In 1999, eleven European countries formed the Economic and Monetary Union (EMU); they abandoned their national currencies and adopted a new common currency, the euro. Several recent papers argue that the introduction of the euro has led (by itself) to a sizable and statistically significant...

In 1999, eleven European countries formed the Economic and Monetary Union (EMU); they abandoned their national currencies and adopted a new common currency, the euro. Several recent papers argue that the introduction of the euro has led (by itself) to a sizable and statistically significant...

This paper uses an unpublished dataset on disaggregated foreign direct investment (FDI) in Central and Eastern European countries (CEECs), and is rooted in new economic geography literature. A 10% increase in access to suppliers based in the FDI recipient country or access to the EU15 market for...

This paper analyzes the European integration of the Turkish industry in view of a comparative trade analysis of the Turkish economy and the EU economies. We perform a thorough depiction of the various aspects of the trade integration of Turkey, most notably in the fields of the trade patterns,...

This Paper compares the effect of economic integration on industry location for a small country that goes ahead with an integration process, such as the European, and a country that stays out. Theoretical results, derived from a three-region new economic geography model, are compared to stylized...

Based on the gravity model by Baier and Bergstrand (2001), we use a static and dynamic panel approach to estimate the determinants of the growth of intra-EU trade from 1960 to 2000. The results suggest that income growth was the major force, accounting for approximately two-thirds of total...

<P>1 Introduction -- Poland thirty years on: 1989-2019</P><P>Anna Visvizi, Anna Matysek-Jędrych and Katarzyna Mroczek-Dąbrowska </P><P>2 Transition and transformation: the case of Poland</P><P>Anna Visvizi and Katarzyna Żukrowska </P><P>3 Trade and financial openness of the Polish economy in the context of economic growth...</p></p></p></p></p>

Introduction. Poland thirty years on : 1989-2019 / Anna Visvizi, Anna Matysek-Jędrych and Katarzyna Mroczek-Dąbrowska -- Transition and transformation : the case of Poland / Anna Visvizi and Katarzyna Żukrowska -- Trade and financial openness of the Polish economy in the context of economic...

Membership in a monetary union implies stronger incentives for nominal wage flexibility in the form of wage indexation and shorter contract length than nonmembership. For example, entry into a monetary union may cause a move from a non-indexation to an indexation equilibrium. But more wage...