The Specialisation and Sophistication of Services Exports: the Case of the Visegrad Countries

• Autorzy: Piotr Gabrielczak , Kamila Kuziemska-Pawlak
• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

This article analyses exports of services from Czechia, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia between 2010 and 2018, focusing on specialisation and sophistication, also known as complexity. The symmetric revealed comparative advantage index was used to determine fields of specialisation, and PRODY and EXPY indices were used to measure complexity. The results suggest that the Visegrad countries predominantly specialised in the export of relatively unsophisticated services compared to other European Union countries. Still, exports of services from the Visegrad countries were more complex than their real GDP per capita would suggest, and this sophistication is growing. This is due to the convergence of sophistication levels between service categories rather than advances in the structure of services exported by the Visegrad countries. Hence, integration with more developed European Union countries sustained existing fields of specialisation. (original abstract)

Słowa kluczowe

EN

Comparative advantage; Exports of services; Economic integration

PL

Przewaga komparatywna; Eksport usług; Integracja gospodarcza

• Czasopismo: Journal of International Studies
• Rocznik: 2021
• Tom: 14
• Numer: nr 3
• Strony: 93--113

Twórcy

autor

Piotr Gabrielczak

• University of Lodz, Poland

autor

Kamila Kuziemska-Pawlak

• University of Lodz, Poland

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Identyfikatory

DOI

10.14254/2071-8330.2021/14-3/6