France, Germany, Italy, and Spain: Explaining Differences in External Sector Performance Among Large Euro Area Countries

International Monetary Fund

No 2005/401, IMF Staff Country Reports from International Monetary Fund

Abstract: This cross-country paper explains differences in external sector performance among four large euro area countries—France, Germany, Italy, and Spain. The paper discusses that during 2001–04, the performance of the external sector differed markedly among these four largest euro area countries. The study presented in this paper describes the evolution of the traditional determinants of exports and imports—domestic and foreign demand and cost and price competitiveness—and econometrically assesses their contributions to the evolution of trade volumes during the period mentioned.

Keywords: ISCR; CR; Spain; Italy; France; price; Germany; import volume behavior; cost competitiveness; goods import; goods export; import content; export margin; area trade; trade partner demand; observed export; Exports; Imports; Real effective exchange rates; Export performance; Competition; Global (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 27
Date: 2005-11-08
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