Production Linkage of Asia and Europe via Central and Eastern Europe

Mitsuyo Ando () and Fukunari Kimura
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Mitsuyo Ando: Faculty of Business and Commerce, Keio University, Postal: 2-15-45 Mita, Minato-ku, Tokyo 108-, 8345, Japa

Journal of Economic Integration, 2013, vol. 28, 204-240

Abstract: This paper investigates the novel development of machinery trade pattern in the Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) and analyzes the extent and depth of production networks in Europe from the perspective of their links with East Asia during the past 15 years, 1995~2010. Our descriptive analysis based on the total value of trade and the extensive margin demonstrates further production fragmentation in Europe, shifting from Western Europe (CEE production sharing to a regional network with more active transactions among CEE countries) to a global link with East Asia via CEE, particularly in the electric machinery sector. Our quantitative analysis verifies the evolution of production networks in Europe, from regional to global. These results partially reflect the reduction in services link costs, the evolution of industrial clustering among CEE countries particularly after the EU enlargement, and the strengthening competence of production networks in East Asia.

Keywords: The 2nd unbundling; Fragmentation; Agglomeration; Intensive and Extensive Margins; Machinery trade (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: F14 F15 F23 L23 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013
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