Prospective NATO or EU membership and institutional change in transition countries

by 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:	Berlin : DIW
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

Extent:	Online-Ressource (26 S., 285 KB)
Series:	Discussion papers / Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung. - Berlin : [Verlag nicht ermittelbar], ISSN 1619-4535, ZDB-ID 2125067-4. - Vol. 915
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:10419/29749 [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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