Shaping the New Europe: Economic Policy Challenges of European Union Enlargement

List of Figures List of Abbreviations Notes on the Contributors Preface Introduction; M.Landesmann & D.K.Rosati PART I: MACROECONOMIC POLICY ISSUES Macroeconomic Policy and Institutions During the Transition to European Union Membership; W.H.Branson , J.Braga de Macedo & J.von Hagen Exchange Rate Policy in Central and Eastern Europe in the Context of EU Accession; G.Kopits PART II: SECTORAL ISSUES: TRADE POLICIES, COMPETITION POLICY AND FINANCIAL SECTOR REFORM European Trade Policies: Clouds on the Horizon?; P.A.Messerlin Preparing for EU Membership: Restructuring the Banking Sector in Hungary; G.Surányi EU Accession and the Evolution and Design of Competition Policy; A.Török PART III: THE ECONOMIC EFFECTS OF ENLARGEMENT Consequences of Accession: Economic Effects on CEECs; M.Landesmann & S.Richter The Political Millennium Event 'EU Enlargement' as an Economic Challenge; F.Breuss PART IV: EXPERIENCES OF PREVIOUS ACCESSIONS AND LESSONS FOR CEECS Lessons to be Learnt from Earlier Accessions; K.Laski & R.Römisch Moving the Escudo into the Euro; J.Braga de Macedo, L.C.Nunes & F.Covas The Experience of Greece: Delayed Adjustment; L.Tsoukalis PART V: GROWING DISPARITIES IN EUROPE The Impact of EU Enlargement on Economic Disparities in Central and Eastern Europe; D.K.Rosati Prospects for Further (South) Eastern EU Enlargement: From Divergence to Convergence?; V.Gligorov, M.Holzener & M.A.Landesmann The Impact of EU Enlargement on Countries Beyond the New Frontiers; O.Havrylyshyn PART VI: POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC CHALLENGES Political and economics challenges facing the 'New Europe'; H.Wallace , E.Liikanen , D.Hübner , D.Daianu , L.Tsoukalis , J.Rollo , E.Berglöf , M.Landesmann , A.Sapir & F.Lacina Index