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100 1 _aNinka, Eniel
245 1 0 _aInternational Trade in Western Balkan Countries: Analysis Based on the Gravity Model
260 _aWien :
_bWiener Institut für Internationale Wirtschaftsvergleiche (wiiw),
_c2017.
490 1 _awiiw Balkan Observatory Working Papers
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520 _aAbstract We adopt the gravity model to analyse the international trade relations of Western Balkan (WB) countries and of the WB region as a whole, using WIIW and World Bank data, over a period of 20 years (1995-2014). Data show a tendency toward better integration of WB countries with the world economy, increased openness of their economies, persistence of their trade deficits, and, for most of them, an improvement of the coverage ratio. For the region as a whole, the volume of international trade outpaced that of intra-regional trade reaching, in 2014, a difference of nearly 5 times. The main partner for the region remains the European Union, particularly Germany and Italy. The gravity model of exports of the WB region shows that its exports are positively impacted by the common language and common borders with third countries, by trade with European Union, and large and highly industrialized countries, while distance and region’s level of per capita Gross Domestic Product both have a negative impact. Considering the imports, the model shows that they are positively impacted by existence of common borders and language with the region, and by region’s and partner countries’ level of economic development, while the distance has again a negative impact.
650 _aWestern Balkans
650 _aInternational trade relations
650 _aGravity model
650 _aEconomic integration
651 _aAlbania
651 _aBosnia and Herzegovina
651 _aCroatia
651 _aKosovo
651 _aNorth Macedonia
651 _aMontenegro
651 _aSerbia
651 _aWestern Balkans
690 _aMacroeconomic Analysis and Policy
690 _aInternational Trade, Competitiveness and FDI
700 1 _aPere, Engjell
830 0 _v126
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_twiiw Balkan Observatory Working Papers
856 4 0 _uhttps://wiiw.ac.at/p-4632.html
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