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European integration perspectives: From cohesion to divergence?

Recher, Vedran and Kurnoga, Nataša (2017) European integration perspectives: From cohesion to divergence? Acta Oeconomica, 67 (2). pp. 195-214. ISSN 0001-6373

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Abstract

This paper examines the impact of EU enlargement and the global economic crisis on the relative development of the EU countries. This effect is assessed by applying multivariate analysis to the whole set of 28 European countries at three representative points in time. The cluster analysis for the years 2002, 2007, and 2012 grouped the countries according to the range of economic development indicators showing within-EU cohesion before the EU enlargement, after the enlargement wave, and after the crisis. The findings show that a decrease in the development differences after the enlargement was replaced with an increase in these differences after the crisis, thus contributing to the existing debate about the success of cohesion and future of European integration. These results are somewhat worrying for the new member states of the EU as well as for EU membership candidates and their prospective development within the integration.

Item Type: Article
Subjects: H Social Sciences / társadalomtudományok > H Social Sciences (General) / társadalomtudomány általában
Depositing User: Ágnes Sallai
Date Deposited: 17 Jul 2017 06:34
Last Modified: 30 Jun 2019 23:15
URI: http://real.mtak.hu/id/eprint/56293

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