Fachbereich 04 - Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät
Institut für industriewirtschaftliche Forschung
Außenwirtschaft

Osterweiterung der Europäischen Union (Eastward Enlargement of the European Union)

The enlargement of the European Union towards the Eastern Countries of Europe has a clear perspective to be realized within the next few years. Many countries in Central and Eastern Europe expressed their desire to join the world's largest common market soon after the collapse of the communist regimes in the early 1990s. After more than a decade of Transformation and catching-up to the present members of the EU the applicant countries now comply with many of the political and economic requirements laid down at the Copenhagen summit in 1993. Because of such a clear direction it is necessary and advisable to take a close look at the chances and the risks of the enlargement for the old member countries as well as for the new ones. The scope for a research agenda needs to consider the outcomes of the foundation of the Common Market in 1993 within the current EU-area as well as the analysis of the various economic and political developments of the new member countries during the transformation process. The latter must account for the direct and indirect effect of the prospective EU-membership on the actual economic and political conditions in the new member countries (e.g. the obligation to adopt and implement the acquis communautaire). Additionally research also has to challenge the question of the appropriate currency regime during the run-up to EMU as well as the consequences for the future development of the European Monetary Union after enlargement.

Beteiligte Wissenschaftler:

Prof. Dr. Gustav Dieckheuer, Diplom-Volkswirt Philipp Gerlach, Diplom-Volkswirt Marcel Mlakar, Diplom-Volkswirt Eric Ringhut, Diplom-Volkswirtin Ute Stemmann

Veröffentlichungen:

Dieckheuer, Gustav / Mlakar, Marcel / Stemmann, Ute (2003): Trade Creation and Trade Diversion by EU Enlargement - The Special Case of Poland, in: Dieckheuer, G. / Boguslaw, F. (Hrsg.): Eastward Enlargement of the European Union - Economic Aspects, S. 7-24.

Gerlach, Philipp / Ringhut, Eric (2003): Poland's Way to EMU - Prospects, Risks and Chances, in: Dieckheuer, G. / Boguslaw, F. (Hrsg.): Eastward Enlargement of the European Union - Economic Aspects, S. 55-84.