Europeanization, Varieties of Capitalism and Economic Performance in Central and Eastern Europe

By combining insights from Europeanization, globalization, varieties of capitalism, and policy transfer literature, this book reconceptualizes the dynamics taking place during the EU enlargement process and makes a major contribution to the understanding of the relationships between institutional transformation and economic performance.

LUCIAN CERNAT is Economist at the United Nations Conference on Trade And Development (UNCTAD), Switzerland and Research Fellow at the University of Manchester, UK. He has published several articles on European and regional integration, transition economies, and trade issues. He co-edited Competition, Competitiveness, and Development: Lessons from Developing Countries and contributed to Can Regional Integration Arrangements Enforce Trade Discipline? The Story of EU Enlargement and Romania and the European Union: Inflation, Balance of Payments, Economic Growth.