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Utanför unionen - har EU:s östutvidgning påverkat rysk utrikeshandel?

Larsson, Sofia (2008)
Department of Economics
Abstract
In May 2004 eight former communist countries (EU-8) with close historical trade ties to Russia joined the European Union. According to integration theory, we expect that Russia – a so called third country – in some cases may suffer from trade diversion due to this. This thesis focuses on the possible effects on Russian trade resulting from the 2004 eastern enlargement of the European Union. It aims to find out whether any evidence of trade diversion can be found. For this purpose, figures of Russian trade with the EU-8 from 1996 to 2006 are examined, on an aggregated as well as a disaggre­gated level. The results show no evidence of trade diversion. Russian trade with the eight new member countries instead follows the overall pattern of... (More)
In May 2004 eight former communist countries (EU-8) with close historical trade ties to Russia joined the European Union. According to integration theory, we expect that Russia – a so called third country – in some cases may suffer from trade diversion due to this. This thesis focuses on the possible effects on Russian trade resulting from the 2004 eastern enlargement of the European Union. It aims to find out whether any evidence of trade diversion can be found. For this purpose, figures of Russian trade with the EU-8 from 1996 to 2006 are examined, on an aggregated as well as a disaggre­gated level. The results show no evidence of trade diversion. Russian trade with the eight new member countries instead follows the overall pattern of Russian foreign trade, which has increased greatly after the Russian financial crisis in 1998 and in parti­cular since 2004. (Less)
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author
Larsson, Sofia
supervisor
organization
year
type
M2 - Bachelor Degree
subject
keywords
EU, östutvidgning, handelsomfördelning, handelsalstring, Ryssland, Economics, econometrics, economic theory, economic systems, economic policy, Nationalekonomi, ekonometri, ekonomisk teori, ekonomiska system, ekonomisk politik
language
Swedish
id
1334737
date added to LUP
2008-05-31 00:00:00
date last changed
2010-08-03 10:51:44
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  abstract     = {{In May 2004 eight former communist countries (EU-8) with close historical trade ties to Russia joined the European Union. According to integration theory, we expect that Russia – a so called third country – in some cases may suffer from trade diversion due to this. This thesis focuses on the possible effects on Russian trade resulting from the 2004 eastern enlargement of the European Union. It aims to find out whether any evidence of trade diversion can be found. For this purpose, figures of Russian trade with the EU-8 from 1996 to 2006 are examined, on an aggregated as well as a disaggre­gated level. The results show no evidence of trade diversion. Russian trade with the eight new member countries instead follows the overall pattern of Russian foreign trade, which has increased greatly after the Russian financial crisis in 1998 and in parti­cular since 2004.}},
  author       = {{Larsson, Sofia}},
  language     = {{swe}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{Utanför unionen - har EU:s östutvidgning påverkat rysk utrikeshandel?}},
  year         = {{2008}},
}