Eschenbach, Felix; Hoekman, Bernard - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2006
We analyze the extent to which the EU-15 and 16 transition economies used the WTO General Agreement on Trade in … as assessed by the private sector. In part this can be explained by the fact that the prospect of EU accession makes GATS … less relevant as a commitment device for a subset of transition economies. However, for many of the non-EU accession …