Open AccessCentral and Eastern European states in global production linkages: country-level and sector-level analysis
Author(s) -
Ewa Cieśłik
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
przegląd europejski
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2657-6023
pISSN - 1641-2478
DOI - 10.31338/1641-2478pe.2.17.3
Subject(s) - upstream (networking) , downstream (manufacturing) , production (economics) , upstream and downstream (dna) , value (mathematics) , international trade , business , international economics , global value chain , economic geography , member states , economics , european union , comparative advantage , macroeconomics , computer network , marketing , machine learning , computer science
The paper evaluates Central and Eastern European countries’ (CEEs) location in global vertical specialization (global value chains, GVCs). To locate each country in global value chains (upstream or downstream segment/market) and to compare them with the selected countries, a very selective methodology was adopted. We concluded that (a) CEE countries differ in the levels of their participation in production linkages. Countries that have stronger links with Western European countries, especially with Germany, are more integrated; (b) a large share of the CEE countries’ gross exports passes through Western European GVCs; (c) most exporters in Central and Eastern Europe are positioned in the downstream segments of production rather than in the upstream markets. JEL classification: F14, F15.