Ezoneplus Newsletter | Second Issue 2002/2/17

    
   

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News 1:

Announcement

   
   

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Working paper no. 2:
"SotAR - The State of the Art Report" (Ezoneplus-Consortium)

   
   

News 3:

Working paper no. 3:
"Die Osterweiterung der Eurozone" (Hanns-D. Jacobsen; Andrej Stuchlik)

   
   

News 4:

"Capital Markets, FDI and Trade" workshop in Cracow/Poland: 7./8. April

   
   

News 5:

Regional workshop in Berlin: 26. April

   
           
         

   

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Announcement

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News 2

    
   

Working paper no. 2:
"SotAR - The State of the Art Report" (Ezoneplus-Consortium)

By December 31st, the Ezoneplus-Consortium delivered its first state of the art report to the European Commission. It covers all major policy issues while addressing the most relevant scholarly approaches. Linking the obligations which stem from monetary integration to the ongoing process of compliance to the acquis communautaire is the main purpose of the report. (The study can be downloaded as pdf-file.)

The SotAR consists of:

"The Shaping of Capital Markets" (Thomas Meyer, Berlin)
"Trade and FDI - Survey of Research" (Jose Caétano, Évora)
"The Enlargement of the Eurozone and Labour Market Adjustment" (Jaakko Kiander, Helsinki)
"The Adjustment Processes of Labour Markets in Transition" (Tiiu Paas, Tartu)
"Exchange Rate Regimes" (Renzo Orsi, Bologna)
"Fiscal Policy" and "Monetary Policy" (Vladimir Lavrac, Ljubljana)
"The Social Dimension of Regional Integration" (Achim Kemmerling, Berlin)

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Working paper no. 3:
"Die Osterweiterung der Eurozone" (Hanns-D. Jacobsen; Andrej Stuchlik)

A new working paper (in German) can be downloaded as pdf-file.

Abstract:
Once part of the European Union no “opt-out” means, for CEE applicant countries, that they will have to become members of the Eurozone as soon as they fulfil the Maastricht criteria. However, compliance with the Stability and Growth Pact and aiming at nominal and real convergence imply efforts which are significantly higher than the “simple” implementation of the acquis communautaire. Torn between completing their transformation process on the one hand and linking their economies as fast as possible to euroland on the other, most CEE countries face the risk of fixing their currency too eagerly, thus, being trapped to choose disinflation over growth. This paper presents the increased risk potential across the most important policy areas: capital markets, trade & FDI, labour markets, exchange rate policy, and monetary and fiscal policy. Moreover, a brief comparison of the Czech Republic and Poland reveals the need for further specific country analysis, since CEE countries’ exposure to possible risks of the Eurozone enlargement vary significantly.

JEL-Classification: E0, E6, G3
Keywords: EMU, EU enlargement

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"Capital Markets, FDI and Trade" workshop in Cracow/Poland: 7./8. April

By invitation of the Warsaw School of Economics, researchers from Poland, the Czech Republic and Germany will come together for a trilateral workshop in Cracow in April. Under the auspice of Prof. Katarzyna Zukrowska, the event should foster foremost regional co-operation and take profit from the specific Czech perspective, since the Czech Republic is not part of the Ezoneplus-Consortium. For more information concerning key note speakers etc., please address yourself to zukrowsk@warszawa.home.pl.

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Regional workshop in Berlin: 26. April

Our regional workshop "Political and Economic Dimensions of the Eastward Enlargement of the Eurozone" had to be postponed and will now take place on April 26. It is a co-operative event with the DFG-graduate programme "The New Europe" and will take the form of a panel discussion (Note, workshop language will be German).
After a key note by Dr. Hubert Gabrisch (Halle Institute for Economic Research - IWH) presenting the view of scientific policy advice, Prof. Dr. Michael Bolle (Ezoneplus) will take on a purely academic focus.
The workshop aims to establish a forum for researchers and local experts dealing with aspects of the European integration process, specifically the EU’s eastward enlargement. Thus, participants will include predominantly political scientists and economists, etc. from the region of Berlin-Brandenburg.
If you wish to participate please contact Christian Fahrholz of the Berlin team. (fahrholz@zedat.fu-berlin.de)

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