Building Competitiveness and Increasing Trade Potential in the Western Balkans: Policy Making in Preparing for European Integration

Bjelić, Predrag

doi:10.1007/978-94-017-9346-9_4

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“…One of the basic conditions for EU membership is a country's ability to cope with the competitive pressures of the single European market. Since the SEE economies are ranked at the bottom in terms of global competitiveness, joining the EU is a monumental task (Bjelić, 2014). Agriculture is the most sensitive part of these countries' economies, so it will face numerous challenges.…”

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Agri-food competitiveness in South East Europe

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The purpose of this article is to determine the level of competitiveness of agri-food products in South East European (SEE) countries within the processes of European Union (EU) and regional integration as well as to find the factors that determine agri-food competitiveness. This article uses the revealed comparative advantages (RCAs) index to find the level of comparative advantage of agri-food products. Additionally, a model for identifying the determinants of the SEE agri-food comparative advantage was constructed and estimated. The results show that all SEE countries (except for Albania) have comparative advantages in the agri-food sector as part of the global market. Also, the estimation of the model shows that partial productivities in agriculture have a positive impact on comparative advantage while gross domestic product (GDP) per capita has a negative impact. This article makes a useful review of competitiveness of agri-food sector in SEE countries and determines which factors are significant for an RCA index. This is essential for policymakers to identify what determinants improve or degrade competitiveness of the agri-food sector in SEE countries.

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“…Berglof (2015) calls this "an outside anchor effect of EU accession", which he argues is extremely important for the ongoing reform process, in particular in the Western Balkan countries in comparison to other European transition economies. The integration presents many challenges to a (post)transition economy required to adopt many market regulating mechanisms in a relatively short time (Bjelić 2015). The expected benefits of integration are foreseen, relying on theoretical models, in integration-related trade that is expected to emerge from increased product variety.…”

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Competitiveness, Trade with the EU and Labour Markets: Challenges for the Western Balkans

Botrić

Broz

2016

South East European Journal of Economics and Business

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This paper focuses on the relationship between exporting and the labour markets of the Western Balkan economies within a macroeconomic and microeconomic framework. Within the macroeconomic framework we investigate the Western Balkan countries’ evolution of the bilateral intra-industry trade share with European Monetary Union members and compare this with the differences in bilateral unit labour cost dynamics. The microeconomic analysis rests on enterprise-level cross section data collected during the crisis period and investigates whether exporters help to create additional jobs in the region in comparison to entrepreneurs oriented towards national market. The results show that trade patterns between Western Balkan economies and EMU trading partners did not exhibit any significant changes in trend. On the other hand, it seems that during the recession period most Western Balkan economies adjusted their unit labour costs, probably in order to boost competitiveness. Microeconomic analysis revealed that, although there are some positive differences between exporters and non-exporters, exporters do not create additional employment.

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Building Competitiveness and Increasing Trade Potential in the Western Balkans: Policy Making in Preparing for European Integration

Cited by 2 publications

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Agri-food competitiveness in South East Europe

Agri-food competitiveness in South East Europe

Competitiveness, Trade with the EU and Labour Markets: Challenges for the Western Balkans

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