Trade shocks and industrial location: the impact of EEC accession on the UK

Henry Overman and L. Winters

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Abstract: This paper combines establishment level production data with international trade data by port to examine the impact of accession to the EEC on the spatial distribution of UK manufacturing. We use this data to test the predictions from economic geography models of how external trade affects the spatial distribution of employment. Our results suggest that accession changed the country-composition of UK trade and via the port-composition induced an exogenous shock to the economic environment in different locations. In line with theory, we find that better access to export markets and intermediate goods increase employment while increased import competition decreases employment.

Keywords: Economic geography; EEC; UK manufacturing. JEL classification codes : F15; F14; R12 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: F14 F15 R12 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 34 pages
Date: 2006-01
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Working Paper: Trade Shocks and Industrial Location: the Impact of EEC Accession on the UK (2003)
Working Paper: Trade shocks and industrial location: the impact of EEC accession on the UK (2003)
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