Research Catalog

Title

Transforming economies and European integration / edited by Rumen Dobrinsky and Michael Landesmann.

Publication

Aldershot, Hants, [England] ; Brookfield, Vt., US : E. Elgar, [1995], ©1995.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Dobrinsky, Rumen, 1950-
• Landesmann, Michael A.
• XXI Century Foundation.

Description

xvi, 331 pages : illustrations; 24 cm

Subjects

• Europe > Economic integration > Congresses
• Europe, Eastern > Foreign economic relations > European Union countries > Congresses
• European Union countries > Foreign economic relations > Europe, Eastern > Congresses
• Europe, Eastern > Economic conditions > 1989- > Congresses

Note

• "The book is the outcome of an international conference ... held in Sofia, Bulgaria, 27-28 May 1994, and organized by the XXI Century Foundation"--Pref.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

• 1. Introduction / Rumen Dobrinsky and Michael Landesmann -- 2. Europe under a double challenge / Daniel Daianu -- 3. Barriers to European (East-West) integration / Jaromir Cekota -- 4. Paths towards an integrated Europe: problems and prospects / Richard Baldwin -- Discussion of Part One / Alexander Tomov -- 5. Economic interpenetration between the European Union and Central and Eastern Europe / John Sheehy -- Discussion of Chapter 5 / Radu Herghelegiu and Laszlo Halpern -- 6. Economic transformation and the changing patterns of European East-West trade / Rumen Dobrinsky -- 7. The pattern of East-West European integration: catching up or falling behind? / Michael Landesmann -- 8. Trade reorientation and competitiveness in CEECs / Peter Havlik -- Discussion of Chapter 8 / Lubomir Mitov -- 9. Threats and opportunities for West European industry deriving from trade liberalization with Central and Eastern Europe / Giovanni Graziani --
• Discussion of Chapter 9 / Francoise Lemoine and Marek Belka -- 10. Financial reforms and economic integration / Istvan P. Szekely -- Discussion of Chapter 10 / Garabed Minassian -- 11. Dealing with a stagnant pool: policies for coping with long-term unemployment in Central and Eastern Europe / Tito Boeri and Stefano Scarpetta -- Discussion of Chapter 11 / Fiorella Padoa, Schioppa Kostoris and Jan Svejnar -- 12. Foreign direct investment in Eastern Europe: state-of-the-art and prospects / Klaus-Dieter Schmidt -- Discussion of Chapter 12 / Rumen Gechev and Istvan Abel -- 13. Putting foreign direct investment in Eastern Europe into perspective: turning a macroeconomic failure into a microeconomic success story / Richard Stern -- Discussion of Chapter 13 / Gancho Ganchev -- Annex: NACE classification of economic activities.

ISBN

1858982049 :

LCCN

95006825

OCLC

• 32199190
• ocm32199190

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries