The Effects of European Economic Integration on the Profitability of Industries

June 1, 1998

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Dalia S Hakura. The Effects of European Economic Integration on the Profitability of Industries, (USA: International Monetary Fund, 1998) accessed December 22, 2024

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Summary

This paper examines the effects of intensified international competition on industry profits in six European Union (EU) countries. The paper uses two methods to estimate industry profits. The traditional method uses accounting data to obtain a measure of gross price-average cost margins. The second method directly estimates markups of price over marginal cost using new empirical techniques. Import competition is found to have disciplined market power, regardless of the method used to estimate industry profits. From the analysis of the markups, there is evidence that this is due mainly to intra-EU import competition. The evidence for export discipline is much weaker.

Subject: Competition, Exports, Financial markets, Imports, International trade, Oil prices, Prices, Trade barriers

Keywords: Competition, Dummy variable, EU export penetration ratio, EU import, EU imports, EU IPR, EU member nation, European Economic Integration, Exports, Extra-EU export penetration ratio, Imports, Market power, Market Structure, Markup estimate, Markups, Oil prices, Penetration ratio, Production function, Trade barriers, Trade Discipline, WP

Publication Details

Pages:

28
Volume:

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Series:

Working Paper No. 1998/085
Stock No:

WPIEA0851998
ISBN:

9781451850727
ISSN:

1018-5941

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