The Baltic States' integration into the European division of labour

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The analysis of Baltic trade statistics and gravity estimates reveal that Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania have rapidly integrated into the international division of labour with a distinct EU focus. The Baltic States have taken a road towards the EU common market which pays particular attention to close trade relations with their immediate neighbours in the Baltic Sea Region. The Baltic Sea obviously serves as a major integrating device for these countries. At the same time the Baltic States, although being no longer integrated into the former intra-Soviet division of labour, have not abandoned their contacts to the Soviet successor states altogether. Accordingly, they still have the potential to serve as a gateway from Europe to the CIS markets.

Object Details

• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Series: Kiel Working Paper ; No. 1234

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Wirtschaft ; Economic History: Transport, Trade, Energy, Technology, and Other Services: Europe: 1913- ; Empirical Studies of Trade ; Economic Integration
• Subject: Eastern enlargement ; Regional integration ; Gravity model ; Baltic trade patterns ; Internationale Arbeitsteilung ; Gravitationsmodell ; Internationale Wirtschaftsbeziehungen ; Nordosteuropa ; Estland ; Lettland ; Litauen ; EU-Staaten ; GUS-Staaten

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Laaser, Claus-Friedrich ; Schrader, Klaus
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): Kiel Institute for World Economics (IfW)
• (where): Kiel
• (when): 2004

Further information

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/3415
• Last update: 10.03.2025, 11:43 AM CET