BET-2-2005

Contents

An anatomy of competitivness indices: or why Estonia always outperforms Latvia and Lithuania

Zane Leduskrasta and Alf Vanags

An expenditure - based estimate of Latvia's shadow economy

Anastasija Piskunova and Renara Bernotaitė

Economic inequality in the Baltics: regional disparities

Vadims Fokins, Morten Hansen, Romans Sidorovs and Nadežda Umpiroviča

Special feature

Consumer sentiment in the Baltic States and their Nordic neighbours

Jan Eklöf

Tracking the Maastricht convergence criteria

Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania

Country Updates

Estonia

Latvia

Lithuania

Key economic indicators