The impact of the 2004 EU enlargement on the performance of service enterprises in Germany's eastern border region
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In: Review of World Economics, Vol. 146, No. 1, 04.2010, p. 75-89.
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T1 - The impact of the 2004 EU enlargement on the performance of service enterprises in Germany's eastern border region
AU - Braakmann, Nils
AU - Vogel, Alexander
PY - 2010/4
Y1 - 2010/4
N2 - 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.
AB - 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.
KW - Economics
KW - Enterprise performance
KW - EU enlargement
KW - Exports
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=77949301475&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1007/s10290-009-0042-1
DO - 10.1007/s10290-009-0042-1
M3 - Journal articles
VL - 146
SP - 75
EP - 89
JO - Review of World Economics
JF - Review of World Economics
SN - 1610-2878
IS - 1
ER -