Contagion, a high degree of interdependence and integration between the economies of many countries, is a prime cause of currency crises.

A study of the potential results of agricultural and food processing integration between Eastern and Western Europe

This paper analyzes how important cross-national production networks will be in the integration of the economies of the Former Soviet Union.

Different ways of integration in post-Soviet Europe will produce vastly different economies and different relationships between countries.

With the dissolution of the Soviet Union and the emergence of several new markets in Europe, the European economy has become much more heterogeneous.  This paper is an analysis of the situation and suggestions for how to integrate without causing a regional financial crisis