Studies on EU enlargement mostly focus on its welfare-economic and much less so on its public-choice dimension. Yet … exploring theoretically and empirically how enlargement of multi-level systems like the EU affects satisfaction with democracy … that draws on the probability of being outvoted. We find that, given the institutional arrangement, enlargement tends to …

This study attempted to identify how regional integration and spatial enlargement would affect firms’ strategic … European states before and after the enlargement of the EU. The initial findings show that the number of new investments … increased significantly after the enlargement while the monetary amount of total investment appeared to be negligibly affected …

EU's 2007 enlargement by Bulgaria and Romania is evaluated by applying a simple macroeconomic integration model able to … Romania spill-over to EU15, including Austria and the 10 new member states of the 2004 EU enlargement. The pattern of the … integration effects is qualitatively similar to those of EU's 2004 enlargement by 10 new member states. Bulgaria and Romania gain …

Eastern enlargement of the EU promises gains, but also imposes fiscal costs on incumbent countries. A sensitive issue … model with search unemployment of high- and low-skilled labor, we simulate the effects of enlargement on Germany finding …

states will change. The enlargement will have an impact upon the efficiency of decision-making and thus requires … December 2000, has not satisfactorily prepared the Union for the enlargement. The European Convention, which worked out the … Ministers after enlargement power indices are used. This mathematical method measures the voting power of a member state in a …

This paper assesses the consequences of EU enlargement for East West migration. In the theoretical part, we identify … increased current migration. Additionally, casual evidence from the 1980s EU South enlargement is examined. Since then no …