The Balkan Countries in the Process of European Integration: Is there a Convergence Process?

Fatih Celebioglu; Dumlup&#305;nar University; Huseyin ALTAY; Bilecik University

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dc.contributor.author	Fatih Celebioglu; Dumlupınar University
dc.contributor.author	Huseyin ALTAY; Bilecik University
dc.date	2013-06-15 05:18:17
dc.date.accessioned	2013-07-15T11:22:03Z
dc.date.accessioned	2015-11-23T16:08:52Z
dc.date.available	2013-07-15T11:22:03Z
dc.date.available	2015-11-23T16:08:52Z
dc.date.issued	2013-07-15
dc.identifier	http://ecs.epoka.edu.al/index.php/ices/ices2009/paper/view/675
dc.identifier.uri	http://dspace.epoka.edu.al/handle/1/394
dc.description.abstract	Balkan countries have been rapidly changing since 1990's. In spite of some Balkancountries (such as Turkey and Greece) were relatively stable in 1990s, there was warin Serbia, Montenegro, Croatia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, and Macedonia. Some formersocialist countries (Bulgaria, Slovenia and Romania) and Greece became full memberof EU, after the rugged process. The others have been struggling for this aim. In this process, all Balkan countries have some political, economic and social challenges. The aim of this paper is to investigate whether or not economic convergence among Balkan countries in the process of European Integration in the period of 1997-2007. Totest convergence, we use approach of Barro and Sala-i Martin. Our study indicates that there is no convergence among Balkan countries in the process of European Integration in the period of 1997-2007.
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dc.language	en
dc.publisher	International Conference on European Studies
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dc.source	International Conference on European Studies; 2nd International Conference on European Studies
dc.subject	Balkan Countries, European Integration, Convergence, Divergence
dc.title	The Balkan Countries in the Process of European Integration: Is there a Convergence Process?
dc.type	Peer-reviewed Paper