We study the impact of changing relative market access in an enlarged EU on the economies of incumbent Objective 1 … relation between market access and economic activity empirically. We simulate the impact of enlargement on EU Objective 1 … regions proximate to the new accession countries than in "interior" EU regions. We also find that a future Balkans enlargement …

We study the impact of changing relative market access in an enlarged EU on the economies of incumbent Objective 1 … relation between market access and economic activity empirically. We simulate the impact of enlargement on EU Objective 1 … regions proximate to the new accession countries than in 'interior' EU regions. We also find that a future Balkans enlargement …

bootstrap tests. In addition, we estimate locational centre-periphery gradients for individual sectors and the impact of the EU … been relocating towards centrally located regions. Accession to the EU has strengthened countries' internal concentration …