Tiiu Paas
Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, University of Tartu, Narva Rd. 4: Economicum, Tartu 50 404, Estonia
Nancy J. Scannell
Department of Business Administration, College of Business and Management,
University of Illinois at Springfield, Room CBM-77 4900 Shepherd Road, Springfield, Illinois
ABSTRACT
This paper provides a framework for studying initial conditions of transition vis-à-vis European Union (EU) candidacy and accession. Emphasis is placed on initial conditions that that characterized Estonia in the early stages of its candidacy in the EU. Included in this paper is an overview of output changes and the dynamics of employment in the Central and Eastern European (CEE) countries during the period 1989-1999, focussing on Estonia, Poland and Slovenia. A connection is made between favorable initial conditions for a given transitional country and the expediency and radicalism of macroeconomic reforms in advance of EU accession.
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Tiiu Paas and Nancy J. Scannell, 2002. Initial Conditions as Factors in Economic Transition: The Case of estonia. Journal of Applied Sciences, 2: 433-436.
DOI: 10.3923/jas.2002.433.436
URL: https://scialert.net/abstract/?doi=jas.2002.433.436
DOI: 10.3923/jas.2002.433.436
URL: https://scialert.net/abstract/?doi=jas.2002.433.436
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