The evaluation of the EU trade with Russia based on the analysis of selected indices: Revealed comparative advantages, intra-industry trade, and trade intensity

• Authors: Kašťáková Elena , Baumgartner Boris
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

There have been many geopolitical changes and economic factors that affected the mutual trade between the EU and its main trading partners between the years 2005 and 2016. In the long term, one of the most important trade partners of the EU is Russia. It is a major supplier of energy resources to the EU as well as significant export market for European producers. Even today, when mutual trade relations are negatively influenced by trade-political sanctions, the mutual dependence is undeniable. The submission evaluates the mutual trade between the EU and Russia with the use of selected indices - revealed comparative advantages, intra-industry trade and trade intensity. The analysis of these indicators points to strategic importance of this trade relation. However, if the EU wants to sustain this relation, it should consider how to solve the current tension and after that to strengthen future mutual relations.

Keywords

EN

Revealed comparative advantage; trade; Russia; EU

Discipline

• ECONOMICS: ECONOMICS

• Publisher: Prague Development Center, Czech Republic
• Journal: Business and Economic Horizons
• Year: 2017
• Volume: Volume 13
• Issue: Issue 4
• Pages: 428-438

Dates

published

2017-10-12

Contributors

author

Kašťáková Elena

• Faculty of Commerce, University of Economics in Bratislava, Slovakia

author

Baumgartner Boris

• Faculty of Commerce, University of Economics in Bratislava, Slovakia

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