Who favors enlargement?: Determinants of support for EU membership in the candidate countries' referenda

European Journal of Political Economy

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 520-543

  Doyle, Orla ^a   Fidrmuc, Jan ^b,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c CEPR   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Economic integration; EU enlargement; Referendum; Voting

Indexed keywords

EID: 33646245662     PISSN: 01762680     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejpoleco.2005.09.008     Document Type: Article

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