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Impacts of the EU-Accession on Trade Positions
Impacts of the EU-Accession on Trade Positions

Author(s): GÁBOR KUTASI
Subject(s): Economy, Supranational / Global Economy, International relations/trade, EU-Accession / EU-DEvelopment
Published by: Akadémiai Kiadó
Keywords: Hungary; Spain; Greece; Ireland; Portugal; Finland; EU-accession; foreign trade; export; import; customs; import demand; intra-industry trade;

Summary/Abstract: The study presents a comparison between EU-member countries that once or at present attempt(ed) to catch up to the current EU-average (Ireland, Portugal, Spain, Greece, Finland, Hungary). The aim of the paper is to analyse their trade competitiveness. The study seeks response to the questions: How different were the starting positions of these countries? What effects have prevailed already and what can be expected? What were the effects of customs abolishment related to EU-accession? How did the competitiveness of export, the import demand, the structure of foreign trade and the trade balance develop? What are the sources of the trade effects?

  • Issue Year: 27/2005
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 109-128
  • Page Count: 20
  • Language: English
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