Never Too Late to Get Together Again : Turning the Czech and Slovak Customs Union into a Stepping Stone to EU Integration
The Czech and Slovak Customs Union (CSCU), which came into effect in January 1993, differs from regular regional trading arrangements as its goal was to minimize the economic cost of a decline in economic ties between its members rather than to set...
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ACCESSION COUNTRIES ACCESSION NEGOTIATIONS ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURES AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS AGRICULTURE ANTIDUMPING BARRIERS TO IMPORTS BORDER BARRIERS BORDER FORMALITIES CAPITAL GOODS CAPITAL-INTENSIVE INDUSTRIES CENTRAL PLANNING CENTRALLY PLANNED ECONOMIES COMMERCIAL POLICY COMMODITY TRADE COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE INDEX COMPARATIVE DISADVANTAGE COMPETITIVE POSITION COMPETITIVENESS CONCESSIONS CONSUMER GOODS CURRENCY CUSTOMS CUSTOMS CLEARANCE CUSTOMS CLEARANCE PROCEDURES CUSTOMS POLICIES CUSTOMS PROCEDURES CUSTOMS UNION DEVALUATION DEVELOPMENT DIVISION OF LABOR DOMESTIC PRODUCERS ECONOMIC ANALYSIS ECONOMIC POLICIES ECONOMIES OF SCALE EXCHANGE RATE EXCHANGE RATE REGIMES EXPORT PERFORMANCE EXPORT SHARE EXPORT VALUE EXPORTERS EXPORTS EXTERNAL IMPORTS EXTERNAL TARIFF FOREIGN INVESTMENTS FOREIGN INVESTOR FOREIGN TRADE FREE FLOW FREE TRADE FREE TRADE AREA GROWTH RATES HARMONIZATION IMPORT DEMAND IMPORT LICENSING IMPORT SIDE IMPORT TAXES IMPORT VALUE IMPORTS INDUSTRY TRADE INFLATION INTEGRATED MARKET INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY INTEREST GROUPS INTERNAL BORDERS INTERNATIONAL MARKETS MARKET ACCESS MARKET FORCES MONETARY UNION MULTILATERAL NEGOTIATIONS MULTILATERAL TRADE MULTILATERAL TRADE NEGOTIATIONS MULTINATIONAL CORPORATIONS MUTUAL TRADE NATIONAL BORDERS NATURAL RESOURCES OUTSOURCING PATTERN OF TRADE POLICY-INDUCED INTEGRATION PREFERENTIAL ACCESS PREFERENTIAL PARTNERS PREFERENTIAL TRADING PREFERENTIAL TRADING AGREEMENTS PRODUCERS PRODUCT CATEGORIES PRODUCTION PROCESS PUBLIC INTEREST PUBLIC SECURITY QUANTITATIVE RESTRICTIONS QUOTAS REGIONAL TRADING ARRANGEMENTS REGULATORY REGIMES RULES OF ORIGIN SPECIALIZATION STATISTICAL ANALYSIS STRUCTURAL REFORMS TARIFF RATES TAX RATES TAX SYSTEM TAXATION TECHNICAL BARRIERS TECHNICAL STANDARDS TRADE TRADE DATA TRADE EXPANSION TRADE NEGOTIATIONS TRADE PATTERN TRADE PATTERNS TRADE PERFORMANCE TRADE POLICIES TRADE REORIENTATION TRADING PARTNER TRADING PARTNERS TRANSACTION COSTS TRANSITION ECONOMIES TRANSITIONAL PERIODS TRANSPORT COSTS TRANSPORT EQUIPMENT UNSKILLED LABOR URUGUAY ROUND VALUE ADDED VALUE OF EXPORTS VALUE OF IMPORTS WORLD EXPORTS WTO EUROPEAN UNION EUROPEAN UNION MEMBERSHIP CUSTOMS UNIONS REGIONAL TRADING ARRANGEMENTS REGIONAL INTEGRATION REGULATORY STRUCTURE NATIONAL BOUNDARIES TRADE BARRIERS INVESTMENT ENVIRONMENT REGIONAL TRADE TRADE LIBERALIZATION TRADE PARTNERS EUROPEAN UNION WTO |
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ACCESSION COUNTRIES ACCESSION NEGOTIATIONS ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURES AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS AGRICULTURE ANTIDUMPING BARRIERS TO IMPORTS BORDER BARRIERS BORDER FORMALITIES CAPITAL GOODS CAPITAL-INTENSIVE INDUSTRIES CENTRAL PLANNING CENTRALLY PLANNED ECONOMIES COMMERCIAL POLICY COMMODITY TRADE COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE INDEX COMPARATIVE DISADVANTAGE COMPETITIVE POSITION COMPETITIVENESS CONCESSIONS CONSUMER GOODS CURRENCY CUSTOMS CUSTOMS CLEARANCE CUSTOMS CLEARANCE PROCEDURES CUSTOMS POLICIES CUSTOMS PROCEDURES CUSTOMS UNION DEVALUATION DEVELOPMENT DIVISION OF LABOR DOMESTIC PRODUCERS ECONOMIC ANALYSIS ECONOMIC POLICIES ECONOMIES OF SCALE EXCHANGE RATE EXCHANGE RATE REGIMES EXPORT PERFORMANCE EXPORT SHARE EXPORT VALUE EXPORTERS EXPORTS EXTERNAL IMPORTS EXTERNAL TARIFF FOREIGN INVESTMENTS FOREIGN INVESTOR FOREIGN TRADE FREE FLOW FREE TRADE FREE TRADE AREA GROWTH RATES HARMONIZATION IMPORT DEMAND IMPORT LICENSING IMPORT SIDE IMPORT TAXES IMPORT VALUE IMPORTS INDUSTRY TRADE INFLATION INTEGRATED MARKET INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY INTEREST GROUPS INTERNAL BORDERS INTERNATIONAL MARKETS MARKET ACCESS MARKET FORCES MONETARY UNION MULTILATERAL NEGOTIATIONS MULTILATERAL TRADE MULTILATERAL TRADE NEGOTIATIONS MULTINATIONAL CORPORATIONS MUTUAL TRADE NATIONAL BORDERS NATURAL RESOURCES OUTSOURCING PATTERN OF TRADE POLICY-INDUCED INTEGRATION PREFERENTIAL ACCESS PREFERENTIAL PARTNERS PREFERENTIAL TRADING PREFERENTIAL TRADING AGREEMENTS PRODUCERS PRODUCT CATEGORIES PRODUCTION PROCESS PUBLIC INTEREST PUBLIC SECURITY QUANTITATIVE RESTRICTIONS QUOTAS REGIONAL TRADING ARRANGEMENTS REGULATORY REGIMES RULES OF ORIGIN SPECIALIZATION STATISTICAL ANALYSIS STRUCTURAL REFORMS TARIFF RATES TAX RATES TAX SYSTEM TAXATION TECHNICAL BARRIERS TECHNICAL STANDARDS TRADE TRADE DATA TRADE EXPANSION TRADE NEGOTIATIONS TRADE PATTERN TRADE PATTERNS TRADE PERFORMANCE TRADE POLICIES TRADE REORIENTATION TRADING PARTNER TRADING PARTNERS TRANSACTION COSTS TRANSITION ECONOMIES TRANSITIONAL PERIODS TRANSPORT COSTS TRANSPORT EQUIPMENT UNSKILLED LABOR URUGUAY ROUND VALUE ADDED VALUE OF EXPORTS VALUE OF IMPORTS WORLD EXPORTS WTO EUROPEAN UNION EUROPEAN UNION MEMBERSHIP CUSTOMS UNIONS REGIONAL TRADING ARRANGEMENTS REGIONAL INTEGRATION REGULATORY STRUCTURE NATIONAL BOUNDARIES TRADE BARRIERS INVESTMENT ENVIRONMENT REGIONAL TRADE TRADE LIBERALIZATION TRADE PARTNERS EUROPEAN UNION WTO Kaminski, Bartlomiej Javorcik, Beata Never Too Late to Get Together Again : Turning the Czech and Slovak Customs Union into a Stepping Stone to EU Integration |
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Policy Research Working Paper;No. 2954 |
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The Czech and Slovak Customs Union
(CSCU), which came into effect in January 1993, differs from
regular regional trading arrangements as its goal was to
minimize the economic cost of a decline in economic ties
between its members rather than to set in motion the
mechanism of integration. The creation of the CSCU ensured a
smooth and conflict-free break up of Czechoslovakia and
resulted in divergence in regulatory regimes of the two
republics. This study argues that the process of mutual
adjustment triggered by the emergence of national borders is
over and that integration within the CSCU, similar in depth
and scope to that existing within the European Union (EU),
would be a desirable policy objective. By deepening
integration, both the Czech and Slovak Republics would be
better prepared to handle challenges associated with the EU
accession. Such a regulatory realignment would also lower
border costs and behind-the-border barriers to trade and
result in a more attractive investment environment in both countries. |
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Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper |
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Kaminski, Bartlomiej Javorcik, Beata |
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Kaminski, Bartlomiej Javorcik, Beata |
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Kaminski, Bartlomiej |
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Never Too Late to Get Together Again : Turning the Czech and Slovak Customs Union into a Stepping Stone to EU Integration |
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Never Too Late to Get Together Again : Turning the Czech and Slovak Customs Union into a Stepping Stone to EU Integration |
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Never Too Late to Get Together Again : Turning the Czech and Slovak Customs Union into a Stepping Stone to EU Integration |
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Never Too Late to Get Together Again : Turning the Czech and Slovak Customs Union into a Stepping Stone to EU Integration |
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Never Too Late to Get Together Again : Turning the Czech and Slovak Customs Union into a Stepping Stone to EU Integration |
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never too late to get together again : turning the czech and slovak customs union into a stepping stone to eu integration |
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World Bank, Washington, DC |
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2014 |
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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2003/01/2126590/never-too-late-together-again-turning-czech-slovak-customs-union-stepping-stone-eu-integration http://hdl.handle.net/10986/19185 |
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okr-10986-191852021-04-23T14:03:42Z Never Too Late to Get Together Again : Turning the Czech and Slovak Customs Union into a Stepping Stone to EU Integration Kaminski, Bartlomiej Javorcik, Beata ACCESSION COUNTRIES ACCESSION NEGOTIATIONS ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURES AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS AGRICULTURE ANTIDUMPING BARRIERS TO IMPORTS BORDER BARRIERS BORDER FORMALITIES CAPITAL GOODS CAPITAL-INTENSIVE INDUSTRIES CENTRAL PLANNING CENTRALLY PLANNED ECONOMIES COMMERCIAL POLICY COMMODITY TRADE COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE INDEX COMPARATIVE DISADVANTAGE COMPETITIVE POSITION COMPETITIVENESS CONCESSIONS CONSUMER GOODS CURRENCY CUSTOMS CUSTOMS CLEARANCE CUSTOMS CLEARANCE PROCEDURES CUSTOMS POLICIES CUSTOMS PROCEDURES CUSTOMS UNION DEVALUATION DEVELOPMENT DIVISION OF LABOR DOMESTIC PRODUCERS ECONOMIC ANALYSIS ECONOMIC POLICIES ECONOMIES OF SCALE EXCHANGE RATE EXCHANGE RATE REGIMES EXPORT PERFORMANCE EXPORT SHARE EXPORT VALUE EXPORTERS EXPORTS EXTERNAL IMPORTS EXTERNAL TARIFF FOREIGN INVESTMENTS FOREIGN INVESTOR FOREIGN TRADE FREE FLOW FREE TRADE FREE TRADE AREA GROWTH RATES HARMONIZATION IMPORT DEMAND IMPORT LICENSING IMPORT SIDE IMPORT TAXES IMPORT VALUE IMPORTS INDUSTRY TRADE INFLATION INTEGRATED MARKET INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY INTEREST GROUPS INTERNAL BORDERS INTERNATIONAL MARKETS MARKET ACCESS MARKET FORCES MONETARY UNION MULTILATERAL NEGOTIATIONS MULTILATERAL TRADE MULTILATERAL TRADE NEGOTIATIONS MULTINATIONAL CORPORATIONS MUTUAL TRADE NATIONAL BORDERS NATURAL RESOURCES OUTSOURCING PATTERN OF TRADE POLICY-INDUCED INTEGRATION PREFERENTIAL ACCESS PREFERENTIAL PARTNERS PREFERENTIAL TRADING PREFERENTIAL TRADING AGREEMENTS PRODUCERS PRODUCT CATEGORIES PRODUCTION PROCESS PUBLIC INTEREST PUBLIC SECURITY QUANTITATIVE RESTRICTIONS QUOTAS REGIONAL TRADING ARRANGEMENTS REGULATORY REGIMES RULES OF ORIGIN SPECIALIZATION STATISTICAL ANALYSIS STRUCTURAL REFORMS TARIFF RATES TAX RATES TAX SYSTEM TAXATION TECHNICAL BARRIERS TECHNICAL STANDARDS TRADE TRADE DATA TRADE EXPANSION TRADE NEGOTIATIONS TRADE PATTERN TRADE PATTERNS TRADE PERFORMANCE TRADE POLICIES TRADE REORIENTATION TRADING PARTNER TRADING PARTNERS TRANSACTION COSTS TRANSITION ECONOMIES TRANSITIONAL PERIODS TRANSPORT COSTS TRANSPORT EQUIPMENT UNSKILLED LABOR URUGUAY ROUND VALUE ADDED VALUE OF EXPORTS VALUE OF IMPORTS WORLD EXPORTS WTO EUROPEAN UNION EUROPEAN UNION MEMBERSHIP CUSTOMS UNIONS REGIONAL TRADING ARRANGEMENTS REGIONAL INTEGRATION REGULATORY STRUCTURE NATIONAL BOUNDARIES TRADE BARRIERS INVESTMENT ENVIRONMENT REGIONAL TRADE TRADE LIBERALIZATION TRADE PARTNERS EUROPEAN UNION WTO The Czech and Slovak Customs Union (CSCU), which came into effect in January 1993, differs from regular regional trading arrangements as its goal was to minimize the economic cost of a decline in economic ties between its members rather than to set in motion the mechanism of integration. The creation of the CSCU ensured a smooth and conflict-free break up of Czechoslovakia and resulted in divergence in regulatory regimes of the two republics. This study argues that the process of mutual adjustment triggered by the emergence of national borders is over and that integration within the CSCU, similar in depth and scope to that existing within the European Union (EU), would be a desirable policy objective. By deepening integration, both the Czech and Slovak Republics would be better prepared to handle challenges associated with the EU accession. Such a regulatory realignment would also lower border costs and behind-the-border barriers to trade and result in a more attractive investment environment in both countries. 2014-08-01T16:46:33Z 2014-08-01T16:46:33Z 2003-01 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2003/01/2126590/never-too-late-together-again-turning-czech-slovak-customs-union-stepping-stone-eu-integration http://hdl.handle.net/10986/19185 English en_US Policy Research Working Paper;No. 2954 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper Publications & Research Europe and Central Asia Czech Republic Slovak Republic |