Kiel Working Papers, Kiel Institute for World Economics
No 1551:
Resource-Based Reluctance, Reversed Asymmetry, and Non-Trade Integration Incentives - Theory and Evidence from European Neighbourhood
Anja Franke, Andrea Gawrich, Inna Melnykovska and Rainer Schweickert
Abstract: Among ENP countries, Azerbaijan is outstanding because it
leans on its resource base and sees the EU at the receiving end of
bilateral relations. At the other extreme, Ukraine depends on EU
cooperation, especially with respect to trade. We develop a comprehensive
theoretical concept for analyzing both types of asymmetries. We do this by
considering both rational cost-benefit as well as constructivist norm
oriented national strategies. Furthermore, we contrast the both national
strategies to bilateral, regional, and multilateral EU strategies for
democracy promotion, economic cooperation, justice and home affairs
cooperation, and conflict resolution in European neighbourhood. It turns
out that EU strategies of Neighbourhood Europeanization have to be
increasingly based on non-tangible tools, on packages of regional and
multilateral initiatives which balance out asymmetries, and on other than
trade issues, such as security, in order to be more effective
Keywords: Ukraine, Azerbaijan, ENP, Transition Economies, Institutional Change, Governance, Resource Curse; (follow links to similar papers)
JEL-Codes: F15,; F50,; F55,; O17,; P20,; P30,; Q34; (follow links to similar papers)
62 pages, September 2009
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