Competitiveness of Czechoslovak Exports under Socialism and its Impact on Industries’ Output Growth after 1989

Kód výsledku v IS VaVaI

<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F00216224%3A14560%2F20%3A00113969" target="_blank" >RIV/00216224:14560/20:00113969 - isvavai.cz</a>

Výsledek na webu

<a href="https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/ecot.12232" target="_blank" >https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/ecot.12232</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/ecot.12232" target="_blank" >10.1111/ecot.12232</a>

Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

Competitiveness of Czechoslovak Exports under Socialism and its Impact on Industries’ Output Growth after 1989

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

This paper addresses the performance of international trade during the centrally planned period in socialist Czechoslovakia and its consequences in the transition period. The goal of the paper is to determine whether the relative export competitiveness before 1989 positively influenced the performance of the enterprises in the transition period. To determine the reason for the low competitiveness of socialist enterprises, we use the oral history method, based on interviews with the then managers. We show that the level of competitiveness was influenced by multiple factors. Some of them were of a systemic nature, such as incentive structure, which did not encourage managers to pursue higher productivity, and others were related to day-to-day operations of the enterprises and a lack of Western technologies. Consequently, an econometric analysis is applied to determine whether there was any relationship between competitiveness in late socialism (ability to export to world markets) and production growth in the transition period. We expected that sectors that were able to export to Western markets during the centrally planned period were more successful after the fall of the regime. Nevertheless, our findings do not support this hypothesis.

Název v anglickém jazyce

Competitiveness of Czechoslovak Exports under Socialism and its Impact on Industries’ Output Growth after 1989

Popis výsledku anglicky

This paper addresses the performance of international trade during the centrally planned period in socialist Czechoslovakia and its consequences in the transition period. The goal of the paper is to determine whether the relative export competitiveness before 1989 positively influenced the performance of the enterprises in the transition period. To determine the reason for the low competitiveness of socialist enterprises, we use the oral history method, based on interviews with the then managers. We show that the level of competitiveness was influenced by multiple factors. Some of them were of a systemic nature, such as incentive structure, which did not encourage managers to pursue higher productivity, and others were related to day-to-day operations of the enterprises and a lack of Western technologies. Consequently, an econometric analysis is applied to determine whether there was any relationship between competitiveness in late socialism (ability to export to world markets) and production growth in the transition period. We expected that sectors that were able to export to Western markets during the centrally planned period were more successful after the fall of the regime. Nevertheless, our findings do not support this hypothesis.

Druh

J_imp - Článek v periodiku v databázi Web of Science

CEP obor

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OECD FORD obor

50202 - Applied Economics, Econometrics

Projekt

<a href="/cs/project/GA15-09404S" target="_blank" >GA15-09404S: Reálné fungování centrálně plánované ekonomiky v Československu</a><br>

Návaznosti

P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)

Rok uplatnění

2020

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Název periodika

Economics of Transition and Institutional Change

ISSN

2577-6975

e-ISSN

2577-6983

Svazek periodika

28

Číslo periodika v rámci svazku

1

Stát vydavatele periodika

US - Spojené státy americké

Počet stran výsledku

25

Strana od-do

111-135

Kód UT WoS článku

000539548600005

EID výsledku v databázi Scopus

2-s2.0-85092906345