In May 2004 the European Union will undergo the largest expansion in its history when ten countries--Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Poland, Slovakia, and Slovenia--become members. The number of new members and their diversity make this "big bang" enlargement particularly challenging. Not only do these countries vary widely in language, culture, and geography, but also their per capita income is less than half that of existing members. EU officials believe that expanded integration will serve the EU's objectives of peace, stability, prosperity, and democracy; but the less abstract questions of costs and benefits of enlargement are more complex.Each of the chapters in this CESifo volume addresses a different aspect of EU expansion. The contributors, all leading international practitioners and scholars, consider such topics as the effect of euro zone expansion on European Central Bank monetary policy making; using the euro as an external anchor for a national currency; worker migration and income differentials; the Swiss experience with immigration policy in a direct democracy framework; detailed sector analysis using a computable general equilibrium model of the world economy; investment and job creation and destruction in incumbent member countries; and the asymmetric effects of enlargement on high- and low-income incumbent countries. Taken together, the chapters provide useful guidance in shaping the EU policies of the future.

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United States, United States of America

MIT Press, Cambridge, Mass, 2004

June 1, 2004

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Leading international economists assess the effects of the 2004 expansion of the European Union.In May 2004 the European Union will undergo the largest expansion in its history when ten countries—Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Poland, Slovakia, and Slovenia—become members. The number of new members and their diversity make this'big bang'enlargement particularly challenging. Not only do these countries vary widely in language, culture, and geography, but also their per capita income is less than half that of existing members. EU officials believe that expanded integration will serve the EU's objectives of peace, stability, prosperity, and democracy; but the less abstract questions of costs and benefits of enlargement are more complex.Each of the chapters in this CESifo volume addresses a different aspect of EU expansion. The contributors, all leading international practitioners and scholars, consider such topics as the effect of euro zone expansion on European Central Bank monetary policy making; using the euro as an external anchor for a national currency; worker migration and income differentials; the Swiss experience with immigration policy in a direct democracy framework; detailed sector analysis using a computable general equilibrium model of the world economy; investment and job creation and destruction in incumbent member countries; and the asymmetric effects of enlargement on high- and low-income incumbent countries. Taken together, the chapters provide useful guidance in shaping the EU policies of the future.

In May 2004 the European Union will undergo the largest expansion in its history when ten countries--Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Poland, Slovakia, and Slovenia--become members. The number of new members and their diversity make this "big bang" enlargement particularly challenging. Not only do these countries vary widely in language, culture, and geography, but also their per capita income is less than half that of existing members. EU officials believe that expanded integration will serve the EU's objectives of peace, stability, prosperity, and democracy; but the less abstract questions of costs and benefits of enlargement are more complex. Each of the chapters in this CESifo volume addresses a different aspect of EU expansion. The contributors, all leading international practitioners and scholars, consider such topics as the effect of euro zone expansion on European Central Bank monetary policy making; using the euro as an external anchor for a national currency; worker migration and income differentials; the Swiss experience with immigration policy in a direct democracy framework; detailed sector analysis using a computable general equilibrium model of the world economy; investment and job creation and destruction in incumbent member countries; and the asymmetric effects of enlargement on high- and low-income incumbent countries. Taken together, the chapters provide useful guidance in shaping the EU policies of the future

Series Foreword......Page 8
1 Introduction Helge Berger and Thomas Moutos......Page 10
2 Managing EU Enlargement Richard E. Baldwin......Page 20
3 Restructuring the ECB Helge Berger, Jakob de Haan, and Robert Inklaar......Page 38
Comments Alex Cukierman......Page 76
4 Who Needs an External Anchor? Daniel Gros......Page 82
Comments Margarita Katsimi......Page 104
5 Factor Mobility, Income Differentials, and Regional Economic Integration Michael C. Burda......Page 108
Comments Carlo Perroni......Page 134
6 The Political Economy of Migration and EU Enlargement: Lessons from Switzerland Jaime de Melo, Florence Miguet, and Tobias Mu ̈ ller......Page 138
Comments Riccardo Faini......Page 178
7 Eastern Enlargement of the EU: Jobs, Investment, and Welfare in Present Member Countries Ben J. Heijdra, Christian Keuschnigg, and Wilhelm Kohler......Page 182
Comments Sascha O. Becker......Page 220
8 EU Enlargement: Economic Implications for Countries and Industries Arjan M. Lejour, Ruud A. de Mooij, and Richard Nahuis......Page 226
Comments Rajshri Jayaraman......Page 266
9 The Political Economy of EU Enlargement: Or, Why Japan Is Not a Candidate Country Antonis Adam and Thomas Moutos......Page 270
Comments Ronald W. Jones......Page 306
Authors and Commentators......Page 310
Index......Page 312

<p><p>leading International Economists Assess The Effects Of The 2004 Expansion Of The European Union.</p>

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