Keuschnigg, Christian; Kohler, Wilhelm K. - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1998
We evaluate potential costs and benefits of Eastern enlargement of the EU. In addressing fiscal costs of enlargement in … addition to tariff and non-tariff barriers, we arrive at important conclusions: 1) Overall, extending EU membership to Eastern … sectoral and intergenerational redistribution may nevertheless render EU enlargement difficult on political grounds, with the …