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Free trade area in southeast Europe: Growth potentials and implications for Croatia
Nela Vlahinić-Dizdarević
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Vlahinić-Dizdarević, N. (2004). Free trade area in southeast Europe: Growth potentials and implications for Croatia. Zbornik radova Ekonomskog fakulteta u Rijeci: časopis za ekonomsku teoriju i praksu / Proceedings of Rijeka Faculty of Economics: Journal of Economics and Business, 22 (1), 21-37. Retrieved from https://hrcak.srce.hr/index.php/6987
MLA 8th Edition
Vlahinić-Dizdarević, Nela. "Free trade area in southeast Europe: Growth potentials and implications for Croatia." Zbornik radova Ekonomskog fakulteta u Rijeci: časopis za ekonomsku teoriju i praksu / Proceedings of Rijeka Faculty of Economics: Journal of Economics and Business, vol. 22, no. 1, 2004, pp. 21-37. https://hrcak.srce.hr/index.php/6987. Accessed 24 Sep. 2026.
Chicago 17th Edition
Vlahinić-Dizdarević, Nela. "Free trade area in southeast Europe: Growth potentials and implications for Croatia." Zbornik radova Ekonomskog fakulteta u Rijeci: časopis za ekonomsku teoriju i praksu / Proceedings of Rijeka Faculty of Economics: Journal of Economics and Business 22, no. 1 (2004): 21-37. https://hrcak.srce.hr/index.php/6987
Harvard
Vlahinić-Dizdarević, N. (2004). 'Free trade area in southeast Europe: Growth potentials and implications for Croatia', Zbornik radova Ekonomskog fakulteta u Rijeci: časopis za ekonomsku teoriju i praksu / Proceedings of Rijeka Faculty of Economics: Journal of Economics and Business, 22(1), pp. 21-37. Available at: https://hrcak.srce.hr/index.php/6987 (Accessed 24 September 2026)
Vancouver
Vlahinić-Dizdarević N. Free trade area in southeast Europe: Growth potentials and implications for Croatia. Zbornik radova Ekonomskog fakulteta u Rijeci: časopis za ekonomsku teoriju i praksu / Proceedings of Rijeka Faculty of Economics: Journal of Economics and Business [Internet]. 2004 [cited 2026 September 24];22(1):21-37. Available from: https://hrcak.srce.hr/index.php/6987
IEEE
N. Vlahinić-Dizdarević, "Free trade area in southeast Europe: Growth potentials and implications for Croatia", Zbornik radova Ekonomskog fakulteta u Rijeci: časopis za ekonomsku teoriju i praksu / Proceedings of Rijeka Faculty of Economics: Journal of Economics and Business, vol.22, no. 1, pp. 21-37, 2004. [Online]. Available: https://hrcak.srce.hr/index.php/6987. [Accessed: 24 September 2026]
Abstract
Paper focuses on preconditions, actual trade flows and growth potentials of the Free Trade Zone in Southeast Europe. Further trade liberalisation and implementation of all 21 bilateral trade agreements
would be important incentive for intra-regional trade, especially within SEE-5, where, according to gravity model results, there exist situations of “under-trade”. Bilateral trade between Croatia and S&MN
represents such “under-trade” situation that gives large space for Croatian export growth to this market. On the other hand, trade with B&His already above the predicted level and it could even fall in the future because great part of B&H imports was triggered by Western assistance. According to the analysis, the establishment of the Free Trade Area in SEE gives potentials for an increase in intra-regional trade (especially SEE-5), but these benefits could be fully reached only by pursuing parallel trade integration towards the EU in order to avoid trade diversion effect.
Keywords
Southeast Europe; Croatia, European Union; intra-regional trade; regional cooperation
Hrčak ID:
6987
URI
https://hrcak.srce.hr/6987
Publication date:
16.11.2004.
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