The impact of the 2004 EU enlargement on the performance of service enterprises in Germany’s eastern border region

Braakmann, Nils; Vogel, Alexander

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@article{ Braakmann2010,
 title = {The impact of the 2004 EU enlargement on the performance of service enterprises in Germany’s eastern border region},
 author = {Braakmann, Nils and Vogel, Alexander},
 journal = {Review of World Economics},
 number = {1},
 pages = {75-89},
 volume = {146},
 year = {2010},
 doi = {https://doi.org/10.1007/s10290-009-0042-1},
 urn = {https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:0168-ssoar-212400},
 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 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.},
 keywords = {Leistungsfähigkeit; Germany; border region; Grenzgebiet; EU-Beitritt; joining the European Union; eastwards expansion; Dienstleistungsunternehmen; Deutschland; performance; Osterweiterung; service enterprise}}