Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/297887 
Year of Publication: 
2022
Series/Report no.: 
Working Paper No. 2022-02
Publisher: 
Prague University of Economics and Business, Faculty of International Relations (FIR), Prague
Abstract: 
After Comeconís dissolution, agentsí lack of experience in product di§erentiation could have triggered demand-side mechanisms affecting trade flows between the two sides of the fallen Iron Curtain. Specifically, producers from a block of countries might have faced a quality perception gap when exporting to the other block. We investigate this issue empirically by examining EU custom data. Our findings are consistent with products originating from former centrally planned countries being penalized by consumers from established decentralized economies. The magnitude of this effect lowers over time and vanishes when we consider extra-EU exporters. The evidence aligns with psychology and marketing contributions and may have important implications for the literature on international trade and economic development dealing with quality di§erentiation and foreign direct investment.
Subjects: 
Developing Countries
EU
Former Centrally Planned Countries
Import Origin
International Trade
Market Segmentation
Nonhomothetic preferences
Pricing-to-market
Product Quality Perception
JEL: 
F10
F40
P20
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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