Prospective NATO or EU membership and institutional change in transition countries

Rainer Schweickert; Inna Melnykovska; Ansgar Belke; Ingo Bordon

doi:10.1111/j.1468-0351.2011.00415.x

Prospective NATO or EU membership and institutional change in transition countries

Rainer Schweickert^*
, Inna Melnykovska
, Ansgar Belke
, Ingo Bordon

^*Corresponding author for this work

Kiel Institute for the World Economy
Kiel University
University of Duisburg-Essen

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This article quantifies the impact of incentives related to potential membership on institutional change as measured by the World Bank Governance Indicators. 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 hampers institutional development.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	667-692
Number of pages	26
Journal	Economics of Transition
Volume	19
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-0351.2011.00415.x
State	Published - Oct 2011
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

EU
Governance
Hausman-Taylor IV estimation
Institutional change
NATO
Transition economies

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Prospective NATO or EU membership and institutional change in transition countries

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