Competitiveness and the Export Performance of the Euro Area

100 Pages Posted: 23 Jul 2007

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Filippo di Mauro

European Central Bank (ECB)

Robert Anderton

European Central Bank (ECB)

Ekkehard Ernst

International Labour Organization (ILO)

javier Torres

Banco de España

Remy Lecat

Banque de France

Mark Cassidy

Central Bank of Ireland

Roberto Tedeschi

Bank of Italy

Erik Walch

Banque Centrale du Luxembourg

Jurriaan Eggelte

Bank of the Netherlands

Karin Wagner

Oesterreichische Nationalbank

Tobias Sebastian Blattner

European Central Bank (ECB) - Directorate General Economics

Roberto A. De Santis

European Central Bank (ECB) - Directorate General Economics

Rodrigo Oliveira-Soires

European Central Bank (ECB)

Jian-Guang Shen

International Monetary Fund (IMF)

Matthias Sydow

European Central Bank (ECB)

Thomas Warmedinger

European Central Bank (ECB)

Tina Zumer

European Central Bank (ECB)

Emanuele Breda

Bank of Italy

Date Written: June 2005

Abstract

Chapter 1 provides an overview and assessment of the price competitiveness and export performance of the euro area and the larger euro area countries, as well as an evaluation of how standard equations have been able to explain actual export developments. Chapter 2 carries out a constant market share analysis for the euro area and thereby sheds light on the reasons for movements in aggregate export market shares by looking at the sectoral and geographical composition of euro area exports. Chapter 3 looks at the evolution of the technological competitiveness of the euro area and major competitors - proxied by patenting activity and R&D expenditure - and analyses some structural indicators of competitiveness using survey data. Chapter 4 then looks at the impact of FDI on competitiveness and export performance. Finally, Chapter 5 summarises the main findings of the report, but also critically evaluates their importance and implications.

Suggested Citation

di Mauro, Filippo and Anderton, Robert and Ernst, Ekkehard and Torres, javier and Lecat, Remy and Cassidy, Mark and Tedeschi, Roberto and Walch, Erik and Eggelte, Jurriaan and Wagner, Karin and Blattner, Tobias Sebastian and De Santis, Roberto A. and Oliveira-Soires, Rodrigo and Shen, Jian-Guang and Sydow, Matthias and Warmedinger, Thomas and Zumer, Tina and Breda, Emanuele, Competitiveness and the Export Performance of the Euro Area (June 2005). ECB Occasional Paper No. 30, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=752090 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.752090

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Roberto A. De Santis

European Central Bank (ECB) - Directorate General Economics ( email )

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Rodrigo Oliveira-Soires

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Matthias Sydow

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Thomas Warmedinger

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Tina Zumer

European Central Bank (ECB) ( email )

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Frankfurt am Main, 60314
Germany

Emanuele Breda

Bank of Italy ( email )

Via Nazionale 91
Rome, 00184
Italy

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