This article incorporates both the new trade and the endogenous growth theories to study the determinants of import …

The paper applies the gravity model of international trade in its analysis of German exports. The added value of our … conclusion of our model is that German exporters are more prone to expand the trade to countries that are more distant from their … exports would not be impacted very much if the Euro appreciated in real terms. The position of the Euro in German trade seems …

(GCESC). Model-based simulations suggest two key policy implications: first, as a reflection of strengthening trade linkages …, have increased over time, but are still relatively small. This is explained by the supply chain nature of trade integration …: final demand in Germany is not necessarily the main determinant of CE4 exports to Germany. Second, increased trade openness …

links these findings to the recent literature from the new new trade theory on international activities of heterogeneous …