both the host and the source countries. It models the host country stylistically as a core EU welfare state, with tax … financed benefits and migration policies, and the migration source country as an accession country (following the EU … voter.The paper models the host country stylistically as a member of the core of an economic union (i.e., a core EU welfare …

This paper takes a welfare-view on eastern enlargement of the EU, focusing on incumbent countries. Enlargement is … decomposed into three elements: Single-market integration on commodity markets, budgetary costs from EU-expenditure policies, and … characteristic inter-country pattern of enlargement-induced welfare effects for all EU15 countries. Aggregating these across …

This paper discusses the eastward enlargement process of the EU in the framework of a simple war of attrition … bargaining game. Both players - the existing EU members and the applicants - benefit from enlargement, yet for the applicants … reform to the acquis is costly, while the EU prefers substantially reformed candidates. A waiting game unfolds. Within this …

Union (EU) if the EU Structural Fund and CAP support measures are implemented immediately but markets are opened gradually …