Wassmann, Pia - 2016 - This version: November 14, 2016
This paper evaluates the effect of the EU Eastern enlargement in May 2004 on the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) of border … of the enlargement effect in a causal way. Results show that on average, no significant enlargement effect can be … observed. The average effect, however, hides the fact that border regions are differently affected by the enlargement. The …