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Trade, competitiveness and investment: an empirical assessment

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  • Rossella Bardazzi
  • Leonardo Ghezzi

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The Eurozone crisis has exposed several weaknesses of the European Monetary Union economies. This paper aims to assess the impact on external competitiveness of an expansionary capital stock policy that could contribute to reduce the trade balance asymmetries within the EU and help European exporters to recover their competitive role in international markets. A policy action to increase capital stock accumulation through investment in selected European countries could generate a double dividend: increasing both price and nonprice competitiveness, so stimulating their competitive position as exporters, and consolidating the growth path of EU economy. The analysis employs a bilateral trade model built at INFORUM with several distinguishing characteristics: a comprehensive bilateral data set, econometric estimation of key parameters, and emphasis on sectoral details. Our findings show that a capital stock increase is effective in narrowing trade imbalances within EU. Heterogeneous effects are estimated for commodities in China and the US.

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  • Rossella Bardazzi & Leonardo Ghezzi, 2018. "Trade, competitiveness and investment: an empirical assessment," Economic Systems Research, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 30(4), pages 497-520, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:ecsysr:v:30:y:2018:i:4:p:497-520
    DOI: 10.1080/09535314.2018.1446913
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    1. Rossella Bardazzi & Leonardo Ghezzi, 2018. "A Multi-Scale System of Macroeconometric Models: the Inforum Approach," Studies on Russian Economic Development, Springer, vol. 29(6), pages 598-606, November.
    2. Rossella Bardazzi & Leonardo Ghezzi, 2022. "Large-scale multinational shocks and international trade: a non-zero-sum game," Economic Systems Research, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 34(4), pages 383-409, October.

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