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Specialisation of European Manufacturing

Karl Aiginger
- 01 Jan 2000 - 
- Vol. 5, Iss: 2, pp 81-92
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In this paper, the authors investigated how the structure of manufacturing changes in the EU countries over the past 15 years and presented evidence about the specialisation of countries in production and exports in general and whether the share of the most important industries is decreasing or increasing under the impact of integration and globalisation.
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The article investigates how the structure of manufacturing changes in the EU countries over the past 15 years: it presents evidence about the specialisation of countries in production and exports in general and whether the share of the most important industries is decreasing or increasing under the impact of integration and globalisation.

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