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Has the Euro increased Trade?

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  • Maurice J.G. Bun

    (Faculty of Economics and Econometrics, University of Amsterdam)

  • Franc J.G.M. Klaassen

    (Faculty of Economics and Econometrics, University of Amsterdam)

Abstract

See also 'The Euro Effect on Trade is not as Large as commonly thought' in the Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics . Vol. 69, pages 473-496. A major economic reason for the introduction of the euro was its supposedly positive effect on intra-EMU trade. Existing studies examine this suspicion indirectly using non-EMU data and report ambiguous results. We estimate the euro-effect directly from data that include EMU observations. Using a dynamic panel model for annual bilateral exports, we find that the euro has significantly increased trade, with an effect of 4% in the first year and cumulating to around 40% in the long-run. These estimates can be useful in the debates on whether to join the euro in countries such as the U.K.

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  • Maurice J.G. Bun & Franc J.G.M. Klaassen, 2002. "Has the Euro increased Trade?," Tinbergen Institute Discussion Papers 02-108/2, Tinbergen Institute.
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    Keywords

    Currency union; dynamic panel data model; EMU; exports; imperfect substitutes model.;
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    JEL classification:

    • C23 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Single Equation Models; Single Variables - - - Models with Panel Data; Spatio-temporal Models
    • F15 - International Economics - - Trade - - - Economic Integration
    • F33 - International Economics - - International Finance - - - International Monetary Arrangements and Institutions

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