The EU's attitude towards Eastern Enlargement in space

Peter H. Egger (), Mario Larch (), Michael Pfaffermayr () and Janette Walde

Journal of Comparative Economics, 2008, vol. 36, issue 1, pages 142-156

Abstract: This paper analyzes empirically the determinants of the EU countries' attitude towards enlargement during the pre-enlargement phase. The empirical specification is motivated from the perspectives of old and new trade theory. A variety of spatial econometric estimators is employed to assess the importance of the trade-related determinants as well as the extent of spatial dependence in the EU's opinion on accession countries. This spatial approach enables us to differentiate between straightforward direct effects on the one hand and feedback effects related to space and geography. Journal of Comparative Economics 36 (1) (2008) 142-156.

Date: 2008

Downloads: (external link)
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/B6WHV ... dcd22aec0d404b21e3e2
Full text for ScienceDirect subscribers only

Related works:
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: http://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:eee:jcecon:v:36:y:2008:i:1:p:142-156

Access Statistics for this article

Journal of Comparative Economics is edited by D. Berkowitz and G. Roland

More articles in Journal of Comparative Economics from Elsevier
Series data maintained by Heidi Boesdal ().