Konkurencieschopnosť ako cieľ hospodárskej politiky

Title in English Competitiveness as a Goal of Economic Policy
Authors

ČEKMEOVÁ Petra

Year of publication 2016
Type Article in Periodical
Magazine / Source Politická ekonomie
MU Faculty or unit

Faculty of Economics and Administration

Citation
Web https://www.vse.cz/polek/archiv.php
Doi http://dx.doi.org/10.18267/j.polek.1074
Field Economy
Keywords aggregate competitiveness; Constant Market Shares Analysis; Czech Republic; Economic policy; European Unio; export performance; external competitiveness
Description Until now there is no scientific consensus about the concept of national competitiveness. Despite the ambiguity of its definition, it has become a goal of numerous political documents. Economic policies in many countries are devoted to raise their overall competitiveness. But an unclear definition of relations between different components of national competitiveness represents an obstacle to formulate effective political measures. The aim of this paper is to clarify the relation between competitiveness of the Czech Republic and its export performance which is considered as one of ways to improve overall competitiveness. The contribution of external competitiveness to the export performance of the Czech Republic in European Union is quantified using an econometric version of Constant Market Shares Analysis. The results suggest that the external competitiveness of the Czech Republic has significantly positive effects on its export performance. Moreover we conclude that the positive spillover effect from external to aggregate competitiveness could be reach via increasing productivity.
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