The Uneven Integration of Polish Manufacturing Industries into the European Single Market

Anna Wzi tek-Kubiak ()
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Anna Wzi tek-Kubiak: Institute of Economics, Postal: Anna Wzi tek-Kubiak, Institute of Economics, the Polish Academy of Science., Institute of Economics, Polish Academy of Science. 00-330 Warszawa, ul. Nowy Swiat 72,
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Journal of Economic Integration, 2007, vol. 22, 91-111

Abstract:

The paper aims to show the uneven process of integration of Polish manufacturing into the Single Market due to differentiational changes in competitiveness across industries (third digit level of NACE Rev. 1.1 classification) in 1996-2001. It starts with a discussion on the nature and measurement of competitiveness. Since this notion is derived from that of competition as rivalry, the effects and factors of competition are the focus. Section 2 describes the overall picture of changes in competitiveness of Polish manufacturing measured by changes in market shares and relative labour productivity. Changes in relative unit export values as a measure of changes in quality of products produced in Poland are considered. Section 3 analyses the usefulness of various measures of changes in the competitiveness of Polish manufacturing in depicting the uneven process of integration of industries into the Single Market. In the last section the winners and losers in the process of integration of Polish manufacturing into the Single Market and the factors determining uneven integration are analysed.

Keywords: Competitiveness; Integration; Transition economies; Competition (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D24 D40 F14 F15 J24 L10 L60 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2007
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