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This article investigates the role of international intergovernmental organizations (IGOs) former Soviet Union republics participated after its disintegration on their international trade patterns, particularly the consumer animosity and nostalgia dimensions toward each other and major countries in the IGOs. The results suggest that the republics were faced with a choice between EU/Western institutions and those that are led by Russia. Analysis shows that their international trade patterns reflect these alliances in the international institutions network. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper analyses trends in different components of trade of transition countries. To explain the cross-country differences, the paper points out the important distinction between the determinants of inter-industry trade and intra-industry trade (IIT), and horizontal and vertical IIT. Using varieties of gravity models, it is shown that variables from Increasing Returns Trade Theory, such as scale economies, similarity of income levels, and number of varieties produced play important roles in IIT, especially in horizontal IIT, whereas factors such as comparative advantage, dissimilarity in income levels, and having more developed trade partners from Heckscher–Ohlin Trade Theory are crucial in determining inter-industry trade and vertical IIT to a lesser degree. [Copyright &y& Elsevier]