The Competitiveness of Transition Economies
By: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
Publisher: OECD Publishing
Published: 1998
Place of publication: Paris
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] /
Number of pages: 236
ISBN-13: 9789264163386
Subjects: Industry and Services
Description: International trade has played a key role in the transition process. Exports were essential for the recovery from the transition shock and sustainable growth depends on the capacity of each country to reap the benefits of the openness to international trade and foreign investment. This book offers a comprehensive and a comparative approach on the different interactions between trade, FDI and the process of economic transformation. One of its original points is the quantification of both price and non-price aspects of product market competition. Based on this analysis, each country is ranked according to the type and strength of its competitive position and conclusions are drawn concerning further economic restructuring.
Table of contents: title: 1. Introduction; title: 2. The World Economy, Economic Growth, and Restructuring in Transition Countries by Karl Aiginger, Peter Havlik, and Yvonne Wolfamyr-Schnitzer; title: 3.1. Trade Performance of CEECs According to Technology Classes by Yvonne Wolfmayr-Schnitzer; title: 3.2 . Export Competitiveness of Central and Eastern Europe by Peter Havlik; title: 3.3. Intro-Industry Trade of CEECs by Yvonne Wolfmayr-Schnitzer; title: 3.4. Unit Values to Signal the Quality Position of CEECs by Karl Aiginger; title: 3.5. Vertical Product Differentiation in EU Markets: The Relative Position of East European Partners by Michael A. Landesmann and Johann Burgstaller; title: 4.1. Labour Cost Competitiveness of Central and Eastern Europe by Peter Havlik; title: 4.2. Measuring the Impact of Exchange Rate Developments on the Competitive Position of Central and Eastern European Countries by Rainer Hauswirth and Peter Mooslechner; title: 5. Contribution of Foreign Direct Investment to the Competitivness of Eastern Europe by Jan Stankovsky