?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Joining+the+European+Union+as+an+advantage+in+science+performativity.+A+quasi-experimental+study&rft.creator=Marini%2C+G&rft.description=The+paper+investigates+the+issue+of+increasing+international+co-authored+publications%2C+comparing+countries+that+accessed+the+Europe-an+Union+(EU)+in+2004+(EU04)+against+other+Central-Eastern+European+Countries+(othEast-ERA)%2C+adopting+a+scientometrical+approach.+This+comparison+is+interesting+to+check+whether+to+be+part+of+the+EU+is+dif-ferent+from+being+part+of+the+European+Research+Area+(ERA)+%E2%80%93+being+both+entities+aimed+at+fostering+more+international+collaborations.+The+hypothesis+is+that+EU+might+convey+more+opportunities+for+the+sake+of+international+publications%2C+although+ERA+assures+access+to+European+funding+schemes+anyway.+Analysing+the+census+of+internationally+co-authored+publications+from+1995+to+2015%2C+difference-in-differences+regressions+show+that+Countries+that+joined+EU+in+2004+performed+better+than+other+Central-Eastern+ones.+Implications+for+the+public+policies+in+science+are+discussed.&rft.subject=European+Union%2C+European+Research+Area%2C+Funding+agency%2C+Europe%2C+difference-in-difference&rft.publisher=UCL+Social+Research+Institute&rft.date=2021-04&rft.type=Working+%2F+discussion+paper&rft.language=eng&rft.source=++++(QSS+Working+Paper++21-09).+UCL+Social+Research+Institute%3A+London%2C+UK.+(2021)+++++&rft.format=text&rft.identifier=https%3A%2F%2Fdiscovery.ucl.ac.uk%2Fid%2Feprint%2F10125841%2F1%2Fqsswp2109.pdf&rft.identifier=https%3A%2F%2Fdiscovery.ucl.ac.uk%2Fid%2Feprint%2F10125841%2F&rft.rights=open