Abstract:
Both before and after the UN trade embargo (1992-1995), the foreign trade policy of FR Yugoslavia has been highly autarchic. Until the disingegraditon of SFRY this resulted in a significant underperformance of the foreign trade sector, while later this turned out to (almost) a complete halt in regular foreign trading. The key for boosting foreign trade lies in implementing institutional reforms and liberalization of foreign trade, even prior to the start of a credible mass privatization. This would be the only way to avoid creation of unproductive private monopolies and might present a way out of permanent recession of the Serbian economy.
JEL-codes:F1F2 (search for similar items in EconPapers) New Economics Papers: this item is included in nep-cwa, nep-int and nep-tra Date: Written 2005-03-14 Note: Type of Document - doc; pages: 26