@techreport{Laaser2004Baltic,
abstract = {The analysis of Baltic trade statistics and gravity estimates reveal that Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania have rapidly integrated into the international division of labour with a distinct EU focus. The Baltic States have taken a road towards the EU common market which pays particular attention to close trade relations with their immediate neighbours in the Baltic Sea Region. The Baltic Sea obviously serves as a major integrating device for these countries. At the same time the Baltic States, although being no longer integrated into the former intra-Soviet division of labour, have not abandoned their contacts to the Soviet successor states altogether. Accordingly, they still have the potential to serve as a gateway from Europe to the CIS markets.},
address = {Kiel},
author = {Claus-Friedrich Laaser and Klaus Schrader},
copyright = {http://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungen},
keywords = {N74; F14; F15; 330; Baltic trade patterns; Eastern enlargement; Regional integration; Gravity model; Internationale Arbeitsteilung; Gravitationsmodell; Internationale Wirtschaftsbeziehungen; Nordosteuropa; Estland; Lettland; Litauen; EU-Staaten; GUS-Staaten},
language = {eng},
number = {1234},
publisher = {Kiel Institute for the World Economy (IfW)},
title = {The Baltic States' integration into the European division of labour},
type = {Kieler Arbeitspapiere},
url = {http://hdl.handle.net/10419/3415},
year = {2004}
}
