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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%T The impact of the 2004 EU enlargement on the performance of service enterprises in Germany’s eastern border region
%A Braakmann, Nils
%A Vogel, Alexander
%J Review of World Economics
%N 1
%P 75-89
%V 146
%D 2010
%K EU enlargement; Enterprise performance; Exports; JEL Classification: F15; L80
%= 2011-01-17T16:12:00Z
%~ http://www.peerproject.eu/
%> https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:0168-ssoar-212400
%X 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.
%C DEU
%G en
%9 journal article
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