The paper analyses the impact of import penetration on firms' profitability in 15 manufacturing industries in 10 euro … area countries during 1995-2004, focusing on the role of emerging market economies. Our results indicate that import … manufacturing sector, especially for imports coming from China and Russia. However, similar negative effects are also estimated for …

from China have strongly affected export performance since the early 2000s. In the case of old EU Member States, investment … 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 …

underlying export data. …

There is an ongoing debate in the literature about the quality content of Chinese exports and to what extent China … imposes a threat to the market positions of advanced economies. While China's export structure is very similar to that of the … be justified by its relatively low average prices, implying that the quality of Chinese export products is relatively …

for goods but not to export inflation. Finally, we also provide evidence of an increase in the wage-price pass …