Bartlomiej Kaminski, Beata K. Smarzynska
II. Methodological Issues: problems of measuring intra-product trade........................................2 III. Shifts in Foreign Direct Investment: from “advertising-intensive ” joint...
Summary: The collapse of central planning set in motion the process of re-integration of Central European countries (CEEC) into the world economy. Because of its proximity, economic weight and...
2. EMPIRICAL ISSUES INVOLVED IN ANALYSIS OF TRADE DRIVEN BY INTRA-PRODUCT SPECIALIZATION3 (2007)
Bartlomiej Kaminski, Francis Ng
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En el documento se examina la participación de los PECO-10 (Bulgaria, la República Checa, Estonia, Hungría, Letonia, Lituania, Polonia, la República Eslovaca y Eslovenia) en la división de...
En el documento se examina la participación de los PECO-10 (Bulgaria, la República Checa, Estonia, Hungría, Letonia, Lituania, Polonia, la República Eslovaca y Eslovenia) en la división de...
OECD trade barriers faced by the successor states of the Soviet Union
Kaminski, Bartlomiej, Yeats, Alexander
Using a comprehensive World Bank - UNCTAD data base on tariff barriers NTBs), the authors examine the incidence of Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) trade barriers to...
How the market transition affected export performance in the Central European economies
Empirical studies have paid little attention to the supply-side forces behind the export performance of the Central and Eastern European countries of Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Poland, and...
To the extent that foreign trade has been discussed in the debate about the transformation of former centrally planned economies, discussion has focused on what should be done to minimize the costs...
The significance of the"Europe agreements"for Central European industrial exports
In 1991 and 1992, the European Union (EU) and the economies in transition of Central and Southern Europe - the CEE-5 (Bulgaria, the former Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Poland and Romania) - signed the...
Kaminski, Bartlomiej, Smarzynska, Beata
The Czech and Slovak Customs Union (CSCU), which came into effect in January 1993, differs from regular regional trading arrangements as its goal was to minimize the economic cost of a decline in...
The collapse of central planning set in motion the reintegration of the Central European countries into the world economy. The European Union (EU), because of its proximity, economic weight, and...
Kaminski, Bartlomiej, Ng, Francis
In defiance of its unimpressive track in structural reforms and relatively low foreign direct investment (FDI) inflows, Romanian exports have experienced surprisingly strong performance in both...
Stabilization and association process in the Banlkans : integration options and their assessment
Kaminski, Bartlomiej, De La Rocha, Manuel
The stabilization and association process launched by the European Union in the aftermath of the Kosovo war in 1999 has created a new policy environment for five South East European countries...
Bulgaria's institutions and policies : integrating into Pan-European markets
This paper analyzes the process of institutional transformation in Bulgaria and assesses the extent to which it has established institutions and policies fostering domestic economic activity and...
Hungary's integration into European Union markets - production and trade restructuring
Hungary has achieved impressive results in reorienting both its production and trade. Between 1989 and 1992, as the former CMEA marketscollapsed and Hungary liberalized imports and the exchange rate...
The EU factor in the trade policies of Central European countries
The author examines the development of foreign trade institutions and policies in Central European countries invited to negotiate their accession to the European Union. With the dismantling of state...
Kaminski, Bartlomiej, Ng, Francis
Developments driven by trade liberalization and tehcnological progress mean that old development strategies, based on state intervention and trade protection, no longer work. Global competition has...
Kaminski, Bartlomiej, Smarzynska, Beata K.
Not until the end of the twentieth century, the"second globalization,"has the ratio of trade to Gross Domestic Product been comparable to that during the first globalization, which took place at the...
Bulgaria's integration into the Pan-European economy and industrial restructuring
Kaminski, Bartlomiej, Ng, Francis
This paper looks at Bulgaria's industrial restructuring through the lenses of its evolving specialization in international division oflabor and integration into international markets with a special...
Turkey's evolving trade integration into Pan-European markets
Kaminski, Bartlomiej, Ng, Francis
This is an empirical paper seeking to identify the mode of Turkey's integration into global markets in general, and pan-European markets in particular, as revealed in its trade performance. The...
Economics of 'Policy-Induced' Fragmentation: The Costs of Closures Regime to West Bank and Gaza
Sebnem Akkaya, Norbert Fiess, Bartlomiej Kaminski, Gael Raballand
Israeli security measures, which were increased in response to the Intifada in 2000, have imposed a major cost on the economy of the West Bank and Gaza, and are heavily undercutting its current and...