TY  - JOUR
TI  - THE EVALUATION OF BALKAN COUNTRIES CLOTHING TRADE WITH EU-28 BASED ON THE ANALYSIS OF COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGES INDICES
AB  - This paper presents an analyses of the trade competitiveness of the clothing sector of Balkans countries’ vis-à-vis the EU-28 using 3 indicators: the Balassa index (RCA), the Vollrath’s revealed competitiveness (VRC), and Lafay Index (LFI), during 2000–2015. All analyzed countries experienced a decrease in their comparative advantage, though it still remained on a high level in the case of Turkey, Macedonia, and Albania in on acceptable level in the case of Romania. We observed weakening comparative advantage stability, underpinned by convergence of revealed comparative advantage pattern.
AU  - TRIPA, Simona
AU  - CUC, Sunhilde
PY  - 2018
JO  - Tekstil ve Konfeksiyon
VL  - 28
IS  - 3
SN  - 1300-3356
SP  - 178
EP  - 181
DB  - TRDizin
UR  - http://search/yayin/detay/404308
ER  -