Cover; Half-title; Ttitle; Copyright; Contents; Figures; Tables; Notes on the contributors; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 New Member States: macroeconomic outlook and forecasts; 2 The asymmetric impact of enlargement on old and new Member States: a general equilibrium approach; 3 Changes in the spatial distribution patterns of European regional activity: the enlargements of the mid-1980s and 2004; 4 Forecasting macroeconomic variables for the new Member States; 5 The cyclical experience of the new Member States; 6 Demand and supply shocks in the new Member States
Summary
Key aspects of the impact of the recent enlargement of the EU are analysed with reference to the Central and Eastern European countries. The book demonstrates that the enlargement could have profound consequences on both the new Member States and on the pre-accession members of the Union
