The Eastern enlargement of the EU / edited by Marek Dabrowski and Jacek Rostowski.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. Macroeconomic and Fiscal Challenges during the EU Accession Prosess: An Overview / Marek Dabrowski -- 2. The Approach to EU and EMU Membership: The Implication for Macroeconomic Policy in the Applicant Countries / Jacek Rostowski -- 3. Public Debt and Fiscal Adjustment in Selected Transition Economies: Structure, Dynamics and Possible Development Paths for the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland and Romania / Michal Gorzelak, Wojciech Maliszewski and Joanna Siwinska -- 4. Evaluating Government Policy in Transition Countries / Max Gillman -- 5. A Great Leap Forw Ard? Pension Developments and Reforms in the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland and Romania / Stanislaw Gomulka -- 6. Searching for the Laffer Curve in Transition Economies / Mateusz Walewski -- 7. A Looming Financial Crisis in the Czech Republic? / Ondrej Schneider and Pavel Stepanek -- 8. From Transition to Accession - Agriculture in the Czech Republic, Hungary and Poland and the Common Agricultural / Katarzyna Zawalinska --

9. The Fiscal Impact of Health Care Reforms in Central Europe / Peter Mihalyi and Ryszard Petru.

"The book is relevant to academics in macroeconomics, European studies and transition economics, as well as in public finance and public policy sciences. It should also appeal to a significant professional audience. Policy makers and economists interested in the accession process in EU countries - "--BOOK JACKET.