Prospective NATO or EU membership and institutional change in transition countries

Ansgar Belke; Ingo Bordon; Inna Melnykovska; Rainer Schweickert

This paper quantifies the impact of incentives related to potential membership on institutional change as measured by the World Bank Governance Indicators (WBGI). Based on a panel of 25 transition countries for the period from 1996 to 2008 we show that pre-accession incentives provided by EU and NATO clearly matter for institutional development. In addition, path-dependency determined by cultural norms may be overcome by economic liberalization while foreign aid seems to hamper institutional development. -- EU ; NATO ; transition economies ; institutional change ; governance

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Year of publication:	2009
Authors:	Belke, Ansgar ; Bordon, Ingo ; Melnykovska, Inna ; Schweickert, Rainer
Publisher:	Bonn : Forschungsinst. zur Zukunft der Arbeit
Subject:	EU-Mitgliedschaft \| EU membership \| Militärbündnis \| Military alliance \| Mitgliedschaft \| Membership \| Systemtransformation \| Economic transition \| Institutioneller Wandel \| Institutional change \| Governance-Ansatz \| Governance approach \| Transformationsstaaten \| Transition countries \| 1996-2008

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Extent:	Online-Ressource (26 S.)
Series:	Discussion paper series / IZA. - Bonn : IZA, ZDB-ID 2120053-1. - Vol. 4483
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Type of publication (narrower categories):	Arbeitspapier ; Working Paper ; Graue Literatur ; Non-commercial literature
Language:	English
Notes:	Systemvoraussetzungen: Acrobat Reader
Other identifiers:	hdl:10419/36114 [Handle]
Classification:	F15 - Economic Integration ; F20 - International Factor Movements and International Business. General ; F50 - International Economics. General ; P20 - Socialist Systems and Transitional Economies. General ; P30 - Socialist Institutions and Their Transitions. General ; O19 - International Linkages to Development; Role of International Organizations
Source:	ECONIS - Online Catalogue of the ZBW

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