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Trump’s tariffs: Unpacking the EU’s market reaction

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  • Piserà, Stefano
  • Paltrinieri, Andrea
  • Galletta, Simona
  • Pichler, Flavio

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This paper explores the effect of 26 February 2025 Trumps’ tariffs announcement against Europe. As a mean of event-study analysis, we find that the announcement led to a reduction of firms’ abnormal return (AR), raw return and cumulative abnormal return (CAR) listed on the EU STOXX 600, and that its effect changes according to firms’ operating industry and size. Our results confirm the EU market dependence from US policies, warning about its vulnerability.

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  • Piserà, Stefano & Paltrinieri, Andrea & Galletta, Simona & Pichler, Flavio, 2025. "Trump’s tariffs: Unpacking the EU’s market reaction," Economics Letters, Elsevier, vol. 252(C).
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:ecolet:v:252:y:2025:i:c:s0165176525002174
    DOI: 10.1016/j.econlet.2025.112380
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    • G10 - Financial Economics - - General Financial Markets - - - General (includes Measurement and Data)
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