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The paper considers whether Sweden should join the EMU as based on general equilibrium (GE) effects through reduced … estimated in the paper, and the estimates of trade barriers linked to EMU reached in the literature. First, we present an … Swedish entrance into EMU. The effects are quite clearly in favour of EMU enlargement, and do not indicate a trade diver …
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The paper considers whether Sweden should join the EMU as based on general equilibrium (GE) effects through reduced … effects reveals that there is a substantial uncer-tainty related to the effects of such a change in policies. -- EMU ; Sweden … estimated in the paper, and the estimates of trade barriers linked to EMU reached in the literature. First, we present an …
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into EMU. …
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This paper presents an alternative derivation of the gravity equation for foreign trade, which is explicitly based on monopolistic competition in the export markets and which is more general than previously seen in the literature. In contrast with the usual specification, our model allows for...
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World trade evolves at two margins. Where a bilateral trading relationship already exists it may increase through time (intensive margin). But trade may also increase if a trading bilateral relationship is newly established between countries that have not traded with each other in the past...
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This paper attempts to examinePakistan’s trade patterns with South Asian countries by using a gravity model of trade. The main objective of the study is to quantify the long-run impacts of gravity variables. To achieve this objective, a panel data set for the period 2003 to 2017 has been used....
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(EU). Moreover, in order to create a viable Economic and Monetary Union (EMU), it is essential to reverse the phenomenon …
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Traditional push-and-pull factors offered partial explanations to the size of large urban areas in the third world. Moreover, the growing literature in eco - nomic geography identifies an additional factor exacerbating the phenomenon, namely trade costs. The present study tests econometrically...
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Firm size follows Zipf's Law, a very fat-tailed distribution that implies a few large firms account for a disproportionate share of overall economic activity. This distribution of firm size is crucial for evaluating the welfare impact of economic policies such as barriers to entry or trade...
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