Macroeconomic stability in transition economies as an effect of EU membership in light of a comparative analysis Cover Image

Stabilność makroekonomiczna krajów transformacji systemowej jako efekt członkostwa w Unii Europejskiej w świetle analizy porównawczej
Macroeconomic stability in transition economies as an effect of EU membership in light of a comparative analysis

Author(s): Kamil Kotliński
Subject(s): Supranational / Global Economy
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Ekonomicznego we Wrocławiu
Keywords: Macroeconomic Stabilization Pentagon; macroeconomic stabilization; post-transition economies

Summary/Abstract: Pre-accession preparations and accession to the European Union were a significant institutional change for the transition countries. Non-EU countries such as Albania, Serbia, Ukraine, Belarus, Georgia and Russia have also undergone economic transition. Are the given macroeconomic results in the Central and Eastern Europe countries the effect of the EU membership or do they just result from the transformation from socialism to a market economy? This research aimed to compare the macroeconomic stability of two groups: the post-socialist EU-member countries vs. the non-EU countries. The method used in the study is a comparative analysis that employs a pentagon model of macroeconomic stabilization. The surveyed countries followed various transformation paths, but the achieved macroeconomic stability indicators are measurable and comparable. The results show that the countries belonging to the EU were characterized as having a higher level of macroeconomic stability.

  • Issue Year: 64/2020
  • Issue No: 10
  • Page Range: 31-42
  • Page Count: 12
  • Language: English