Louvain-la-Neuve: European Regional Science Association (ERSA)
Abstract
The crisis that started three years ago in the Asian NICs, the financial and economic turmoil in Russia and the contagion to other emerging countries have had an important impact on the world economy. Trade flows in Eastern Europe have also been affected. Carrying out a constant market share analysis in order to get a general overview of the trade patterns of Eastern European countries in the period immediately preceding the crisis allows us to provide some insights into the specific issue of trade channel transmission in the perspective of EU enlargement
