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Provedor de dados: | 31
País: | United States

Título:

AGRICULTURAL AND FOOD TRADE IN CENTRAL AND EASTERN EUROPE: THE CASE OF SLOVENIAN INTRA-INDUSTRY TRADE

DER HANDEL MIT AGRAR- UND ERNÄHRUNGSGÜTERN DER MITTEL- UND OSTEUROPÄISCHEN LÄNDER – SLOVENIENS INTRA-INDUSTRIELLER HANDEL

Autores: | Bojnec,   Stefan; Hartmann,   Monika.
Data: | 2010-07-16
Ano: | 2004
Palavras-chave: | Intra-industry trade; Integration; Agro-food sector; Intra-industrieller Handel; Integration; Agrar- und Ernährungssektor; Agribusiness; Agricultural and Food Policy; Industrial Organization; Institutional and Behavioral Economics; International Development; International Relations/Trade; Production Economics; Productivity Analysis; F14; F15; P52; Q17.
Resumo: | One of the striking features in Central and Eastern European (CEE) countries is the deterioration of their agricultural and food trade balance during transition to a market economy as imports increased faster than exports or exports even declined. This paper investigates the Slovenian agricultural and food trade in more detail focusing on changes in the geographical distribution of trade and the nature of trade specialization on the basis of the Grubel-Lloyd Intra-Industry Trade index and Marginal Intra-Industry Trade Indices. The results indicate that Slovenian agricultural and food trade largely remains of the inter-industry type with specialisation of exports towards the former Yugoslav markets and imports from the European Union. The proportion of intra-industry trade was especially low for bulk commodities with little or no processing. A major explanations for these findings is that despite the "free" trade agreements Slovenia signed with the EU and countries of Central and Eastern Europe the level of protection in the agricultural and food sector has remained rather high. Due to EU membership Slovenia faces now direct competition in a market of 25 countries. This intensifies the restructuring process in the Slovenian agricultural and food sector. Due to the present low level of IIT this likely induces rather high adjustment costs since restructuring and reallocation of factors will have to occur between and not within industries.
Tipo: | Working or Discussion Paper
Idioma: | Inglês

Identificador:

ISSN 1438-2172

http://purl.umn.edu/92027

Relação:

Institute of Agricultural Development in Central and Eastern Europe (IAMO)&gt;IAMO Discussion Papers

IAMO Discussion Papers

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Formato: | 35