THE BORDER POPULATION EFFECTS OF EU INTEGRATION*
研究发现欧盟一体化对边境城市和地区的人口增长有正向影响，该效应在边境70公里内、30年内显著，且对大城市和地区更重要，但边境位置总体上仍是负担。
ABSTRACT Border cities or regions are in theory more affected by the EU integration process than more central locations as it more drastically influences their transaction costs and market potential. We find a positive empirical effect of EU enlargement as measured by the growth in population share along the integration borders. This effect is active for a limited distance (70 km) and time period (30 years), and is more important for large cities and regions. Despite this positive EU enlargement effect along the border, a location close to a border remains a burden in view of the (larger) negative general border effect.