"Kulh\u00E1nek, Lum\u00EDr" . "Debt Crisis and Convergence in the European Union" . "9"^^ . . "2014-05-15+02:00"^^ . . . . . "I" . "RIV/61989100:27510/14:86092284!RIV15-MSM-27510___" . . . "Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on European Integration 2014 - ICEI 2014 : May 15-16, 2014, Ostrava, Czech Republic" . . "9913" . "RIV/61989100:27510/14:86092284" . "27510" . "Debt Crisis and Convergence in the European Union"@en . . "1"^^ . . "1"^^ . . "Beta-convergence, European Union, Real convergence, Sigma-convergence"@en . "Vysok\u00E1 \u0161kola b\u00E1\u0148sk\u00E1 - Technick\u00E1 univerzita Ostrava" . . "Debt Crisis and Convergence in the European Union"@en . . . "978-80-248-3388-0" . . "[4E25563D8EDA]" . "Debt Crisis and Convergence in the European Union" . "Central and Eastern European EU Member States which joined the European Union have made considerable progress in the economic transition and integration into the European Union. Nevertheless, the challenges of both nominal and real convergences will remain relevant for these countries in the medium and long term. The purpose of this paper is to assess real economic convergence within the countries. The empirical results, concerning the EU-28 countries for the period of 1995-2012, are based on the gross domestic product per capita and gross national income per capita. We have analysed both beta convergence and sigma convergence. The five Central European EU countries (CEC-5) are well positioned to catch up with the EU-15 average, however, the experience of the EU-15 countries shows that convergence cannot be taken for granted."@en . . "Ostrava" . "000346144900044" . "Ostrava" . "Central and Eastern European EU Member States which joined the European Union have made considerable progress in the economic transition and integration into the European Union. Nevertheless, the challenges of both nominal and real convergences will remain relevant for these countries in the medium and long term. The purpose of this paper is to assess real economic convergence within the countries. The empirical results, concerning the EU-28 countries for the period of 1995-2012, are based on the gross domestic product per capita and gross national income per capita. We have analysed both beta convergence and sigma convergence. The five Central European EU countries (CEC-5) are well positioned to catch up with the EU-15 average, however, the experience of the EU-15 countries shows that convergence cannot be taken for granted." .