Trade and Revealed Comparative Advantage: Hungary, the Czech Republic, and the European Union

Kaitila, Ville

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“…The EEC-2 import quality intermediate goods from the EU-15; these are then used by foreign firms together with cheap labour for the production of final products, which are exported to the EU-15. Our finding of vertical intra-industry trade in the second period is consistent with previous evidence (see Kaitila, 1999). Aturupane et al (1999), Kaitila and Widgren (1999) and Fidrmuc and Djablík (2003) report that for the CEEC the most important component of intra-industry trade is of the vertical type.…”

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confidence: 92%

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Trade Specialisation and Economic Convergence: Evidence from Two Eastern European Countries

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Standard-Nutzungsbedingungen:Die Dokumente auf EconStor dürfen zu eigenen wissenschaftlichen Zwecken und zum Privatgebrauch gespeichert und kopiert werden.Sie dürfen die Dokumente nicht für öffentliche oder kommerzielle Zwecke vervielfältigen, öffentlich ausstellen, öffentlich zugänglich machen, vertreiben oder anderweitig nutzen.Sofern die Verfasser die Dokumente unter Open-Content-Lizenzen (insbesondere CC-Lizenzen) zur Verfügung gestellt haben sollten, gelten abweichend von diesen Nutzungsbedingungen die in der dort genannten Lizenz gewährten Nutzungsrechte. Terms of use: Documents in AbstractThis paper analyses trade specialisation dynamics in two Eastern European countries (Romania and Bulgaria -EEC-2) vis-à-vis the core EU member states (EU-15) over the period [1990][1991][1992][1993][1994][1995][1996][1997][1998][1999][2000][2001][2002][2003][2004][2005][2006]. Specifically, we focus on whether there is a shift towards intra-industry trade leading to economic convergence and technological catch-up. We use recently developed static (FEM, REM and FEVD) and dynamic (GMM) panel data methods which take into account possible heterogeneity. Our empirical results indicate that intra-industry trade has indeed increased, but it is of the vertical rather than the horizontal type, resulting in complementary rather than competitive production patterns.

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confidence: 92%

“…In the literature, a high share of intraindustry trade is often associated to deeper economic integration between countries. Kaitila (1999) found that intra-industry trade between the transition countries and the core EU is low compared to intra-industry trade within the EU, but has increased as a result of trade pattern changes.…”

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“…The high relative unit value of exports by the Central European countries also contradicts the decomposition in vertical and horizontal patterns of intra-industry trade. Freudenberg and Lemoine (1999), Aturupane et al (1999), Kaitila (1999) and Vicard (2001) found that the share of intra-industry trade significantly increased during the 1990s, and that this rise was strongly linked to foreign direct investments. But all the authors agree that the intra-industry trade of the Central European countries is essentially vertical in nature, the evident sign of the trade of products of different qualities.…”

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Export-oriented Multinationals and the Quality of International Specialisation in Central European Countries

Rugraff¹

2006

Eur J Dev Res

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Export-oriented multinationals have deeply changed the specialisation of the Central European countries by developing exports and imports of products with high-and medium-high skill and technology intensity. Based on the evolution of the export share of high-and medium-high-technology products, the comparative advantages in high-and medium-hightechnology products and the utilisation of imports of these products, we show that the quality of specialisation by the Central European countries has dramatically increased since the mid-1990s. However, we also suggest that the low level of value added locally in the Central European countries, which is related to the decomposition of the value chain organised on a European level by the multinationals, is a fragile element of their international specialisation.Les firmes multinationales privilégiant la réexportation de leur production ont profondément changé la spécialisation des pays d'Europe centrale en développant les exportations et les importations de biens intensifs en technologie. En nous fondant sur trois indicateurs principaux, à savoir l'évolution de la part des exportations de biens moyennement et hautement intensifs en technologie, les avantages comparatifs révélés et l'utilisation faite de ces biens dans les pays d'Europe centrale, nous montrons que la qualité de leur spécialisation internationale a fortement augmenté depuis le milieu des années 1990. Mais nous suggérons également que cette spécialisation demeure fragile du fait de la place des pays d'Europe centrale dans la chaîne de valeur des firmes multinationales: cette fragilité se traduit en particulier dans une faible valeur ajoutée localement.

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“…The body of studies assessing evolution of trade patterns in transition economies includes a number of papers dealing with the newest EU members (Aturupane et al, 1997); Fidrmuc et al, 1999;Kaitila, 1999;Kaitila and Widgren, 2001;Traistaru et al, 2002).…”

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Trade Specialisation Patterns: The Case of Russia

Algieri

2004

SSRN Journal

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This paper considers trade specialisation in Russia, examining changes in trade patterns at the sectoral level over the transition period. Trade based on inter-industry specialisation and intra-industry trade (IIT) are empirically distinguished using the Aquino and Grubel-Lloyd indices. The Aquino index is applied to measure the degree of inter-industry specialisation by sector, while the Grubel-Lloyd index is used to establish the level of IIT between industries. The empirical results support recent trade theory, which predicts an increasing level of intra-industry trade with liberalisation processes. They also suggest how inter-and intra-industry trade coexist. The final econometric estimation of the factor content of Russia's exports (specialisation in resource-intensive products) supports the index analysis. Tutkimukessa käsitellään Venäjä ulkomaankaupan erikoistumista ja muutoksia taloudellisen siirtymäkauden aikana. Teollisuuden aloje sisäinen ja niiden välinen kauppa pystytään erottelemaan käyttämällä Aquino-ja Grubel-Lloyd-indeksejä. Teollisuudenalojen välistäerikoistumista mitataan Aquino-indeksillä. Teollisuudenaloje sisäistä kauppaa mitataan taas Grubel-Lloyd-indeksillä. Empiiriset tulokset tukevat modernin kansainvälisen kaupan teorioita. Teollisuudenaloje sisäinen kauppa lisääntyy kaupan vapauttamisen myötä. On myös selvää, että Venäjä on erikoustunut raaka-aineisiin perustuviin tuotteisiin.

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Trade and Revealed Comparative Advantage: Hungary, the Czech Republic, and the European Union

Cited by 12 publications

References 7 publications

Trade Specialisation and Economic Convergence: Evidence from Two Eastern European Countries

Trade Specialisation and Economic Convergence: Evidence from Two Eastern European Countries

Export-oriented Multinationals and the Quality of International Specialisation in Central European Countries

Trade Specialisation Patterns: The Case of Russia

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