EU Integration and Outsiders. A Simulation Study of industrial Location

R.E. Baldwin, Rikard Forslid, J.I. Haaland and K.H.M. Knarvik
Authors registered in the RePEc Author Service: Richard Baldwin, Karen Helene Ulltveit-Moe and Robert E. Baldwin

Working Papers from Norwegian School of Economics and Business Administration-

Abstract: This paper focuses on the location effects of preferential trade areas (PTA) on non-members. More specifically, using a CGE model calibrated to real data, it focuses on the impact of tighter European integration on outsider regions. We argue that because theoretical models analysing PTAs have very few contact points with reality, further research is needed to evaluate whether the effects highlighted by these models -catastrophic agglomeration and non-monotonic relocation, for example- are theoretical aberrations of highly specific models, or important effects that help us explain real world events.

Keywords: REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT; ECONOMIC INTEGRATION; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C68 F10 F12 F15 R12 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 20 pages
Date: 2000
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