This paper investigates the use of a widened measure of non-price competitiveness in the exports’ equations of Armington (1969). We use a panel data analysis using annual data for 11 European countries and focus on a global competitiveness indicator. Our results show that the non-price...

This paper examines the evolution of the patterns of specialisation of 11 Euro area countries in the period 1990–2008, by analysing their comparative and technological advantages. We estimate conditional densities and Markov transition probabilities to examine both the external shape of the...

This paper will investigate the Granger causality between outward Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) and the exports of goods and services in 11 European countries from 1996 to 2008. Using a new method to evaluate causality in a heterogeneous panel, we find that the causal relationship from FDI to...

Cet article étudie l'évolution et l'impact des spécialisations commerciales sur les performances à l'exportation de sept pays d'Europe Centrale et Orientale durant la période 1992-2008. A partir d'une étude dynamique des Avantages Comparatifs Révélés, nous montrons que les pays de...

This paper investigates the impact of offshoring on export performances of French, German and Italian automotive firms. We argue that the different offshoring strategies run by the main European automakers are responsible for the discrepancies in export performances of France, Germany and Italy...

This paper investigates the impact of trade specialization on export’s performances of seven Central and Eastern European countries between 1992 and 2008. We use a dynamic method based on Revealed Comparative Advantages. We show that former USSR countries have increased their specialization in...