Cover -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Notes on Contributors -- Foreword -- Acknowledgements -- List of Abbreviations -- 1 Introduction: The Historiography of Wilson's Attempt to Take Britain into the EEC -- PART I: THE DOMESTIC CONTEXT -- 2 The Labour Party, Public Opinion and...

A group of prominent international economists consider what makes for successful convergence--what policies and economic conditions help poor countries catch up to the living standards of rich countries.

Europe is facing slower growth as a result of protracted financial turbulence and spillovers from the U.S. Meanwhile, inflation has risen sharply. Policymakers in advanced economies will have to continue to support financial markets and balance risks to real activity with the need to anchor...

References to policy credibility, particularly with regard to fiscal policy, are ubiquitous in both economic literature and financial markets, even though it is not directly observable. The case of the EU new member states (NMS)-emerging markets joining a supranational entity that is generally...

The creation of the Euro Area and the eastward enlargement of the EU are two of the greatest policy projects in the history of European integration, presenting major challenges. This is the first in-depth and systematic analysis of these challenges, and their effects on the domestic economic...

Turkey's Accession to the European Union: Political and Economic Challenges, edited by Belgin Akçay and Bahri Yilmaz, examines economic and political assessments concerning Turkey's road to inclusion in the European Union. This book provides a timely overview of some of the most important...

Front -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction -- COUNTRY REPORTS -- Bulgaria -- Cyprus -- Czech Republic -- Estonia -- Hungary -- Latvia -- Lithuania -- Malta -- Poland -- Romania -- Slovakia -- Slovenia -- Turkey -- Towards the European Knowledge Society: A Closer Look at Information Society and...

Large inflows from the European Union to the New Member States are likely to significantlyimpact macroeconomic outcomes. In this paper, we use the IMF's Global Integrated Monetaryand Fiscal model (GIMF) to analyze the impact of the transfers and show the conditionsunder which they would help...

EXECUTIVE SUMMARYEuroclear Bank is a securities settlement system that contributes to the safety and efficiency of global markets for government bonds and other international securities but also concentrates systemic risk. It is one of the largest securities settlement systems worldwide with a...

This paper analyzes current account (CA) developments in the following 10 new EU members states: Czech Republic, Bulgaria, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Romania, Slovakia and Slovenia. During the last 15 years, these countries, on average, have run CA deficits that are...