Which commercial partners are important for the most recently admitted EU countries?
Gómez-Tello, Alícia (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona)

Date:	2015
Abstract:	This paper describes the degree of trade integration inside the European Union (EU) after the fifth enlargement in 2004. To achieve this goal, we build a database of information on trade flows between the new EU countries (EU10) and 180 commercial partners in six different sectors from 1999 to 2011. Using the standard gravity model and estimating difference-in-differences specification, we analyze how joining the EU a¤ected the intensity and direction of the EU10's trade flows. Our results show that though trade exchanges between the EU10 and EU15 intensified after 2004, the impact of integration was much more significant to the EU10 group.
Grants:	Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad ECO2014-52506-R Agència de Gestió d'Ajuts Universitaris i de Recerca 2014-SGR-327
Rights:	Tots els drets reservats.
Language:	Anglès
Document:	Article ; recerca ; Versió acceptada per publicar
Subject:	European Union ; Eastern enlargement ; Gravity model ; Trade fow direction
Published in:	Economics of transition, Vol. 23 Núm. 1 (2015) , p. 247-292, ISSN 1468-0351

DOI: 10.1111/ecot.12059

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