Trade structure and convergence a comparison of CEECs to different world regions (by Julia Wörz) The weak dollar and its repercussions on Central and Eastern Europe (by Pawel Kowalewski) Conference Report 'WTO Round Basic Issues' (by Julia Wörz) Selected monthly data on the economic situation...

We develop a mixed complementarity programming (MCP) based estimating framework for non-tariff barriers (NTBs) to examine the evolution of market access conditions in the textile and clothing sectors, working with a panel of bilateral trade data on textile and clothing trade, underlying...

The impact of the Central and Eastern European economies' trade integration with European markets on CEE trade structures has been studied extensively. These studies frequently observe a quality upgrading of CEE exports. In this paper we consider three dimensions of quality upgrading upgrading...

Casual evidence suggests that emerging and developing countries are often gaining market shares in world exports in technology-intensive sectors in the course of development. On the other hand textbook trade theory would suggest that these countries specialize in lower-tech industries. The...

We describe concentration tendencies in individual manufacturing industries in Central and Eastern European countries and identify relevant factors causing these patterns. Using output and employment data for 14 manufacturing industries over the years 1993-2002, we observe an increase in...

The impact of the Doha round on the new EU members (by Joseph Francois and Julia Wörz) Countries covered New EU Member States Topics International Trade and Competitiveness East-West integration and adjustments in the labour markets (by Michael Landesmann) Countries covered European Union, New...

The new EU members' competitiveness in trade in services (by J. Wörz, pp. 1-6) Countries covered Cyprus, Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Poland, Slovakia, Slovenia Topics International Trade and Competitiveness; Services A brief history of Poland's nominal...

Net outward investment position of the new member states (by Julia Wörz, pp. 1-9) Countries covered Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Slovakia, Slovenia, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Bulgaria, Romania, Croatia Topics Foreign Direct Investment Sources of growth in the CIS (by Garbis Iradian, pp....

The land market in the new EU member states (by Zdenek Lukas) Countries covered Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Slovakia, Slovenia Topics Agriculture and Food Industry One year of EU enlargement trade prospects from the Austrian perspective (by Julia Wörz) Countries covered Czech Republic,...

Turkey's economy situation report and outlook (by Josef Pöschl, Hermine Vidovic and Julia Wörz) Countries covered Turkey Topics Macroeconomic Analysis, Forecasts and Policy Turkish Straits as a chokepoint for energy transit (by Vasily Astrov) Countries covered Turkey, Russia Topics Energy...