New Borders and Trade Flows: A Gravity Model Analysis of the Baltic States

Darren Byers, Talan Iscan and Barry Lesser

Open Economies Review, 2000, vol. 11, issue 1, 73-91

Abstract: The objective of this paper is to provide evidence on the effects of an economic and political union by studying the trade flows of the three Baltic countries of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania after the breakup of the Soviet Union. We specify and estimate a gravity model of exports for the Nordic countries which enables us to determine the size and direction of trade flows in the Baltic states had they not been affected by the political institutions of the Soviet Union. Our results suggest that Baltic foreign trade was not only reduced significantly but also diverted to the members of the former Soviet Union. Consistent with our estimates, we also find that these consequences of the former political union are quickly dissipating, and the Baltic countries are increasing their share of exports to the European Union and the U.S. Copyright Kluwer Academic Publishers 2000

Keywords: trade flows; gravity model; Baltic countries (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2000
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