Some Aspects of Recent Trade Developments in South-East Europe

Vitalija Gaucaite-Wittich ()
Additional contact information
Vitalija Gaucaite-Wittich: United Nations Economic Commission for Europe

No 2005_6, ECE Discussion Papers Series from UNECE

Abstract: This paper aims to provide some insight into the changing potential of trade for the south-east European countries, including Turkey. The study presents a comprehensive analysis of changes in south-east European trade flows over the past ten years (1995-2004) and investigates the region’s factor endowments. It also draws attention to policy measures aimed at addressing challenges in the increasingly competitive global economy. On most of these issues the study draws a comparison with the pre-accession experience of the new EU member countries from eastern Europe (EU-8). The study stresses the importance of openness to trade for the economic development of the region and the need to work together within cooperative arrangements.

Keywords: South-east Europe; Western Balkans; international trade; factor intensity; revealed comparative advantage (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: F15 P27 P52 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 20 pages
Date: 2005-12
References: Add references at CitEc
Citations: View citations in EconPapers (1)

Published in UNECE Discussion Paper Series, No. 2005_6

Downloads: (external link)
http://www.unece.org/fileadmin/DAM/oes/disc_papers/ECE_DP_2005-6.pdf First version, 2005 (application/pdf)

Related works:
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:ece:dispap:2005_6

Access Statistics for this paper

More papers in ECE Discussion Papers Series from UNECE Contact information at EDIRC.
Bibliographic data for series maintained by Robert Shelburne ( this e-mail address is bad, please contact ).