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<bold>Aim/purpose</bold> – The purpose of this paper is to analyze regional trade integration of 10 Central and Eastern Europe countries (CEE-10) during the 2004-2018 period, identify regional- and country-level integration patterns and attribute them to potential causes indicated by the literature.
<bold>Design/methodology/approach</bold> – The paper employed literature-based trade integration indicators to data on CEE-10 trade in goods and conducted a review of empirical studies investigating trade integration determinants in CEE.
<bold>Findings</bold> – The results evidence an advancing regional trade integration with decreasing pace in recent years. The study has found all CEE countries to be more integrated with the region. Moreover, several integration patterns have been distinguished.
<bold>Research implications/limitations</bold> – The study found a significant literature gap concerning CEE regional trade integration and its determinants. Its limitations refer to: lack of product-groups-level trade data and narrow scope of trade flows (in goods only).
<bold>Originality/value/contribution</bold> – The paper’s value-added stems from a multi-perspective analysis of the CEE regional trade integration and a discussion of region- and country- -level integration patterns.
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Aim/purpose – The purpose of this paper is to analyze regional trade integration of 10 Central and Eastern Europe countries (CEE-10) during the 2004-2018 period, identify regional- and country-level integration patterns and attribute them to potential causes indicated by the literature.
Design/methodology/approach – The paper employed literature-based trade integration indicators to data on CEE-10 trade in goods and conducted a review of empirical studies investigating trade integration determinants in CEE.
Findings – The results evidence an advancing regional trade integration with decreasing pace in recent years. The study has found all CEE countries to be more integrated with the region. Moreover, several integration patterns have been distinguished.
Research implications/limitations – The study found a significant literature gap concerning CEE regional trade integration and its determinants. Its limitations refer to: lack of product-groups-level trade data and narrow scope of trade flows (in goods only).
Originality/value/contribution – The paper’s value-added stems from a multi-perspective analysis of the CEE regional trade integration and a discussion of region- and country- -level integration patterns.

Regional trade integration in Central and Eastern Europe: State of play after 15 years of EU membership

Department of European, Integration and Legal Studies

Journal of Economics and Management

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.

Aim/purpose – The purpose of this paper is to analyze regional trade integration of 10 Central and Eastern Europe countries (CEE-10) during the 2004-2018...

Regional trade integration in Central and Eastern Europe: State of play after 15 years of EU membership

Publié en ligne: 12 juil. 2021

Pages: 225 - 250

Reçu: 30 janv. 2021

Accepté: 25 mai 2021

DOI: https://doi.org/10.22367/jem.2021.43.11

Mots clés
Central and Eastern Europe, regional trade integration, trade integration, global value chains, economic integration

© 2021 Michał Kulbacki et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.

Regional trade integration in Central and Eastern Europe: State of play after 15 years of EU membership

Publié en ligne: 12 juil. 2021

Pages: 225 - 250

Reçu: 30 janv. 2021

Accepté: 25 mai 2021

DOI: https://doi.org/10.22367/jem.2021.43.11

Mots clésCentral and Eastern Europe, regional trade integration, trade integration, global value chains, economic integration

© 2021 Michał Kulbacki et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.

Mots clés
Central and Eastern Europe, regional trade integration, trade integration, global value chains, economic integration