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Klappentext This volume examines the transition of the Central and Eastern European countries towards membership in the European Union. Zusammenfassung This 1997 volume examines the transition of the Central and Eastern European countries towards membership in the European Union. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Introduction Stanley Black; Part I. Trade Relations: 2. An economic assessment of the integration of Czechoslovakia, Hungary, and Poland into the European Union Drusilla Brown, Alan Deardorff, Simeon Djankov and Robert Stern; Comments J. David Richardson and L. Alan Winters; 3. Potential trade with core and periphery: industry differences in trade patterns Hari Vittas and Paulo Mauro; Comment Susan M. Collins; 4. Impact on German trade of increased division of labor with Eastern Europe Dieter Schumacher; Comments Wolfgang Maennig and Ellen Meade; Part II. Investment Patterns: 5. Investment and its financing during the transition in Central and Eastern Europe Stanley Black and Mathias Moersch; Comments Holger Wolf and Douglas Todd; 6. Privatization, structural change and productivity: towards convergence in Europe? Paul J. J. Welfens; Comments Bruce Kogut and Jan Mládek; Part III. Labor Market Issues: 7. Integrating the East: the labor market effects of immigration Thomas Bauer and Klaus Zimmerman; Comments Barry Bosworth and Robert LaLonde; Part IV. The Process of Integration: 8. Joining the club: options for integrating Central and Eastern Countries into the European Union Michael Koop; Comments Barry Eichengreen and Hans-Jürgen Vosgerau; Index.
