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, East and Southeast Europe (CESEE). We first employ an analysis based on revealed comparative advantages (RCAs) to identify … products that could help these economies diversify and upgrade. The RCA analysis shows that the CESEE countries still hold a … date. The product space analysis indicates that for the majority of the CESEE economies, it is possible to identify …
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This paper analyzes changes in the export potential and competitiveness of China, Japan, and Korea. The analysis of Japan's export market share reveals that in sectors where Korea's potential was strong in the early 1990s, Japan's market share diminished. This suggests the possibility that Korea...
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Europe (CESEE). Recent studies show that market regulations and standards that are embedded within Technical Barriers to … in the CESEE countries during the period 1996-2016. The results suggest that Specific Trade Concerns (STCs) raised on … trade-restrictive TBTs imposed by CESEE countries induce 'tariff jumping' motives of investment to these countries, while …
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potential trade specialisation lock-in effects vis-à-vis the countries from Central, East and Southeast Europe (CESEE). In … value added, primarily through an increase in price competitiveness; Austria's CESEE potential lock-in effects have …
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region of Central East and Southeast Europe (CESEE) as the gateway to Western European markets. This was manifested by the … Brief analyses the most recent developments in trade and investment activities of China, Austria and the EU in CESEE, which … technology as well as finance. Overall, CESEE has a high need for infrastructure investments, particularly in the transport …
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Barriers to international trade are more sizeable than can be accounted for on the basis of formal trade barriers and transport costs alone. Search costs in the international marketplace and insecurity of property and contract enforcement have recently been stressed to explain this observation....
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This paper investigates Turkey?s sectoral trade flows to the EU based on panel data from the period 1988 to 2002. Turkey?s sixteen most important export sectors are analysed. Emphasis is placed on the role of price competition, EU protection, and transport costs in the export trade between...
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Latin American countries have lost competitiveness in world markets in comparison to China over the last two decades. The main purpose of this study is to examine the causes of this development. To this end an augmented Ricardian model is estimated using panel data. The explanatory variables...
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In this study, MERCOSUR\'s past exports to the EU under the protectionist environment of the period between 1988 and 1996 are examined and an attempt is made to determine MERCOSUR\'s exports\' growth potential in a liberalised EU market. A sectoral study is considered indispensable since tariff...
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Bilateral Free Trade Agreements (FTAs) and unilateral trade liberalization have been two strategies used extensively by Chile to expand its exports and improve its competitive position in the world markets. It is the objective of this paper to analyze the role of trade agreements, price...
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