The Nordic-Baltic Region: Are There Common Pathways for The Future Cooperation?

The five Nordic countries and the three Baltic States are closely interlinked via trade, investment, mobility of people and banking, but their approaches to European integration are diverse. Within this group of countries there are hardcore EU and euro area member states (the Baltics and Finland), E...

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Main Author: Þór HILMARSSON, Hilmar
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: VMU Publishing 2019
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Online Access:https://ejournals.vdu.lt/index.php/applied-economics/article/view/978
https://doi.org/10.7220/AESR.2335.8742.2019.13.1.1.3
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Summary:The five Nordic countries and the three Baltic States are closely interlinked via trade, investment, mobility of people and banking, but their approaches to European integration are diverse. Within this group of countries there are hardcore EU and euro area member states (the Baltics and Finland), EU members (Denmark andSweden) and EU outsiders (Iceland and Norway). Common pathways for the future cooperation in Europe may be hard to find. The methodology used in the article is the case study method. The sources of evidence used for the analysis is secondary data, including analytical reports and scholarly literature, as well as interviewsand direct observation.