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| Provedor de dados: |
AgEcon
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| País: |
United States
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| Título: |
Enlargement and the EU Periphery: The Impact of Changing Market Potential
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| Autores: |
Brulhart, Marius
Crozet, Matthieu
Koenig, Pamina
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| Data: |
2006-03-15
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| Ano: |
2004
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| Palavras-chave: |
New economic geography
Market potential
EU enlargement
Objective 1 regions
International Relations/Trade
F12
F15
R12
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| Resumo: |
We study the impact of changing relative market access in an enlarged EU on the economies of incumbent Objective 1 regions. First, we track the impact of external opening on internal spatial configurations in a three-region economic geography model. External opening gives rise to potentially offsetting economic forces, but for most parameter configurations it is found to raise the locational attractiveness of the region that is close to the external market. Then, we explore the relation between market access and economic activity empirically. We simulate the impact of enlargement on EU Objective 1 regions. Predicted market-access induced gains in regional GDP and manufacturing employment are up to seven times larger in regions proximate to the new accession countries than in "interior" EU regions. We also find that a future Balkans enlargement could be particularly effective in reducing economic inequalities among the EU periphery, due to the positive impact on relative market access of Greek regions.
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| Tipo: |
Working or Discussion Paper
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| Idioma: |
Inglês
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| Identificador: |
20269
http://purl.umn.edu/26330
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| Editor: |
AgEcon Search
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| Relação: |
Hamburg Institute of International Economics>Discussion Paper Series
HWWA Discussion Paper 270
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| Formato: |
27
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