@article{oai:nagoya.repo.nii.ac.jp:00004753, author = {Koronczi, Karol}, journal = {国際開発研究フォーラム, Forum of International Development Studies}, month = {Mar}, note = {Slovak Republic is in the process of transformation from a centrally planned to a market economy. Aiming to enter the European Union(EU), the country will become part of a common internal market. In so doing, it will become part of a customs union applying free movement of goods and services within the member states, without any tariff or non-tariff barriers and a common foreign trade policy in relation to third countries. The objective of this paper is to analyze the impacts of a medium and long term macroeconomic, foreign trade policy of Slovak Republic; the period under evaluation is from year 1996 to 2006. This research aims to find out how the abolishment of tariffs and non-tariff barriers in relation to EU countries and the foreign trade policy unification will influence the development of Slovak Republic’s balance of trade, aggregate domestic product and other macroeconomic indicators. In addition, the author also investigates the impacts of tax policy unification with the EU, owing to the existing differences. In particular, this article prepares a progressive, descriptive, and analytical tool called symmetric input-output(I-O)table, also referred to as Leontief-type of input-output table, for the Slovak economy. The data is then applied in a computable general equilibrium(CGE)model for analysis. Tariff reduction consequential to EU accession has generally positive impacts to aggregate variables and also to sectoral development. However, it also creates pressure on trade balance deficit. It is recommended that foreign trade reform is linked with other policy measures. The impacts are moderate, not radical.}, pages = {91--130}, title = {Macroeconomic Policy Analysis of Slovak Republic with Focus on Foreign Trade - A Dynamic Computable General Equilibrium(CGE)Approach}, volume = {23}, year = {2003} }