This edited volume analyses the channels through which EU membership contributed to the convergence process of member countries in the Baltics, Central-Eastern and South-Eastern Europe. These channels include trade, investment, finance, labour, and laws and institutions. Global integration has...

Der Beitritt der zehn neuen Mitgliedsländer zur Europäischen Union war der erste Integrationsschritt in Richtung Europäische Union. In einem zweiten Schritt werden diese Länder in den kommenden Jahren Mitglieder der Europäischen Währungsunion und damit den Euro als offizielles...

The forces of the market and systems competition bring about economic and social convergence in Europe. There is no need for social policies at the EU level. Social harmonisation would distort migration flows and slow down the speed of economic convergence. National welfare states will be...

1.Introduction -- 2.The economic impact of Single Market membership on the EU enlargement countries -- 3. FDI as force of convergence in the CESEE countries -- 4.The impact of EU cohesion funds on macroeconomic development in the Visegrad countries after the 2008-2009 financial crisis -- 5. The...