Central and Eastern European states in global production linkages: country-level and sector-level analysis

• Authors: Cieślik, Ewa

Abstracts

EN

The paper evaluates Central and Eastern European countries’ (CEEs) location in global vertical specialization (global value chains, GVCs). To locate each country in global value chains (upstream or downstream segment/market) and to compare them with the selected countries, a very selective methodology was adopted. We concluded that (a) CEE countries differ in the levels of their participation in production linkages. Countries that have stronger links with Western European countries, especially with Germany, are more integrated; (b) a large share of the CEE countries’ gross exports passes through Western European GVCs; (c) most exporters in Central and Eastern Europe are positioned in the downstream segments of production rather than in the upstream markets. JEL classification: F14, F15.

Keywords

EN

foreign trade; global value chains; Central and Eastern Europe

• Publisher: Wydawnictwa Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego
• Journal: Przegląd Europejski
• Year: 2017
• Volume: 2017 (44)(2)
• Pages: 38-60

Dates

published

2019-08-03

Contributors

author

Cieślik, Ewa

Identifiers

DOI

https://doi.org/10.31338/1641-2478pe.2.17.3