Does it make sense to deepen the economic cooperation of the western balkan economies?

Nikolic, Goran

doi:10.1080/1331677x.2020.1774791

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“…Given the key role in boosting economic performance of upgrading skill levels and products' technological composition, we investigated the quality of SEEC exports by dividing them into medium-tech and high-tech or high-skill-intensive categories. We used the same four categories as in Nikolić (2020), applied by economists and international organisations such as UNCTAD. Generally, export databases were decomposed into different categories based on skill level and technology composition.…”

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Is there a trade convergence between South East European and Central European economies

Nikolic¹,

Nikolić

2021

EKON ANAL

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Given the importance of trade performance to overall economic fundamentals, the question arises as to the extent that South East European Countries (SEEC) have successfully followed the successful transition path of Central and Eastern European Countries (CEEC). To address this issue, we use similarity indicators to calculate possible convergence between the export structures of SEEC and CEEC from 2007-2008 to 2018-2019. We then compute the value of the similarity coefficients of SEEC and CEEC export structures and compare them with EU import structures, and intra-industry trade for both SEEC and CEEC. Next, we calculate the qualitative changes of both SEEC and CEEC merchandise trade through the tendency of technology-intensive products. The results of these two groups are compared to determine whether SEEC trade performance is converging to that of the CEEC. The results show structural improvements and an above-average increase in SEEC trade since 2007. However, given the simultaneous, moderate qualitative trade progress in the CEEC, the convergence between these two groups is insufficient to close the gap in the foreseeable future.

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Is there a trade convergence between South East European and Central European economies

Nikolic¹,

Nikolić

2021

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“…In the practical functioning and observation of business, especially of manufacturing companies, the observation of keeping records in companies, which is based on as few risks as possible, i.e. as few errors as possible at all stages of documentation movement in companies, is becoming more and more pronounced [11][12][13][14][15].…”

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The importance of determining the relationship between poorly recorded and archived contracts, decisions, opinions and instructions in relation to the introduced form of archiving in agricultural enterprises in Republic of Serbia

Stanojević¹,

Jeremić²

2022

Poljoprivredna tehnika

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Emphasizing the importance of establishing the link between poorly archived 4 forms of documentation in relation to the introduced form of archiving in agricultural enterprises in Serbia is one of the important issues in the movement of documentation in these companies. The authors analyzed 4 forms of documentation, namely: contracts, solutions, opinions and instructions on archiving in relation to the two forms of archiving documentation in companies (a new way of archiving-electronic and classic way of archiving documentation). The focus of the research of the authors of this study was the question of discovering a possible connection between poor record keeping, i.e. poor archiving of documentation in an agricultural company and the established form of archiving in the mentioned companies. The authors conducted research in 144 agricultural enterprises, and the results they obtained indicate that much fewer errors occurred in the case of electronic archiving of documentation (about 100% fewer errors) compared to classical archiving in agricultural enterprises.

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“…The recent reimposition of tariffs by Kosovo on imports from Bosnia and Herzegovina and Serbia shows that this loss of tariff revenues can be a serious problem for small economies within an fta such as cefta. (Choi and Minondo, 2019).3 The trade growth with the EU proceeded at an even faster pace, so that the ratio of exports within the Western Balkan region to exports to the EU fell over the period from 2017 to 2018 (Nikolic, 2020).4 A study by Grieveson et al (2021) argues that while cefta played a significant role in promoting intra-regional trade, the effect was weakest (and perhaps even negative) for Serbia, which directed its export growth mainly towards the EU. Despite this, the liberalisation of trade within the Western Balkans has had a demonstrably beneficial overall effect on trade flows in the region.…”

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Foreign Direct Investment and Backward Spillovers in the Western Balkans

2022

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This article investigates how regional supply chains support the Western Balkans’ economic growth. It first identifies the role of the cefta free trade agreement in expanding the size of the local market and opening up regional trading opportunities. It recounts how the larger market and specific industrial policies have attracted foreign direct investment (fdi) to the region in recent years. It analyses how these two factors have combined to generate export-led growth in the region and have brought about substantial structural changes within these economies. The article argues that to take continued advantage of the success in trade liberalisation and fdi attraction, policymakers should pay special attention to promoting backward spillovers by promoting linkages between local small and middle sized enterprise (sme) supplier firms and the newly arrived multi national corporations embedded into global value chains. Policies should be adopted which build the capacity of local sme suppliers within regional supply chains, both in terms of labour force skills and technological upgrades. The EU’s recently launched Economic and Investment Plan for the Western Balkans and the activities of the Western Balkan Six Chamber Investment Forum may support such policies.

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Does it make sense to deepen the economic cooperation of the western balkan economies?

Cited by 4 publications

References 21 publications

Is there a trade convergence between South East European and Central European economies

Is there a trade convergence between South East European and Central European economies

The importance of determining the relationship between poorly recorded and archived contracts, decisions, opinions and instructions in relation to the introduced form of archiving in agricultural enterprises in Republic of Serbia

Foreign Direct Investment and Backward Spillovers in the Western Balkans

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