Focus on European Economic Integration

Twenty years ago, in 1989, the fall of the Berlin Wall paved the way for an unprecedented process of integration between Eastern and Western Europe. To mark the 20^th anniversary of this historic event, the Oesterreichische Nationalbank published a Special Issue of its Focus on European Economic Integration (FEEI): “1989–2009, Twenty Years of East-West Integration: Hopes and Achievements.” The general mission of the FEEI, launched in 1996, is to disseminate studies on macrofinancial and monetary integration, and to contribute to economic debate with country analyses and cross-regional comparisons.

This Special Issue 2009 comprises contributions by OeNB experts for the region and by renowned national and international authors who have monitored, analyzed and very often also shaped this process of transition in Central, Eastern and Southeastern Europe over the past two decades.