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EU membership and economic growth: empirical evidence for the CEE countries

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  • Ryszard Rapacki, Mariusz Prochniak

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This article aims to answer the question of whether a membership in the European Union contributed to an accelerated economic growth of eleven Central and Eastern European (CEE or EU11) countries, including their real convergence to the economic development level of Western Europe (EU15). The analysis consists of two steps. First, the hypothesis of income level equalization between the CEE countries and the EU15 is verified based on the ? and ? convergence concepts. Second, the impact of selected macroeconomic variables related to the EU enlargement on economic growth of the CEE countries is examined with the use of econometric modelling. The analysis covers the 1995-2015 period. The results indicate that the CEE countries displayed a clear-cut income-level convergence toward the EU15 and that variables associated with the EU membership (increasing scope of economic freedom, improving quality of governance, progress of market reforms and more broadly - improvement in the institutional environment of the market, as well as the inflow of EU funds and the rising volume of international trade and foreign direct investment) turned out to be important drivers of GDP growth.

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  • Ryszard Rapacki, Mariusz Prochniak, 2019. "EU membership and economic growth: empirical evidence for the CEE countries," European Journal of Comparative Economics, Cattaneo University (LIUC), vol. 16(1), pages 3-40, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:liu:liucej:v:16:y:2019:i:1:p:3-40
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    1. Istvan Konya, 2023. "Catching up or getting stuck: convergence in Eastern European economies," Eurasian Economic Review, Springer;Eurasia Business and Economics Society, vol. 13(2), pages 237-258, June.
    2. Shuke Fu & Jiabei Liu & Jiali Tian & Jiachao Peng & Chuyue Wu, 2023. "Impact of Digital Economy on Energy Supply Chain Efficiency: Evidence from Chinese Energy Enterprises," Energies, MDPI, vol. 16(1), pages 1-21, January.
    3. Goran Radosavljeviæ & Mihajlo Babin & Miloš Eriæ & Jelisaveta Lazareviæ, 2020. "Income convergence between Southeast Europe and the European Union," Zbornik radova Ekonomskog fakulteta u Rijeci/Proceedings of Rijeka Faculty of Economics, University of Rijeka, Faculty of Economics and Business, vol. 38(2), pages 499-519.

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