The impact of the 2004 EU enlargement on the performance of service enterprises in Germany's eastern border region
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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.
| Original language | English |
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| Journal | Review of World Economics |
| Volume | 146 |
| Issue number | 1 |
| Pages (from-to) | 75-89 |
| Number of pages | 15 |
| ISSN | 1610-2878 |
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| Publication status | Published - 04.2010 |
- Economics - Enterprise performance, EU enlargement, Exports