are developed which measure convergence and … benefits from monetary integration. The more serious problem is a lack of convergence which could imply serious risks during …

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Structural reforms and the enlargement of monetary union

Hefeker, Carsten - 2003

The paper addresses the question what effects the enlargement of a monetary union will have on necessary structural reforms in the (low distortion) member countries and the (high distortion) candidate countries. While monetary union lowers reforms in the candidate countries, members of the...

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Poland and Greece : two contrasting EU enlargement experiences

Rapacki, Ryszard - 2012

The aim of this contribution is a comparative analysis of the challenges Poland and Greece (and more broadly - CEE-10 and GIPS countries) had to face in the past as latecomers to the European Union and are facing now, in the aftermath of the world financial and economic crisis of 2008-09.