The EU Member States Export Competitiveness and Productivity

Bibliographic Data

ID6108861
AuthorsLenka Fojtíková (0000-0002-1544-2421, Institute of Technology and Business), Michaela Staníčková (0000-0001-6210-2377, Institute of Technology and Business)
Year2017
Volume65
Issue6
Pages669-689
Publication date2017-12-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenuePolitická ekonomie (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0032-3233 • E-ISSN: 2336-8225
PublisherPrague University of Economics and Business (PUBLISHER • CZ)
DOI10.18267/j.polek.1169
OpenAlexW2783305173
LanguageEN
Citations received3
References cited13

The growing number of players in world trade increases competition among countries. It has also a significant implication for the EU member states that are differently dependant on international trade. The object of the paper was to evaluate the export competitiveness and productivity of the EU member states in 2000-2015 using the Factor Analysis and the Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) method. The results of trade analyses confirmed that the level of the export competitiveness was different in the individual EU member states and that it had also been changed during the monitored period. However, the original hypothesis about the level of export productivity was not confirmed. The results of the DEA analysis pointed more to economic convergence in the trade area between the new and old EU member states than to export productivity. The development of the EU trade was influenced by globalisation processes accompanied by trade liberalisation, but also the EU integration process

Business · Competition (biology) · Convergence (economics) · Economic integration · Economics · European union · Globalization · International economics · International trade · Liberalization · Macroeconomics · Market economy · Member states · Productivity · Efficiency Analysis Using DEA · Global Trade and Competitiveness · Global trade and economics

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