Snježana Brkić, PhD (corresponding author) Associate Professor School of Economics and Business University of Sarajevo E-mail: snjezana.brkic@efsa.unsa.ba Address: Trg oslobođenja – Alija Izetbegović 1 71 000 Sarajevo Bosnia and Herzegovina ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1004-9855
Faculty of Economics, University of Belgrade, Belgrade
Radovan Kastratović, PhD Teaching Assistant University of Belgrade Faculty of Economics Belgrade, Republic of Serbia E-mail: radovan.kastratovic@ekof.bg.ac.rs ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6138-906X
Faculty for Technical Studies, University of Travnik, Travnik
Mirela Abidović Salkica, MSc Senior Assistant Faculty for Technical Studies University of Travnik Travnik, Bosnia and Herzegovina E-mail: mirelaabidovic@hotmail.com ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5325-5600
Although research of intra-industry trade (IIT) has been intensive in the last several decades, the empirical literature focusing on this phenomenon in the Western Balkans countries remains limited, especially in agricultural sector. Aiming to contribute to the existing literature, the paper analyses patterns and country-specific determinants of IIT in agri-food products between Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) and the European Union (EU) during the period of their mutual trade liberalisation (2008-2018). The analysis employs Grubel-Lloyd indices and Greenaway-Hine-Milner methodology for measurement of IIT, and applies an econometric panel data model using a Poisson Pseudo-maximum likelihood approach in order to estimate effects of IIT determinants. The findings suggest that intra-industry agri-food trade of BiH with the EU is of low intensity and mainly of vertical nature, viewed totally and bilaterally. We found significant positive effects of trading countries’ sizes, common border and history on IIT, and negative effects of the geographic distance and differences in agricultural productivity.
