64 KB429 KB54 KB200420202012Horvat, SebastianJamnik, RokRašković, MatevžTomić, VidUdovič, Boštjanštevilka:1letnik:46str. 31-43ISSN:1318-2803COBISSID:20782822URN:URN:NBN:SI:doc-AJ4VUNGCslZavod Republike Slovenije za makroekonomske analize in razvojIB revija (Ljubljana)Analiza omrežijanalizeEuropean UnionEvropska unijaExportIzvozMale državeNetwork analysisSmall statesAnaliza medsebojnih izvoznih vzorcev majhnih držav Evropske unije (EU-27) z analizo omrežij| prikaz treh uteženih mer središčnosti|This paper employs a network analysis approach, and outlines the usefulness and complementarity of network analysis; vis-a-vis traditional neoclassical analytical approaches (gravity models, econometric models etc.), which are usually applied to the analysis of inter-country export flows. It analyzes the patterns of inter-country EU-27 member states with the help of three new weighted centrality measures, related to degree, closeness and betweenness centrality; as recently published in the Social networks journal. Particular attention is also paid to the issue of export patterns of small EU-27 member states, with up to 5 million inhabitants. Our analysis shows that within an inter-country EU-27 export network, small states in most cases do not tend to geographically concentrate their exports to neighbouring EU markets, if we take into account the number of their immediate EU-27 neighbours. Thus, the alleged geographical export concentration of small EU-27 member states appears to have more to do with their geographical position and the number of EU neighbours, and less with their small size per se. In terms of the structural position of particular EU-27 small member states, betweenness centrality reveals how Estonia's high betweenness centrality shows its unique role in the network. In this network, Estonia acts as an important export "interface" between the developed Scandinavian markets and key continental European markets. The visualization of the inter-country EU-27 export network also reveals a clear core-periphery structure, with two additional cliquesČlanek v okviru t. i. omrežnega pristopa z analizo omrežij prikazuje na eni strani uporabnost in komplementarnost tega pristopa za analizo medsebojnih izvoznih vzorcev držav EU-27 vis-a-vis neoklasičnim analitičnim pristopom, na drugi strani pa z uporabo treh mer središčnosti preizkuša serijo hipotez, ki se nanašajo na temeljno vprašanje težnje h geografski zgoščenosti in univerzalnosti izvoznih vzorcev majhnih držav z do 5 milijoni prebivalcev v medsebojnem izvoznem omrežju EU-27TEXTznanstveno časopisjejournalsSlovenian National E-content AggregatorNational and University Library of SloveniaUrad RS za makroekonomske analize in razvoj