Conditions for accession to the EU

Lavigne, Marie

doi:10.1057/ces.1998.21

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“…The westernmost countries signed <Europe Agreements' with the European Union that further reduced trade barriers vis-a-vis the union, and becane stepping stones towards eventual membership in the union [e.g. Lavigne 1998]. …”

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International Business Research on Transition Economies

Meyer¹

2001

Oxford Handbook of International Business

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Focuses on challenges faced by businesses in the transition context, drawing on research beyond the main business journals. First, the microeconomic aspects of economic transition are summarized, taking the development of new institutions as starting points as they set the stage for developments in the enterprise sphere. Next, multinational enterprises entering the region are discussed, considering their motives, and their strategies for dealing with the specific context. Lastly, some managerial challenges are addressed that arise for multinational enterprises operating in the region.

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confidence: 99%

International Business Research on Transition Economies

Meyer¹

2001

Oxford Handbook of International Business

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“…Since the signing of the "Treaty of Amsterdam" on October 2 nd 1997, by which the "Agreement on Social Policy" was integrated into the ECT (Article 136) largely word-forword with only a few modifications, all social policy resolutions of the EU are again valid for all EU member states to the same extent and "the social chapter (…) is now integral to the EU's constitutional acts" (Lavigne 1998, p. 41, Feldmann 1999.…”

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Institutional uncertainty and European Social Union: Impacts on job creation and destruction in the CEECs

Belke¹,

Göcke²,

Hebler³

2005

Journal of Policy Modeling

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Institutional Uncertainty and European Social Union: Impacts on Job Creation and Destruction in the CEECs *With the extension of its competence for social policy legislation in the Maastricht and Amsterdam treaties, the EU has adopted a significantly new social dimension in the past ten years. According to the Copenhagen criteria, the CEEC candidate countries have to adopt the former via the acquis communautaire. This paper discusses the effect of an adoption of this EU social law on future labor market performance in the CEECs. For this purpose, we model and investigate the impact of institutional uncertainty (and of its elimination) on job creation and job destruction in the CEEC candidate countries. We conclude that structural change on CEEC labor markets tends to be fostered via reducing institutional uncertainty. However, these kinds of benefits of the adoption of the acquis have to be weighed against the danger that the adoption of inefficient EU social and labor policy regulations imposed by the acquis might also entail significant risks for employment in the CEECs similar to those which have materialized in the former EU. This rather pessimistic view can be substantiated based on a public choice analysis of why the old EU members will want to impose the Social Charter even though it will harm the new members. These risks consist of a significant increase in hiring and firing costs and of higher wage rates. Based on a simple option value analysis, we investigate and evaluate the trade-off between lower institutional uncertainty and higher employment costs induced by the adoption of the acquis. JEL Classification:D81, J23, P26

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“…the body of EU law and regulations) (Grabbe and Hughes, 1998;Lavigne, 1998;Mayhew, 1998). We designed a survey instrument to identify progress toward meeting these requirements in the transition countries and to provide benchmark data on existing standards and characteristics of firms within the EU.…”

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“…In order for countries from central and eastern Europe to join the EU, a number of conditions have to be met: (a) the existence of a market economy; (b) the capacity to withstand competitive pressures; and (c) the capacity to take over and implement the acquis communautaire (i.e. the body of EU law and regulations) (Grabbe and Hughes, 1998;Lavigne, 1998;Mayhew, 1998). We designed a survey instrument to identify progress toward meeting these requirements in the transition countries and to provide benchmark data on existing standards and characteristics of firms within the EU.…”

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Measuring Progress in Transition and Towards EU Accession: A Comparison of Manufacturing Firms in Poland, Romania and Spain

Carlin

Estrin

Schaffer

2000

J of Common Market Studies

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This article provides new evidence on progress in transition and the 'readiness' for accession of enterprises in two EU applicant countries. A major innovation is to benchmark them against Spain. Approximately 200 manufacturing firms were surveyed in each of Poland, Romania and Spain. Newly-established private firms in both Poland and Romania are found to be growing the fastest, but on measures of integration and investment, it is new and privatized Polish firms that most resemble Spanish ones. Polish stateowned firms, and most Romanian enterprises, typically are less integrated. Polish firms tend to lag behind Spanish ones in complying with EU directives, but are ahead of Romanian ones, although awareness of and compliance with directives does not vary with ownership type. Progress in transition at the country level seems to be consistent with improvements in compliance with much of the acquis communautaire.

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Conditions for accession to the EU

Cited by 11 publications

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International Business Research on Transition Economies

International Business Research on Transition Economies

Institutional uncertainty and European Social Union: Impacts on job creation and destruction in the CEECs

Measuring Progress in Transition and Towards EU Accession: A Comparison of Manufacturing Firms in Poland, Romania and Spain

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