@techreport{Crozet2004Enlargement,
abstract = {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.},
author = {Matthieu Crozet and Marius Br\"{u}lhart and Pamina Koenig},
copyright = {http://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungen},
keywords = {R12; F15; F12; 330; new economic geography; market potential; EU enlargement; Objective 1 regions; Peripheres Gebiet; Landesgr\"{o}sse; Markteintritt; EU-Erweiterung; Strukturschwacher Raum; Kern-Peripherie-Beziehung; Neue \"{o}konomische Geographie; Sch\"{a}tzung; EU-Staaten; Osteuropa},
language = {eng},
number = {270},
title = {Enlargement and the EU Periphery : The Impact of Changing Market Potential},
type = {HWWA Discussion Paper},
url = {http://hdl.handle.net/10419/19241},
year = {2004}
}
