Price Convergence in the European Union

FEDEA Working Paper No. 2002-12

15 Pages Posted: 24 Jul 2002

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Simon Sosvilla-Rivero

UCM Institute for Economic Analysis

Salvador Gil-Pareja

University of Valencia - Department of Economics

Date Written: May 2002

Abstract

This paper investigates the relationship between market integration and price convergence in international markets. Using a panel data set of consumer price indices (general and by groups and classes), we examine how European market integration has affected cross-country dispersion in the European Union.

Keywords: Price dispersion, Market integration, European Union

JEL Classification: F15, F30

Suggested Citation

Sosvilla-Rivero, Simon and Gil-Pareja, Salvador, Price Convergence in the European Union (May 2002). FEDEA Working Paper No. 2002-12, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=318439 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.318439

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