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Trade regimes and bilateral trade in the EU enlargement process: Focus on the Western Balkans

Dragutinović-Mitrović, Radmila and Bjelić, Predrag (2015) Trade regimes and bilateral trade in the EU enlargement process: Focus on the Western Balkans. Acta Oeconomica, 65 (2). pp. 249-270. ISSN 0001-6373

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Abstract

This paper aims at investigating the role of different trade regimes in determining the bilateral trade of Western Balkan countries and the enlarged European Union between 2001—2010. Special focus is laid on the intra-regional trade of Western Balkan countries and complementarities of this sub-regional trade integration and the EU accession process. Using panel data, we estimated the gravity model of bilateral exports from Western Balkan and Central Eastern European countries to the core EU members in the 2001–2010 period. The results confirm the importance of EU membership for the development of acceding countries’ trade and shed light on asymmetrical trade regimes as important factors of boosting the bilateral trade flows. Additionally, CEFTA 2006 has a significant contribution to intra-regional Western Balkans trade.

Item Type: Article
Subjects: H Social Sciences / társadalomtudományok > H Social Sciences (General) / társadalomtudomány általában
Depositing User: László Sallai-Tóth
Date Deposited: 05 Jul 2016 15:16
Last Modified: 30 Jun 2017 23:20
URI: http://real.mtak.hu/id/eprint/37348

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