The general idea is to follow the Varieties-of-Capitalism literature on generating indicators on the economic systems actually implemented. However, this literature mostly concentrates on the enterprise (or micro) level in traditional OECD countries, categorizing countries between the extremes:...

EU accession constituted an important element for the stabilization and modernization of the new democratic institutions in Central Eastern Europe. Support for EU membership in these countries has been linked to a discontent with the performance of domestic institutions, while Euro-skepticism...