BALKINT University of National and World Economy

BALKINT
University of National and World Economy
Economic Research Institute at BAS
WESTERN BALKANS AND THE
EUROPEAN
UNION.
LESSONS FROM PAST
ENLARGEMENTS, CHALLENGES TO
FURTHER INTEGRATIONS
Vesselin Mintchev
Nikolay Nenovsky
Xavier Riebet
editors
Sofia, 2015
Publishing Complex - UNWE
CONTENTS
KEYNOTE SPEECHES
Lyubomir Kyuchukov - The Western Balkans in the EU: Will the "When" be Reduced to an
"ir?
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Karoly Attila Soos - Some Lessons from New EU Member States for Candidate Countries..
13
ECONOMY, GOVERNANCE
Nikolay Nenovsky, Gergana Mihailova - State Place in Economy: from Captured State to
Normal State and Back. Some Evidence from the Balkan Countries (1990-2013)
Mariana Amova, Petia Koleva - La place de l'entreprise sociale dans les Balkans et en
Pologne - quelle reconnaissance de l'economie sociale dans les strategies
nationales?
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42
Srdjan Redzepagic, Boban Stojanovic, Vinko Kandzija - Economies et perspectives pour
les pays des Balkans dans l'UE
51
Sinica Zaric - Protection ofProperty Rights and Accession to EU: Comparative Analyses of
EU Members and Candidate Countries
69
Tsvetelina Marinova - Socio economic deveiopment ofBulgaria, Romania and Croatia in a
global crisis' context: trends and perspectives to social economy
80
MACROECONOMIC PERFORMANCE, INSTITUTIONAL ENVIRONMENT
Xavier Riebet, Alessia Amighini and Giovanni Balcet - Trade, FDI and Multinational
Networks in the Balkan Region: the Case of the Automotive Industry
97
Xavier Galiegue - Economic Catch Up and the Middle-Income Trap: Some Lessons for
Western Balkans Economies from the Emerging Countries Experience
114
Iskra Christova-Balkanska - Labor Migration and Remittances in South East European
Countries: A Special Focus on Bulgaria
130
Silvia Trifonova, Atanas Atanasov - Comparative Study ofFDI Flows in Bulgaria and
Romania before and after the Crisis
144
Gergana Mihailova - Does Bank Efficiency Matter for the Economic Growth in Bulgaria?....
164
Tatiana Houbenova - The Barriers to the Economic Growth in the EU: Problems
Encountered by the Bulgarian Economy
174
Vesselin Mintchev, Venelin Boshnakov - Bulgarian Migration: Some Effects ofthe EU
Accession
189
GEOPOLITICS AND STRATEGIES
Ruxandra Ivan - Minorites dans les Balkans, minorites dans l'espace post-sovietique: y at-il un modele commun de resolution des conflits?
203
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Maria Bakalova - Balkan Nationalisms and the Europeanization ofthe Balkans:
the Taming ofthe Shrew (Im)Possible
213
Elisabeth Yoneva - The Changing Geopolitics of Energy in South East Europe:
Impiications of the Ukraine Crisis for Regional Energy Security
221
And ras Istvän Türke - Enjeux geopolitiques des premieres missions de l'UE dans les
Balkans occidentaux
233
Jean-Paul Guichard - Les Balkans et la construction europeenne un autre regard
242
Flamen Ralchev - Turkish Soft Power in the Balkans: Next Move
250
Antonina Habova - China: The New Geopolitical Actor on the Balkans?
265
Traian Sandu- L'«eurasisme» contre l'elargissement europeen aux Balkans occidentaux?
L'activisme balkanique dAlexandre Douguine
275
Summaries
288
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