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Konkurenceschopnost a produktivita vývozu členských zemí Evropské unie
The EU Member States Export Competitiveness and Productivity

Author(s): Lenka Fojtíková, Michaela Staníčková
Subject(s): Social Sciences, Economy
Published by: Vysoká škola ekonomická v Praze
Keywords: export growth; external competitiveness; European Union; Factor Analysis; Data Envelopment Analysis; productivity

Summary/Abstract: 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.

  • Issue Year: 65/2017
  • Issue No: 6
  • Page Range: 669-689
  • Page Count: 21
  • Language: Czech