Does EU Membership Facilitate Convergence? The Experience of the EU's Eastern Enlargement - Volume II: Channels of Interaction (Paperback)

 1.Introduction.- 2.The economic impact of Single Market membership on the EU enlargement countries.- 3. FDI as force of convergence in the CESEE countries.- 4.The impact of EU cohesion funds on macroeconomic development in the Visegrad countries after the 2008-2009 financial crisis.- 5. The impact of the EU Cohesion policy spending: a model-based assessment.- 6. Models of banking sectors integration: The Experience of the Baltics and Central Eastern Europe.- 7.15 years from the Eastern Enlargement: Financial integration and economic convergence in Europe.- 8. Labour Markets, Demography, Migration and Skills.- 9. Corruption, Institutions and Convergence.- 10. Climate change and EU membership: The journey of Central and Eastern Europe towards a carbon-free world.- 11. The impact of the EU on national fiscal governance systems.- 12. Towards sustainable and adequate pension systems: old-age pension reforms after economic transition and EU accession in Central-Eastern and South-Eastern Europe.