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The Ceecs in Global Value Chains: The Role of Germany

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  • Łukasz Ambroziak

    (Institute of Agriculture and Food Economics – National Research Institute, Warsaw, Poland
    Institute for Market, Consumption and Business Cycles Research (IBRKK) – National Research Institute, Warsaw, Poland)

Abstract

This paper aims to present the role of Germany in the global value chains (GVCs) of 10 Central and Eastern European countries (CEECs) in 1995–2011. GVCs, being a result of the fragmentation of production processes, have changed the nature of economic globalisation. The study covers five Central European countries (CECs) (the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Slovakia and Slovenia), the three Baltic States (Estonia, Lithuania and Latvia) as well as Bulgaria and Romania. Germany is chosen because it is the main trading partner of the majority of the CEECs. The illustration of the position of Germany in GVCs of the CEECs is based on trade statistics in value added terms. The research results show that Germany has become an engine of increasing integration of the CECs in the GVCs. The role of Germany as a supplier of inputs to the CECs’ exports (backward linkages) is larger than its role as an exporter of value added originating from the CECs (forward linkages).

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  • Łukasz Ambroziak, 2018. "The Ceecs in Global Value Chains: The Role of Germany," Acta Oeconomica, Akadémiai Kiadó, Hungary, vol. 68(1), pages 1-29, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:aka:aoecon:v:68:y:2018:i:1:p:1-29
    Note: This article is a result of the research project carried out in the Warsaw School of Economics and financed by the National Science Centre, grant: DEC-2014/13/D/HS4/01426.
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    1. Ines Kersan-Skabic & Antea Barisic, 2023. "Foreign direct investments and participation in global value chains: New evidence from advanced manufacturing industries in Central and Eastern Europe," E&M Economics and Management, Technical University of Liberec, Faculty of Economics, vol. 26(4), pages 4-16, December.
    2. Levente Szász & Béla Gergely Rácz & Anca Borza & Botond Benedek, 2019. "A Comparative Study of Multinational Subsidiaries and Local Companies in Emerging Economies: A Manufacturing Practice Approach," Acta Oeconomica, Akadémiai Kiadó, Hungary, vol. 69(supplemen), pages 107-129, December.
    3. Aleksandra Kordalska & Magdalena Olczyk, 2019. "Is Germany A Hub Of Factory Europe For Cee Countries? The Sink Approach In Gvc Decomposition," GUT FME Working Paper Series A 56, Faculty of Management and Economics, Gdansk University of Technology.
    4. Andrzej Cieślik & Jan Jakub Michałek & Krzysztof Szczygielski & Jacek Lewkowicz & Jerzy Mycielski, 2021. "Foreign Ownership and Within-MNEs GVC Participation as Determinants of Innovation Activities: A CIS-Based Firm-Level Analysis," Central European Journal of Economic Modelling and Econometrics, Central European Journal of Economic Modelling and Econometrics, vol. 13(2), pages 189-211, June.
    5. Ottó Csíki & Réka Horváth & Levente Szász, 2019. "A Study of Regional-Level Location Factors of Car Manufacturing Companies in the EU," Acta Oeconomica, Akadémiai Kiadó, Hungary, vol. 69(supplemen), pages 13-39, December.

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    Keywords

    trade in value added; value added in trade; global value chains (GVCs); Central and Eastern European countries (CEECs);
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    JEL classification:

    • F14 - International Economics - - Trade - - - Empirical Studies of Trade
    • F62 - International Economics - - Economic Impacts of Globalization - - - Macroeconomic Impacts

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