CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2011
| Author | Shostak, Artem |
|---|---|
| Title | The Effect of Joining the EU on Firms' Export: Evidence From Micro Level Data |
| Summary | This thesis investigates the effect of joining the European Union on firms’ export performance. Using the micro-level data from 2001, 2004 and 2008 I estimate the difference in percentage of exports for firms operating in Central and Eastern European (CEE) countries that joined the EU on 1 May 2004 compared to firms operating in the non-EU CEE countries. The empirical findings confirm the hypothesis that joining the EU increases firm-level exports. The decomposition of this effect into extensive and intensive margins shows that the growth of foreign trade is mainly due to an increase in percentage of exporting firms, while there is no significant change in average fraction of sales abroad for firms-exporters. Such results may be considered as evidence that the EU accession reduces fixed cost of export. |
| Supervisor | Baniak, Andrzej |
| Department | Economics MA |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2011/shostak_artem.pdf |
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