Nato as an external driver of institutional change in post-communist countries

Inna Melnykovska, Rainer Schweickert

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Abstract (may include machine translation)

So far, economic analyses of NATO enlargement have been restricted to aspects of regional security while political analyses focused on indirect peace-building effects on democracy in the first place. Our panel regressions for 25 postcommunist countries for the period from 1996 to 2008 reveal that direct incentives provided by NATO pre-accession are important for broad-based institutional development. Results are even more robust than for variables measuring EU pre-accession or NATO membership effects. This supports the argument that NATO can act as a transformative power and should strengthen its political agenda.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)279-297
Number of pages19
JournalDefence and Peace Economics
Volume22
Issue number3
DOIs
StatePublished - Jun 2011
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Governance
  • Institutional change
  • NATO
  • Transition economies

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