Determinants for international competitiveness of the food industry in 43 countries world-wide: evidence from panel models

• Authors: Mariusz Hamulczuk , Karolina Pawlak

Abstracts

EN

Research background: Food industry is of key importance to each economy due to its role in ensuring food security, balancing the labour market, as well as contributing to the economic growth and international trade. With a limited increase in demand for food in many highly developed countries, further growth in this sector of the economy will largely depend on the ability to successfully distribute manufactured goods in international markets and cope with competitive pressure from other entities. Purpose of the article: Therefore, the study attempts to assess the determinants of international competitiveness of the food industry worldwide measured by the trade balance. Methods: The research was based on data from the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development Data Center (UNCTADStat) and the World Input-Output Database (WIOD). The time frame for the analyses was determined by the availability of internationally comparable data and thus covered the period of 2000?2014. The empirical analysis was performed with the use of panel models, while international competitiveness was measured by trade balance (net export). Findings & value added: It was proved that increasing trade openness and relative demand, as well as decreasing relative unit labour costs have a positive impact on international competitiveness of the food industry worldwide. However, the nature of the relationship between relative labour productivity and trade balance appears to be ambiguous. A stronger impact of the examined factors on net exports in the long-run rather than the short-run was also evidenced. The novelty of our analysis is that we consider trade balance determinants of the food industry worldwide using panel models, whereas most of the existing studies focus either on one or a narrow group of countries.

Keywords

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international competitiveness; trade balance; food industry; panel models

• Publisher: Instytut Badań Gospodarczych
• Journal: Equilibrium. Quarterly Journal of Economics and Economic Policy
• Year: 2022
• Volume: 17
• Issue: 3
• Pages: 635-667

Dates

published

2022

Contributors

author

Mariusz Hamulczuk

• Warsaw University of Life Sciences

• https://orcid.org/0000000249568516

author

Karolina Pawlak

• Poznań University of Life Sciences

• https://orcid.org/0000000254416381

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DOI

10.24136/eq.2022.022

Biblioteka Nauki

22443152