The economics of enlarging the european union: Policy reform v transfers

Cyprus Review

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 97-108

  Nicolaides, Phedon ^a  

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EID: 0009870382     PISSN: 10152881     EISSN: 25478974     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02928966     Document Type: Article

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1. Eleven countries are now involved in the process of acceding to the European Union. Ten central and east European countries [Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Romania, Slovakia and Slovenia] and Cyprus. Turkey has been found eligible for membership but it is not involved in that process. Malta was also found to be eligible for membership but until recently it froze its application. The EU will soon consider how to re-introduce Malta in the process of enlargement. The CEPR study which is examined in this section has not covered Cyprus or Malta. For this reason the paper refers only to the CEECs.
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