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The paper analyses the evolution of the trade specialisation pattern in the ten countries which will join the EU in 2004, by studying the dynamics of their comparative advantages over the period 1993-2000. The study finds that, although some countries are still broadly relying on natural...
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imposes a threat to the market positions of advanced economies. While China's export structure is very similar to that of the … advanced world, its export unit values are well below the level of developed economies. Building on the assumption that unit … be justified by its relatively low average prices, implying that the quality of Chinese export products is relatively …
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. Overall, we show that foreign investors play an active role in shaping host economies' export structure and their …
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This study examines the home bias in trade in goods and services within the European Union. Using the newest release of the World Input Output database, available for the years 2000-2014, the effect is estimated using gravity regressions. The trade-reducing effect of borders is found to be...
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The European Single Market created a common market for millions of Europeans. However, thirty years after its introduction, it appears that the benefits of the common European project are occasionally being questioned at least by some parts of the population. Others, by contrast, strive for...
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This paper analyses the relationship between openness to trade and wages at the industry level (15 manufacturing industries) in 25 EU countries over the period from 1995 to 2005. By applying a cross-country and industry-specific approach, it is possible to control for unobserved heterogeneity at...
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This paper analyses the relationship between openness to trade and wages at the industry level (15 manufacturing industries) in 25 EU countries over the period from 1995 to 2005. By applying a cross-country and industry-specific approach, it is possible to control for unobserved heterogeneity at...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009640296
imposes a threat to the market positions of advanced economies. While China’s export structure is very similar to that of the … advanced world, its export unit values are well below the level of developed economies. Building on the assumption that unit … be justified by its relatively low average prices, implying that the quality of Chinese export products is relatively …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009640686
International trade in manufacturing goods has risen strongly over the past decades, contributing to the expansion of global value chains (GVCs). This paper studies how two factors contributed to this rise since 1970: (i) declining "border effects" that are arguably related to the ICT revolution...
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underlying export growth are receiving great attention, as countries struggle to grow out of the crisis by increasing exports and … investigate the drivers of export market shares of 25 EU countries, considering a wide range of traditional indicators along with … novel ones developed within the CompNet Competitiveness Research Network. We find that export market share growth is linked …
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