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The Euro Effect on Bystanders

Gullstrand, Joakim LU and Olofsdotter, Karin LU (2014) In Working Paper / Department of Economics, School of Economics and Management, Lund University
Abstract
This paper investigates trade effects of the euro focusing on the impact on bystanders. A common currency is expected to lower both variable and fixed trade costs, inducing increased trade flows between currency-union members on both intensive and extensive margins of trade. While this trade-creating effect has gained attention in recent work using firm-level data, few studies have looked on the possible trade-diverting effect for firms remaining outside. In this paper, we use data for Swedish manufacturing firms covering the 1997-2006 period in order to assess the potential trade-diverting effects of the euro on Swedish exports. We consider variations in the impact of the euro taking both firm, industry and export-market characteristics... (More)
This paper investigates trade effects of the euro focusing on the impact on bystanders. A common currency is expected to lower both variable and fixed trade costs, inducing increased trade flows between currency-union members on both intensive and extensive margins of trade. While this trade-creating effect has gained attention in recent work using firm-level data, few studies have looked on the possible trade-diverting effect for firms remaining outside. In this paper, we use data for Swedish manufacturing firms covering the 1997-2006 period in order to assess the potential trade-diverting effects of the euro on Swedish exports. We consider variations in the impact of the euro taking both firm, industry and export-market characteristics into account. Our results suggest that there are some trade-diverting effects on the intensive margin but that these negative effects of the euro on trade flows are asymmetric and only valid for core markets within the Eurozone. (Less)
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euro, trade diversion, exports, heterogeneous firms
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23 pages
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Department of Economics, Lund University
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  author       = {{Gullstrand, Joakim and Olofsdotter, Karin}},
  keywords     = {{euro; trade diversion; exports; heterogeneous firms}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  note         = {{Working Paper}},
  number       = {{33}},
  publisher    = {{Department of Economics, Lund University}},
  series       = {{Working Paper / Department of Economics, School of Economics and Management, Lund University}},
  title        = {{The Euro Effect on Bystanders}},
  url          = {{https://ideas.repec.org/p/hhs/lunewp/2014_033.html}},
  year         = {{2014}},
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