Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/18078 
Year of Publication: 
2003
Series/Report no.: 
DIW Discussion Papers No. 342
Publisher: 
Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung (DIW), Berlin
Abstract: 
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 framework the present enlargement round is analyzed and policy results are deduced. For example, it is shown that delegating the evaluation of applicants to a third party, compensating applicants for their reform efforts or increasing the benefits for new members are all effective negotiation strategies for the EU that have been applied in the process.
Subjects: 
EU enlargement
eastern enlargement
bargaining
reform
war of attrition
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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