Join to Prosper? An Empirical Analysis of EU Membership and Economic Growth

IF 16.4 1区化学 Q1 CHEMISTRY, MULTIDISCIPLINARY

Accounts of Chemical Research Pub Date : 2019-02-07 DOI:10.1111/kykl.12200

Thomas Barnebeck Andersen, Mikkel Barslund, Pieter Vanhuysse

引用次数: 6

Abstract

We explore whether EU membership has led to faster economic growth. Using different estimation strategies, different time periods, different country samples, and different datasets, we are unable to demonstrate the presence of a membership growth premium. This may reflect that GDP data are too noisy and/or causal identification too complicated, in which case we should remain agnostic about the EU's growth impact. Alternatively, it may reflect that EU membership simply has no effect on economic growth. Either way, these findings urge strong caution about one of EU membership's key alleged benefits: greater economic prosperity.

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加入繁荣?欧盟成员国身份与经济增长的实证分析

我们探讨欧盟成员身份是否导致了更快的经济增长。使用不同的估计策略、不同的时间段、不同的国家样本和不同的数据集，我们无法证明会员增长溢价的存在。这可能反映出GDP数据过于嘈杂和/或因果关系识别过于复杂，在这种情况下，我们应该对欧盟的增长影响保持不可知论。或者，这可能反映出欧盟成员国身份对经济增长根本没有影响。不管怎样，这些发现都敦促人们对欧盟成员国资格的一个所谓关键好处——更大的经济繁荣——保持强烈的警惕。

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Accounts of Chemical Research 化学-化学综合

CiteScore

31.40

自引率

1.10%

发文量

312

审稿时长

2 months

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