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tendencies will be empirically investigated in this study. Locational gini coefficients are computed taking EU-KLEMS data for 14 … water transport and financial intermediation record a significant increase in agglomeration. Agglomeration tendencies of … enhancement of theoretical models. Further, the results are important for understanding agglomeration processes in the EU …
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, New Trade Theories and the New Economic Geography. Taking EU-KLEMS data for 14 European countries covering 20 industries … Industrial Concentration but only a slight increase in Countries' Specialization in the EU evident over time. Especially, low … Economic Geography can explain both Industrial Concentration and Countries' Specialization in the EU best. As regards Countries …
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The paper discusses the seriousness of current account imbalances in the last few decades in Europe, with a particular focus on the European Monetary Union. A closer look at the development of current accounts in European economies suggests the existence of some serious structural problems that...
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In a dynamic panel framework, I investigate the qualitative aspects of factors determining current account imbalances in (country groupings within) the European Union. I consider the standard determinants of current account positions discussed in the past literature, but additionally, I include...
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In the aftermath of the financial crisis trust, in the European Central Bank (ECB) has reached an historical low. Taking panel data and using a fixed effects DFGLS estimation for a 12–country sample over the time period 1999 to 2011 with a total of 312 observations, this paper detects a...
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This paper examines the involvement of the CEECs into regional and global production networks over the period 1999 to 2009. We employ a theoretically justified gravity model which incorporates the extensive margin of trade and accounts for firm heterogeneity. We first estimate the model for...
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