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The impact of the 2004 EU enlargement on the performance of service enterprises in Germany’s eastern border region
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Abstract We consider the impact of the 2004 EU enlargement on enterprise performance and the exporting behavior of German service enterprises in Germany’s eastern border region. Our results from regression adjusted difference-in-differences estimators combined with matching and panel data from official stati... view more
We consider the impact of the 2004 EU enlargement on enterprise performance and the exporting behavior of German service enterprises in Germany’s eastern border region. Our results from regression adjusted difference-in-differences estimators combined with matching and panel data from official statistics suggest that the EU enlargement had a negative impact on the turnover and export intensity of large enterprises in the border region. For small enterprises, we find an annual increase in turnover by 2.3% in 2004 and an annual decrease in profitability by 1.5 and 1.9 percentage points in 2004 and 2005, respectively.... view less
Keywords
Germany; border region; joining the European Union; eastwards expansion; performance; service enterprise
Classification
Economics
European Politics
Free Keywords
EU enlargement; Enterprise performance; Exports; JEL Classification: F15; L80
Document language
English
Publication Year
2010
Page/Pages
p. 75-89
Journal
Review of World Economics, 146 (2010) 1
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10290-009-0042-1
Status
Postprint; peer reviewed
Licence
PEER Licence Agreement (applicable only to documents from PEER project)