Competitiveness and Economic Development Scenarios of Latvia
Business, Management and Education 2018
Astra Auziņa-Emsiņa, Velga Ozoliņa, Remigijs Počs

The paper deals with the analysis of exports and competitiveness in Latvia in comparison with Estonia and Lithuania. The objective of the study is to elaborate the possible sectoral develop-ment scenarios based on the competitiveness analysis results. The main focus is on exports of goods and revealed comparative advantage (RCA) of exported products as compared to the EU exports. Scenarios are elaborated to model economic development by industries using Latvian Model of Development (LMD), which is a macro-econometric model. Results argue that the economic devel-opment is higher if the competitiveness ensures both higher export growth and import substitution. RCA is an appropriate method to apply in competitiveness studies and the research findings can be used in economic policy and analysis.


Keywords
competitiveness, revealed competitive advantage, economic development, industries, scenario analysis, scenarios of Latvia
DOI
10.3846/bme.2018.2399
Hyperlink
https://journals.vgtu.lt/index.php/BME/article/view/2399/2901

Auziņa-Emsiņa, A., Ozoliņa, V., Počs, R. Competitiveness and Economic Development Scenarios of Latvia. Business, Management and Education, 2018, Vol. 16, pp.40-53. ISSN 2029-7491. e-ISSN 2029-6169. Available from: doi:10.3846/bme.2018.2399

Publication language
English (en)
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