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Foreign Direct Investments: A Comparison of EAEU, DCFTA and Selected EU-CEE Countries
Havlik, Peter; Hunya, Gabor; Zaytsev, Yury - 2018
countries (Belarus, Kazakhstan and Russia) as well as DCFTA countries (Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine) with selected EU-CEE peers …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012100164
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Patterns of Trade Specialization and Economic Growth
Wörz, Julia - 2003
This report investigates the impact of trade structure and trade specialization on long-run development patterns in a heterogeneous set of countries, including most OECD countries, developing and rapidly industrializing Asian and Latin American countries as well as ten Central and Eastern...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012100031
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To grow or not to grow: Belarus and Lithuania
Gylfason, Thorvaldur; Hochreiter, Eduard - 2021
We compare the economic growth performance of Belarus and Lithuania since the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991. Our … interest in this country pair is driven by the two countries' interwoven histories as well as by the fact that Belarus remains … institutional reforms have played a more significant role in raising economic output and efficiency in Lithuania than in Belarus …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013429074
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Understanding the weakness in global trade - What is the new normal?
Cabrillac, Bruno; Al-Haschimi, Alexander; Babecká … - 2016
Global trade has been exceptionally weak over the past four years. While global trade grew at approximately twice the rate of GDP prior to the Great Recession, the ratio of global trade to GDP growth has declined to about unity since 2012. This paper assesses to what extent the change in the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011606330
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The Free Trade Agreement between the EU and Ukraine: Conceptual background, economic context and potential impact
Dabrowski, Marek; Taran, Svitlana - 2012
The idea of a Deep and Comprehensive Free Trade Agreement goes beyond the traditional concept of trade liberalization and, apart from the elimination of tariffs in trade of goods, it also includes the reduction/ removal of non-tariff barriers, the liberalization of the investment regime, the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011430891
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Internationalisierungsgrad von KMU: Ergebnisse einer Unternehmensbefragung
Kranzusch, Peter; Holz, Michael - 2013
Im Zeitraum 2009 bis 2011 waren rd. 1,3 Mio. Unternehmen aus Deutschland, zu 99 % KMU, international aktiv. Damit besaßen rund 37 % aller Unternehmen direkte Auslandskontakte (bei Berücksichtigung indirekter Kontaktformen: 44 %). Am häufigsten unterhielten die Unternehmen Im- und...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010327555
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Shield the US from Imports! – GDP Impacts on Finland and Other European Union Member States
Ali-Yrkkö, Jyrki; Kuusi, Tero - 2017
We analyze the value-added impacts of rising (United States) US protectionism on Finland and other European Union (EU) member states. The president of the US has proposed tariff increases, particularly on imports from Mexico and China to the US, while the threat of protectionism also involves...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012037696
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Brexit and Indirect Impact Routes through Global Value Chains
Ali-Yrkkö, Jyrki; Kuusi, Tero - 2019
In this study, we analyze the trade linkages between the United Kingdom (UK), Finland, and the European Union (EU). We calculate the value-added content of trade through complex global value chains (GVCs), which may involve numerous production stages and third countries. Our results show that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012037709
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Changes in the Structure of Intra-Visegrad Trade after the Visegrad Countries' Accession to the European Union
Richter, Sandor - 2012
After the EU accession of the Visegrad countries (the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia) in 2004 one of the most remarkable developments was a sudden upturn in mutual trade of this region's countries. In 2007 the value of aggregate intra-Visegrad trade was two and a half times higher...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012099998
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Trade Structures, Quality Differentiation and Technical Barriers in CEE-EU Trade
Landesmann, Michael; Stehrer, Robert - 2002
In this paper we attempt to quantify the incidence of different types of technical barriers to trade (TBTs) on trade structures between seven Central and Eastern European countries (Hungary, Poland, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Slovenia, Bulgaria, and Romania) and the European Union at the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012100018