Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/75028 
Year of Publication: 
2009
Series/Report no.: 
LICOS Discussion Paper No. 234
Publisher: 
Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, LICOS Centre for Institutions and Economic Performance, Leuven
Abstract: 
This paper studies whether trade integration between the EU15 and Central Europe has led to more export specialization in Central Europe. Moreover, we analyze the impact of institutional refirms in Central Europe on export specialization. The empirical analysis is set up for thirteen Central European countries over the period 1989-2000. Our results indicate that a reduction in tariffs between EU15 and Central Europe led to increased export specialization in Central Europe. In addition to trade integration, we show that institutional refirms and in particular enterprise refirms contributed to export specialization.
Subjects: 
trade integration
tariffs
Herfindahl index
exports
institutions
JEL: 
F14
F15
R12
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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