A Dynamic Analysis of France's External Trade. Determinants of Merchandise Imports and Exports and their Role in the Trade Surplus of the 1990s

T. Belessiotis and Giuseppe Carone

European Economy - Economic Papers from Commission of the EC, Directorate-General for Economic and Financial Affairs (DG ECFIN)

Abstract: The purpose of the present paper is to review the sources of France's trade surplus in recent years and to attribute trade balance movements strictly to those determinants of trade flows suggested by economic theory. These determinants are price and/or cost developments, and demand in France and in the rest of the world.

Keywords: TRADE; PRICES; IMPORTS; EXPORTS (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: F1 F11 F14 F32 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1997

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