Assessment of financial convergence of Ukraine with the CIS countries and the European Union

Kozmenko, Serhiy and Savchenko, Taras and Kazarinov, Dmytro (2012): Assessment of financial convergence of Ukraine with the CIS countries and the European Union. Published in: Banks and Bank Systems , Vol. 7, No. 4 (21 December 2012): pp. 5-17.

Abstract

The article evaluates the financial convergence criteria of Ukraine with the major countries of the Commonwealth of Independent States: Russia, Kazakhstan and Belarus. It also studies the criteria of financial convergence of Ukraine with its main trading partners in Europe: the Eurozone, Poland, Hungary and the Czech Republic. Using the results of the comparative analysis the conclusion has been made that Ukraine has a bigger financial convergence with the CIS countries.

• Item Type: MPRA Paper
• Language: English
• Keywords: economic integration, financial convergence evaluation criteria, financial convergence of Ukraine with the CIS countries, financial convergence of Ukraine with the EU countries.
• Subjects: E - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics > E4 - Money and Interest Rates > E40 - General; F - International Economics > F5 - International Relations, National Security, and International Political Economy > F50 - General

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