IMF Staff Country Reports

German-Central European Supply Chain-Cluster Report: Staff Report, First Background Note, Second Background Note, Third Background Note

August 20, 2013

Download PDF

Preview Citation

Format: Chicago

German-Central European Supply Chain-Cluster Report: Staff Report, First Background Note, Second Background Note, Third Background Note, (USA: International Monetary Fund, 2013) accessed December 21, 2024

Summary

This paper discusses key findings of the Cluster Report on German-Central European Supply Chain (GCESC). Since the 1990s, a GCESC has evolved, manufacturing goods for export to the rest of the world. Reflecting this, bilateral trade linkages between Germany and the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, and the Slovak Republic (CE4) have expanded rapidly. Participation in the GCESC has led to technology transfers to CE4 countries and accelerated income convergence. Export growth in knowledge-intensive sectors has been particularly rapid in the CE4. It is also observed that complementarities between supply chain activities and domestic production have led to greater synchronization of the business cycle among GCESC countries.

Subject: Balance of payments, Comparative advantage, Exports, Financial institutions, Financial sector policy and analysis, Financial statements, Foreign direct investment, International trade, Public financial management (PFM), Spillovers, Stocks

Keywords: Aggregate demand demand shock, Asia and Pacific, Banking, CE4 Countries Based, CE4 FDI, CR, Europe, Exports, Exports to Germany, FDI stock, Financial statements, Foreign direct investment, GDP, Germany, Global, ISCR, Safe haven status, Spillovers, Stock position, Stocks, Trade linkage

Publication Details

  • Pages:

    87

  • Volume:

    ---

  • DOI:

    ---

  • Issue:

    ---

  • Series:

    Country Report No. 2013/263

  • Stock No:

    1EUREA2013014

  • ISBN:

    9781484347225

  • ISSN:

    1934-7685

You May Also Be Interested In...

Industrialization and the Big Push: Theory and Evidence from South Korea

December 20, 2024

Ukraine: Sixth Review Under the Extended Arrangement Under the Extended Fund Facility, Requests for Modification of a Performance Criterion, and Financing Assurances Review-Press Release; Staff Report; and Statement by the Executive Director for Ukraine

December 20, 2024

Islamic Republic of Mauritania: Selected Issues

December 20, 2024

On Cross-Border Crypto Flows: Measurement Drivers and Policy Implications

December 20, 2024