This paper provides a quantitative analysis of the new EU-Japan free trade agreement (FTA), the biggest bilateral deal that both the EU and Japan have concluded so far. It employs a generalized variant of the Eaton-Kortum (2002) model, featuring multiple sectors, input-output linkages, services...

On 9 december 2016, the upper house of Japan's parliament approved the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP). Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has pushed for the TPP's ratification despite US President Trump's decision to pull out the deal, insisting it would send a signal about Japan's continuing support to...

The negotiations between Japan and the EU over a free trade agreement are taking place during times in which global economic integration is increasingly questioned. With TTIP on hold and TTP no longer pursued by the US, a successful trade deal between two leading economic powers such as Japan...

Since June 2007, the EU and India have been negotiating a comprehensive free trade agreement, but negotiations broke down in 2013. Nevertheless, both sides have expressed their desire to revive talks on the Broad-based Trade and Investment Agreement (BTIA). To quantify potential economic...

Im ifo Schnelldienst 7/2018 wurde gezeigt, dass die regionale Ungleichheit in Deutschland und der EU, gemessen an der Varianz des BIP pro Einwohner auf Kreisebene, seit 2000 zurückgeht. Dieser Betrag belegt, dass das Niveau der regionalen Ungleichheit deutlich niedriger ist, wenn man die...

Am 28. Februar berichtete die Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung »In Deutschland driften die Regionen wirtschaftlich immer mehr auseinander«. Als Beleg dafür wurde eine Graphik angeführt, die einen solchen Trend auf Basis von zwei Datenpunkten – den Extrema der Verteilung – charakterisieren...

We employ theory-grounded sectoral gravity models to estimate the effects of various steps of European product market integration on trade flows. We embed these estimates into a static Ricardian quantitative trade model featuring 43 countries and 50 goods and services sectors. Paying attention...