Changing Patterns in the Export of Goods Versus International Competitiveness : a Comparative Analysis for Central-East European Countries in the Period 2000-2011

• Autorzy: Ewa Lechman

Warianty tytułu

Ścieżki eksportu dóbr versus międzynarodowa konkurencyjność : analiza porównawcza dla krajów wschodniej i środkowej Europy w latach 2000-2011

• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

This paper discusses the existing links between changing patterns in the export of goods, broken down by technology-intensity, versus international competitiveness. The study covers nine Central-East European (CEE) economies: Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Romania and the Slovak Republic, in the time span 2000-2011. We examine the hypothesis of a strong, positive and statistically significant relationship between flows of export of high-tech and ICT manufactures industries goods, and an economy's level of international competitiveness (approximated by the Global Competitiveness Index - GCI, see: World Economic Forum). Our methodological approach relies on elaboration of each country`s individual export patterns with regard to industries of different technology-intensities, and statistical analysis between the international GCI variable and variables identifying shares in total export of certain industries. Contrary to what was initially expected, our empirical results do not seem to support the hypothesis on statistically positive links between growing shares of high-tech and ICT manufactures industries in the total value of export versus the Global Competitiveness Index in the analyzed countries. (original abstract)

W artykule analizie poddano zmieniające się ścieżki eksportu dóbr w podziale na gałęzie o różnej intensywności technologicznej. Analizę przeprowadzono dla lat 2000- 2011 dla 9 wybranych krajów Europy Centralnej i Wschodniej, tj: Bułgarii, Republiki Czeskiej, Estonii, Litwy, Łotwy, Polski, Rumunii oraz Słowacji. Dodatkowo postawiono hipotezę o zachodzącej pozytywnej relacji między rosnącym - w stosunku do całej wartości eksportu kraju-udziale sektorów technologicznie-chłonnych oraz międzynarodową konkurencyjnością, która jest aproksymowana za pomocą Global Competitiveness Index (GCI). Dane dotyczące eksportu pochodzą z bazy OECD STAN Bilateral Trade Database by Industry and End-use Category (BTDIxE), zaś te dotyczące międzynarodowej konkurencyjności - World Economic Forum. Wyniki przeprowadzonej analizy empirycznej nie potwierdzają statystycznej zależności między poziomem międzynarodowej konkurencyjności (GCI) a udziałem sektora high-tech oraz ICT w całości eksportu danego kraju. (abstrakt oryginalny)

Słowa kluczowe

EN

Export; International competitiveness; Comparative analysis

PL

Eksport; Konkurencyjność międzynarodowa; Analiza porównawcza

• Czasopismo: Comparative Economic Research
• Rocznik: 2014
• Tom: 17
• Numer: nr 2
• Strony: 61--77

Twórcy

autor

Ewa Lechman

• Gdansk University of Technology, Poland

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DOI

10.2478/cer-2014-0014