Trends in the Region
Trends in the Region No. 3. : Fiscal challenges and policy dilemmas in accession countries
The publication is a final analysis of a long-term research project co-ordinated by ICEG European Center. This final Synthesis Report tries to identify the common factors affecting the development of information society and economy in the New Member States and in the three Associated Candidate Countries. The analysis evaluates the weight, role and structure of the info-communication sector in these states, and also identifies their positions compared to the EU-15 countries in fields of consumption of ICT goods and services.
Trends in the Region No. 1.: Inflation and Disinflation in Eastern and Central Europe
The study published in May 2002 analyses price developments and disinflation based on their assessment in 12 Eastern European economies. The purpose is to highlight the major factors that have explained price developments and the ones, which will affect them in the future. The paper analyses the major stages of inflation, which had several similarities, notwithstanding the non-insignificant differences between the individual economies. Since the study is a regional overview, it tries to highlight region-wide developments, while presenting the differences between the individual economies, making distinction especially between pre-accession and second round transition economies in terms of dynamics and sources of inflation as well as the applied policy mix.
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