This paper is the final report of a research project whose aim was to analyse the methodology of calculating the costs and benefits for the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland and Slovenia of the envisaged accession to the European Union. The research focused particularly on the impact of the...

The paper provides a review of the background, components, indicators and revealed effects of Hungary's trade competitiveness at the macroeconomic and sectoral levels, in particular in the manufacturing industry. These features are described and interpreted in two respects first, in terms of...

This paper discusses the economic effects of EU enlargement for the group of Central and East European accession countries (ACs). It consists of three parts In Part A the financial aspects of accession to the EU are explained. It deals firstly with the outcome of the negotiations at the December...

In December 1999 the European Union did away with the division of the candidate countries into two different groups; in early 2000 accession negotiations began with the former second-wave countries as well. In the first part of this paper the background of this development and its possible...

Graph of the month Dependence of selected European countries on gas imports from Russia, 2012, in % (p. 1) Some lesser known facts about Ukraine’s foreign trade (by Peter Havlik; pp. 2-5) Opinion corner Russia and Ukraine – three questions, nine answers (by Vasily Astrov, Vladimir Gligorov...

The Vienna Institute for International Economic Studies (wiiw) expects GDP in Central, East and Southeast Europe (CESEE) to pick up speed and grow on average by 2-3% over the forecast period 2014-2016 a major driving force rooted in an upward reversal of public and private investment. The...

The Vienna Institute for International Economic Studies (wiiw) expects GDP in Central, East and Southeast Europe (CESEE) to pick up speed and grow on average by 2-3% over the forecast period 2014-2016 a major driving force rooted in an upward reversal of public and private investment. The...

Hungarian agriculture - starting the fifth year within the European Union (by M. Szabó, pp. 1-7) Keywords agriculture, international trade Countries covered Hungary Topics Agriculture and Food Industry; International Trade and Competitiveness Migration from and to Hungary (by S. Richter, pp....

Czech Republic slow growth, a sign of strength? (by Josef Pöschl) Countries covered Czech Republic Hungary getting out of the deficit trap? (by Sándor Richter) Countries covered Hungary Poland strong exports, continuing fiscal disarray (by Leon Podkaminer) Countries covered Poland Russian...

The member states' net financial position vis-à-vis the EU budget what has changed since the enlargement? (by S. Richter, pp. 1-7) Countries covered European Union Topics Economic Integration Current status of the Doha Development Agenda (DDA) negotiations (by O. Pindyuk, pp. 8-12) Countries...