Economic Integration, Industrial Structure, and Catch-up Growth : Firm-Level Evidence from Poland

Economic Integration, Industrial Structure, and Catch-up Growth : Firm-Level Evidence from Poland

This paper examines if and how deeper economic integration with high-income nations impacts industrial performance. It exploits Poland’s accession to the European Union in 2004 as a source of variation in the degree of market integration with Germa...

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Main Authors: Bastos, Paolo, Lovo, Stefania, Varela, Gonzalo, Hagemejerk, Jan
Format: Working Paper
Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2022
Subjects:
ECONOMIC INTEGRATION
EU INTEGRATION
PRODUCTIVITY GAINS
INDUSTRIAL STRUCTURE
FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT
CATCH-UP GROWTH
FIRST PERFORMANCE
POLISH MANUFACTURING
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099527203292220454/IDU096ee3289044ff0431a0a1e60455172913d3a
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spelling okr-10986-372522022-04-02T05:10:30Z Economic Integration, Industrial Structure, and Catch-up Growth : Firm-Level Evidence from Poland Bastos, Paolo Lovo, Stefania Varela, Gonzalo Hagemejerk, Jan ECONOMIC INTEGRATION EU INTEGRATION PRODUCTIVITY GAINS INDUSTRIAL STRUCTURE FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT CATCH-UP GROWTH FIRST PERFORMANCE POLISH MANUFACTURING This paper examines if and how deeper economic integration with high-income nations impacts industrial performance. It exploits Poland’s accession to the European Union in 2004 as a source of variation in the degree of market integration with Germany. Using data on Polish manufacturing firms over 1995–2013, the paper finds that EU accession was followed by significant within-firm growth in output and productivity, notably in industries in which Germany was more specialized at the moment of accession. Increased flows of German investment to these sectors played an important role in shaping these effects. 2022-04-01T15:09:55Z 2022-04-01T15:09:55Z 2022-03 Working Paper http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099527203292220454/IDU096ee3289044ff0431a0a1e60455172913d3a http://hdl.handle.net/10986/37252 English Policy Research Working Paper;9988 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Policy Research Working Paper Publications & Research Europe and Central Asia Germany Poland
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topic ECONOMIC INTEGRATION
EU INTEGRATION
PRODUCTIVITY GAINS
INDUSTRIAL STRUCTURE
FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT
CATCH-UP GROWTH
FIRST PERFORMANCE
POLISH MANUFACTURING
spellingShingle ECONOMIC INTEGRATION
EU INTEGRATION
PRODUCTIVITY GAINS
INDUSTRIAL STRUCTURE
FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT
CATCH-UP GROWTH
FIRST PERFORMANCE
POLISH MANUFACTURING
Bastos, Paolo
Lovo, Stefania
Varela, Gonzalo
Hagemejerk, Jan
Economic Integration, Industrial Structure, and Catch-up Growth : Firm-Level Evidence from Poland
geographic_facet Europe and Central Asia
Germany
Poland
relation Policy Research Working Paper;9988
description This paper examines if and how deeper economic integration with high-income nations impacts industrial performance. It exploits Poland’s accession to the European Union in 2004 as a source of variation in the degree of market integration with Germany. Using data on Polish manufacturing firms over 1995–2013, the paper finds that EU accession was followed by significant within-firm growth in output and productivity, notably in industries in which Germany was more specialized at the moment of accession. Increased flows of German investment to these sectors played an important role in shaping these effects.
format Working Paper
author Bastos, Paolo
Lovo, Stefania
Varela, Gonzalo
Hagemejerk, Jan
author_facet Bastos, Paolo
Lovo, Stefania
Varela, Gonzalo
Hagemejerk, Jan
author_sort Bastos, Paolo
title Economic Integration, Industrial Structure, and Catch-up Growth : Firm-Level Evidence from Poland
title_short Economic Integration, Industrial Structure, and Catch-up Growth : Firm-Level Evidence from Poland
title_full Economic Integration, Industrial Structure, and Catch-up Growth : Firm-Level Evidence from Poland
title_fullStr Economic Integration, Industrial Structure, and Catch-up Growth : Firm-Level Evidence from Poland
title_full_unstemmed Economic Integration, Industrial Structure, and Catch-up Growth : Firm-Level Evidence from Poland
title_sort economic integration, industrial structure, and catch-up growth : firm-level evidence from poland
publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate 2022
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099527203292220454/IDU096ee3289044ff0431a0a1e60455172913d3a
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/37252
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