Exports and Domestic Demand Pressure: a Dynamic Panel Data Model for the Euro Area Countries

António Rua, Paulo Esteves and Elena Bobeica
Authors registered in the RePEc Author Service: Karsten Staehr ()

Working Papers from Banco de Portugal, Economics and Research Department

Abstract: The paper investigates the link between domestic demand pressure and exports by considering an error correction dynamic panel model for eleven euro area countries over the last two decades. The results suggest that there is a statistically signi?cant substitution e¤ect between domestic and foreign sales. Furthermore, this relationship appears to be asymmetric, as the link is much stronger when domestic demand falls than when it increases. Weakness in the domestic market translates into increased e¤orts to serve markets abroad, but, conversely, during times of boom, exports are not negatively a¤ected by increasing domestic sales. This reorientation towards foreign markets was particularly important during the crisis period, and thus could represent a new adjustment channel to strong negative domestic shocks.The results have important policy implications, as this substitution effect between domestic and external markets might allow the euro area countries under stress to improve their trade outcomes with a relatively small downward pressure on domestic prices.

JEL-codes: C22 C50 F10 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
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