Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/264634 
Year of Publication: 
2000
Series/Report no.: 
Working Paper No. 42
Publisher: 
Oesterreichische Nationalbank (OeNB), Vienna
Abstract: 
The gravity model of trade is used to assess the economic consequences of new borders, which arose in the wake of break-ups of multinational federations in Eastern Europe. The intensity of trade relations among the constituent parts of Czechoslovakia, Soviet Union and the Baltics was very high around the time of disintegration, exceeding the normal level of trade approximately 40 times. Disintegration has been followed by a sharp fall in trade intensity. On the other hand, the trade liberalization between East and West has lead to gradual normalization of trade relations, and liberalization within CEFTA has reversed the fall in trade intensity among Central European countries.
Subjects: 
Gravity Model
International Trade
European Integration
Disintegration
JEL: 
F13
F15
F41
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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