Research Catalog

Title

Trade growth in transition economies : export impediments for Central and Eastern Europe / edited by Richard N. Cooper and János Gács.

Publication

Cheltenham : Edward Elgar [and] IIASA, [1997], ©1997.

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Additional Authors

• Cooper, Richard N.
• Gács, János.
• International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis.

Description

xiii, 363 pages : illustrations; 24 cm

Summary

• This book presents new original research on the main impediments to exports facing transition economies. It specifically addresses questions such as: Are the impediments to exports mainly external and demand related, or are they associated more with the conditions of supply? How are governments promoting exports now that their influence over enterprise activity has been reduced? What strategies have enterprises developed to overcome existing barriers to exports?
• And what role does foreign investment play in the development of competitive export potential?
• The authors focus on the export performance of eight small transition economies with special emphasis on the behavior of exporting enterprises. Results of the analysis reveal that in the mid-1990s the companies' inherited conditions and their strategies, as well as the domestic economic situation, are more important in determining export performance than characteristics of demand abroad.
• The authors conclude that exports have played a key role in the transition economies' recent recovery from recession and that further dismantling of remaining impediments will be critical as these economies become more integrated with the Western world.

Subjects

• Europe, Central > Economic policy
• Export marketing > Europe, Central
• Export marketing > Europe, Eastern
• Exports > Europe, Eastern
• Europe, Eastern > Economic conditions > 1989-
• Europe, Eastern > Economic policy > 1989-
• Europe, Central > Economic conditions
• Exports > Europe, Central

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographies and index.

Contents

Introduction and Summary / Richard N. Cooper and Janos Gacs -- Pt. I. Country Studies. 1. Bulgaria / Rumen Dobrinsky and Ira Yaneva. 2. Estonia / Alari Purju. 3. Hungary / Agnes Csermely. 4. Latvia / Inna Shteinbuka and Aleksandra Cirule. 5. Romania / Vasile Pilat and Laurentiu Ciocirlan. 6. Slovakia / Jan Fidrmuc and Jarko Fidrmuc. 7. Slovenia / Franjo Stiblar -- Pt. II. Topical Studies. 8. Impediments to the Recovery of Russia's Trade with East European Small Economies / Vladimir Drebentsov. 9. Government Policies in Support of Exports in Small Transition Economies / Janos Gacs. 10. Foreign Direct Investment, Exports, and East-West Integration: Theory and Practice / Richard E. Stern.

ISBN

1858986087

LCCN

gb 97025983

OCLC

ocm36761010

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries