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EU Accesssion effects on Trade Flows: The Case of Greece

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  • Minoas Koukouritakis

    (Department of Economics, The School of Social Sciences, University of Crete, Greece)

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This paper estimates the effects on the Greek trade balance that were caused by the EU accession. A full trade model was used, since the country relies on imported inputs for export production. The residuals approach was implemented. The gradual liberalization of Greek trade through the abolition of tariffs, quotas, financial stringencies and export subsidies, and the harmonization of the indirect tax system, which took place over the 1981-1992 period, led to a substantial increase in the country's trade deficit. This impact was mainly caused by the large increase in imports, as the effect of accession on exports was quite small.

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  • Minoas Koukouritakis, 2004. "EU Accesssion effects on Trade Flows: The Case of Greece," South-Eastern Europe Journal of Economics, Association of Economic Universities of South and Eastern Europe and the Black Sea Region, vol. 2(2), pages 61-79.
    • Handle: RePEc:seb:journl:v:2:y:2004:i:2:p:61-79
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    Keywords

    EU Accession; Trade liberalization; Residuals approach; Anti-monde; Trade balance;
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    JEL classification:

    • C30 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Multiple or Simultaneous Equation Models; Multiple Variables - - - General
    • F13 - International Economics - - Trade - - - Trade Policy; International Trade Organizations
    • F15 - International Economics - - Trade - - - Economic Integration

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