The EU Enlargement and Income Convergence: Central and Eastern European Countries vs. Western Balkan Countries

The Common Agricultural Policy and EU Enlargement: Implications for Agricultural Production in the Central and Eastern European Countries

This paper focuses on the consequences that an extension of the Common Agricultural Policy could have on agricultural production in the Central and Eastern European Countries. It reviews the evidence presented by recent attempts to quantify the potential impacts of accession on production levels in the CEECs. It also takes into account results from previous studies in order to analyse the impor...

Prevalence of hepatitis A across various countries in the Middle East, African and Eastern European countries

Non-Price Competitiveness Gains of Central, Eastern and Southeastern European Countries in the EU Market

The Case for Euroisation in Central and Eastern European Countries

This paper discusses the issue of euroisation – the unilateral adoption of the euro as legal tender in five Central and Eastern European Countries. The sample consists of the three frontrunners Czech Republic, Hungary and Poland a runner-up – Bulgaria – and a laggard – Romania in the accession to the European Union (EU) and Economic Monetary Union (EMU). A preliminary survey of the current fixe...

Stochastic Properties of the Consumption-Income Ratios in Central and Eastern European Countries

This paper aims to investigate stochastic properties of the consumption-income ratios in 11 Central and Eastern European (CEE) countries. We use the heterogeneous panel unit root tests those account for cross-sectional dependence and the Modified Augmented Dickey-Fuller unit root test over the period March 1997-September 2012 in quarterly data set. We find the strong mean-reversion in the consu...