Der Übergang der früheren Staatshandelsländer Mittel- und Osteuropas hat sich in den letzten zehn Jahren keineswegs so kontinuierlich und bruchlos vollzogen, wie dies westliche Ökonomen erwartet oder zumindest erhofft hatten. Stattdessen kam es in den verschiedensten Bereichen - sowohl...

In this paper we argue that strong political economy forces explain the rush of the EU to expand eastwards. We use a model of vertical product differentiation in order to claim that technologically- advanced EU firms (residing in high-income member countries) prefer a mutual market-opening with...

In this paper we argue that strong political economy forces explain the rush of the EU to expand eastwards. We use a model of vertical product differentiation in order to claim that technologically- advanced EU firms (residing in high-income member countries) prefer a mutual market-opening with...

In this paper we argue that strong political economy forces explain the rush of the EU to expand eastwards. We use a model of vertical product differentiation in order to claim that technologically-advanced EU firms (residing in high-income member countries) prefer a mutual market-opening with...